Ahhh, the smell of burning tungsten carbide

I was about to go down to the shop when the snow plow went by. We got around two inches last night. They were out at around 7:00, 11:00, 5:00, and then at around 9:30 just before I went out. Of course there was no snow to plow and the road surface was drying up so the carbide in the cutting edges was burning up, LOL. Our small town has two town owned trucks and probably five that are hired. Two of the hired trucks are owned by the road agent. In order to be able to hire plow trucks these days you have to give them a guarantee that they will get called out for so many hours minimum. If not they get paid for staying home. Many residents here drive into the greater Boston area to work and make very good money so they need to have clear roads awaiting them when they leave in the morning. The drivers of the town trucks get an hourly rate of course, with overtime for plowing after hours. In order to be able to fill the positions the drivers have to be assured of a certain amount of overtime. So, snow or no snow they are out there plowing. While I was typing this the other town plow truck went by. And no, they weren't winging back, just the usual six inches over the edge at a good 25 MPH.

The county hired a gal to run road grader one year to plow snow , she had so much down force on the blade it ate threw the cutting
edge and then part of the blade , next day she was unemployed

It costs money to keep equipment. Somebody’s got to pay for it. Same with hired help. If you want to keep them you need to pay them. Otherwise they
will find better employment.

The flip side is what we have out here on the prairies. If you want the road plowed, you best do it yourself. The township will be by in the next couple
weeks. The closest town I live near, the leadership can’t figure out why the towns people are unhappy about the streets not being cleared. They
shouldn’t be going any where anyway, right?

I know what you mean, my neighbor works for the county highway. He takes truck home and starts from home he has gone by many times plowing when not needed sometimes should just drop sand/salt and keep blade up. Also can leave a large "divot" of dirt in the yard.

The road superintendent should be fired also, he should of rode with her the first day, they do here !