windguy Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 that would be interesting, no? http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/10-vehicles-the-usps-should-consider-in-the-search-for-new-mail-trucks/ss-AA9njs1#image=11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 that would be interesting, no? http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/10-vehicles-the-usps-should-consider-in-the-search-for-new-mail-trucks/ss-AA9njs1#image=11 Totally surprised that USPS is not using them already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yeah. Seems like a natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccrew Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Yeah. Seems like a natural. You know, it does, but it doesn't. Prior to the Grumman units they have now they primarily used Jeeps. If you look at the longevity on both they averaged 20 years of service life from each of the platforms. I can't see a TC lasting that long under the mindless abuse that Postal carriers will put them to, can you? There's a reason that FedEx, UPS and the others use custom platforms. They're designed specifically for what they do and they're dead simple. Even a plastic dash will be trashed inside of a year in USPS use then the cost of maintenance becomes crazy prohibitive. And since you can't change the people you'll pay 3x as much as you should for a "bulletproof" vehicle and add further fuel to the USPS moneypit argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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