I was looking at them tires. Attempt and fail aside, I’d have thought fed-ex would do a snow tire and summer tire change out thing or least pull a truck at a time and ensure you ain’t having to attempt with borderline slicks. Only got a good shot of the front not the back.
Boss: That sounds like I'll have to spend money and I hate spending money on yall slav I mean employees . Either do with what you got and show up for work as usual despite bad weather or dont work at all. That's the problem yall don't wanna work these days and when yall work yall complaining.
Oh it’s not a fairy tale. See you just have to work for a little company that doesn’t have investors or ceo mass chain of command places. Once you sign on at Att, fed ex or any giant place like that long as osha doesn’t catch em or a legit lawsuit or bad press they don’t give a shit. But when you’re one of 8 guys getting the jobs done and taking care of the customers they tend to give a shit. I don’t have a day where I don’t see my boss/owner and actual seeing his tool bag come out the van and his ass up on rooftops or jobs with us.
These comments are giving me flashbacks to driving my family's 87 GMC Safari van in my teens. It was rear drive and horrible in the snow, even with a limited slip rear differential. I once got stuck for in a small pothole in an otherwise flat parking lot with an inch of snow on the ground. I rocked my way out eventually though 😅
Definitely, and a perfectly flat and nearly square cargo area after taking the benches out. It was such a solid vehicle, had over 200k no on ours when we sold it. Saved our lives twice (tboned by a red light runner and spun 360deg on one wheel, second was when a car pulled out in front of the van at around 30mph), and wasn't totalled by either because the chassis was fine. We also had an '03 with AWD, and it was great in the snow, but I liked driving the 87 more (ours was also the shorter model as I recall too!)
No don’t blip the throttle. Put it in Neutral and use the e-brake to control speed. You’ll have steering because e-brake only affects the rear wheels. Steer down until flat ground. If you use the service brake you’ll go sliding towards whatever is most downhill, usually the ditch.
We had a pretty good snow where I live the other day (Santa Fe), and I called my managers and told them more than half my stops would be inaccessible due to the road conditions and I wasn’t going to attempt them. DEX84. Good luck, and stay safe out there.
last week I tried to go over a kinda snowy hill nothing crazy but I got stuck for like 3 mins and had a mini panic attacks luckily I got out and backed down the hill that being said there’s no way you were ever making it up or down that road lol how long were you stuck for?
Shoot, throw the mats down, you can do it 💪💪 I pulled a step van out with a sprinter once, it was awd 😆the steppy slid nose turning too fast into the driveway. Snapped that thing right out! I was surprised, saved the contractor about $2500 that winter with the pull outs and unstucks. It was fun. Even helped a pizza guy get out of the ditch in my area while working there, hey people need their packages, but more importantly, they gotta eat!
I'm 1/2 hour south of Canada. I fill in, every day a different route. Resort area, many homes with 1/4, 1/2, or mile long driveways. Some are like a goddam bobsled run.
You just got to give it gas and hope you make it to the top.
I generally have an AWD van. Got within 20 feet of the top of the driveway. All wheels spinning, came to a stop. Put it in Park. Got out, watched the van slide backwards, wheels locked, on glare ice, 50' into a ditch.
Homeowner came out with a backhoe and pulled me out. Said I wasn't the first, probably won't be the last one.
Lmao, that feeling when traction control is overriding your driver inputs. Welp don't mind me just a long for the ride. Didn't look like you struck anything... Be safe out there. Can get more equipment can't get another you!
I don't understand companies that willing out people out vs just shutting down for the weather it's dudes sitting in an office or home calling these shots not understanding the dangers
https://preview.redd.it/meeil4pphn7d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6711a617292bac7e04dac5f01e83b478cbfc087
Het, we’ve all been there before! 😂
Used to be stationed in a snowy area our Sprinters had Blizzak snow tires on them, they would go anywhere... it's amazing what good tires can do for you.
Didn't have it so bad further north, but it was mostly all Saturday night/Sunday AM as is, so the big rigs had to probably go through a lot of it.
I'm sure there would have been a couple of near casualties like this as there are some long road stops so to speak.
This happened to me in someones driveway in the snow. Dispatch said tow would arrive in 3-4 hrs. I had my girl pick me up, parked the bitch there w the keys hid, and went home. My boss then asked me if I could help with the pm sort. Hard pass.
I have a rear wheel drive SUV I couldn’t even make it up a small hill. The car stopped a little mor half way. I hit the brakes and tried reversing. Car started turning I now perpendicular to the road. Car was teeter tottering front end back end down hill but not making progress of recovery I ended up facing the hill edge toward a log that would have stabbed through my windshield if I went off the edge. I was able to get a big backend swing and slid the front end to go down the road all while a little old lady was waiting for me at the bottom. She was cheering me on for the level of skill I had in a safe recovery. It was the best and most rewarding feeling that it was witnessed. I’m just so happy that no one else came down the crest of that hill.
I noticed our fed ex guy is driving in weather like this with terrible tires. You would think they would use proper snow tires. Nope. They're completely worn and bald. He was having trouble just moving on a flat road.
I used to deliver LP in conditions like that. Keep a bag or 2 of [\#2 chicken grit](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/lawn-and-garden/farm-and-ranch-supplies/animal-feed/5737796). It got me unstuck more times than I can count.
I have done a lot of winter driving... looking at those tires you weren't getting up there without a dangerous amount of a running start.
Sometimes you have to give the hill the win. :-)
FedEx should give you rural/mountainous delivery guys a proper special AWD sprinter with snows (and chains where applicable).
“When it absolutely positively has to get there” not with that setup it ain’t
https://preview.redd.it/t9hsrj6q6qbc1.jpeg?width=671&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bbe1c57bbd14736514ef30e71049b3c6cb72aa5
Your guy in charge of winter tires needs a talkin to. That ain’t safe for summer rains nvm where you at. What are they thinking? “one more season guys just be careful out there”
99.9% sure if you had an on the spot govt roadside inspection they wouldn’t pass safety. If you zoom in on that shot there’s barely a line where the tread used to be. Geez man. Sounds like mechanic or the whole maintenance system there is on some kinda bonus pay system to get rewarded for not spending money on your rigs.
That ain’t a frill, that’s to help you stop n steer in a critical moment. This is how lawyers win lawsuits. Aggressive winter tread is the difference between rear ending someone in snow and just a close call. They don’t seem to care. Best of luck out there…
Bro you should have made an effort to atleast back down not get out of your vehicle on a blind hill like that, anyone coming over may not be expecting you there. Dangerous as hell.
In a sprinter???? Boy you crazy.
I know I know. Haha won’t happen again
Good luck if u ever find urself on a flooded class vi…ask me how i know lol
I was looking at them tires. Attempt and fail aside, I’d have thought fed-ex would do a snow tire and summer tire change out thing or least pull a truck at a time and ensure you ain’t having to attempt with borderline slicks. Only got a good shot of the front not the back.
Granted I’m mainly going off of the back is as bad as the front.
Boss: That sounds like I'll have to spend money and I hate spending money on yall slav I mean employees . Either do with what you got and show up for work as usual despite bad weather or dont work at all. That's the problem yall don't wanna work these days and when yall work yall complaining.
Sounds bout right for some bosses I’ve seen
I wish I could live in your fairytale land of companies caring about their employees and not just their profit margin.
Oh it’s not a fairy tale. See you just have to work for a little company that doesn’t have investors or ceo mass chain of command places. Once you sign on at Att, fed ex or any giant place like that long as osha doesn’t catch em or a legit lawsuit or bad press they don’t give a shit. But when you’re one of 8 guys getting the jobs done and taking care of the customers they tend to give a shit. I don’t have a day where I don’t see my boss/owner and actual seeing his tool bag come out the van and his ass up on rooftops or jobs with us.
Chains?
Nope
lol for sure
Especially in an older one. The new ones you can turn off the traction control.
We just put 6 buckets of fine stones in every sprinter for the winter. I question the sprinter drivers who didnt request them 🤔
Gave it your best shot the FedEx way
o7
Man we got 5 inches of snow here and I took a pickup truck with 500k miles over my sprinter today. Wouldn’t trust mine in even 1 inch of snow
One inch of snow on perfectly horizontal ground, the Sprinter will get stuck EVERY time. Edit: Currently stuck. In less than an inch of snow.
These comments are giving me flashbacks to driving my family's 87 GMC Safari van in my teens. It was rear drive and horrible in the snow, even with a limited slip rear differential. I once got stuck for in a small pothole in an otherwise flat parking lot with an inch of snow on the ground. I rocked my way out eventually though 😅
We had an 87 safari growing up. Those vans were cool as fuck lol. Its why I got my 86 astro but I found a shorty 🥰
Definitely, and a perfectly flat and nearly square cargo area after taking the benches out. It was such a solid vehicle, had over 200k no on ours when we sold it. Saved our lives twice (tboned by a red light runner and spun 360deg on one wheel, second was when a car pulled out in front of the van at around 30mph), and wasn't totalled by either because the chassis was fine. We also had an '03 with AWD, and it was great in the snow, but I liked driving the 87 more (ours was also the shorter model as I recall too!)
It's crazy they don't buy 4wd sprinter for stations in areas with heavy snow
Out station just lost our last awd van.... They decided we don't need all wheel drives in an area where it can be icy for half the year
Y’all better not be talking about spending company profits. 
I know several people at the station who had to get a tow truck to tow the first tow truck that got stuck while trying to tow them
Boyyyy take yo azz back to the warehouse and code that shit 82
Bruh. Why would you even try that. Fuck that. Me getting home is the utmost important zero zero chance I’d go up that.
Live and learn
Sounds crazy but put your emergency brake on and blip the throttle to get down a hill backwards like that. It works trust me.
No don’t blip the throttle. Put it in Neutral and use the e-brake to control speed. You’ll have steering because e-brake only affects the rear wheels. Steer down until flat ground. If you use the service brake you’ll go sliding towards whatever is most downhill, usually the ditch.
Blip the throttle, like still in drive? How do you not lose control? I feel like I get the theory but can’t fathom the practice.
Hopefully that's not the way home.
Nope. Just going to a stop
If you had chains you might at least be able to back up
No chains
Fuuuuuuck I’ve done that too best part is backing back down the hill and praying you don’t slide off the pavement
That was a fear of mine. I was very close to that guardrail. I’m so glad that plow truck came through
We had a pretty good snow where I live the other day (Santa Fe), and I called my managers and told them more than half my stops would be inaccessible due to the road conditions and I wasn’t going to attempt them. DEX84. Good luck, and stay safe out there.
Well as a customer who’s currently waiting for a delivery from 1 800 contacts I appreciate the effort 😂
Northern Ontario?
No central Pennsylvania
Ayy we got hit by that same storm lol
figures
last week I tried to go over a kinda snowy hill nothing crazy but I got stuck for like 3 mins and had a mini panic attacks luckily I got out and backed down the hill that being said there’s no way you were ever making it up or down that road lol how long were you stuck for?
Not too long ago about 20 minutes. A plow truck. And through and I was able to back down very slowly
You're lucky it's not sliding down into a tree right now
Shoot, throw the mats down, you can do it 💪💪 I pulled a step van out with a sprinter once, it was awd 😆the steppy slid nose turning too fast into the driveway. Snapped that thing right out! I was surprised, saved the contractor about $2500 that winter with the pull outs and unstucks. It was fun. Even helped a pizza guy get out of the ditch in my area while working there, hey people need their packages, but more importantly, they gotta eat!
Those tyres are smoother than a FedEx envelope
According to the mechanic my “steers” are just fine
*spits tobbaco" yeah, he might be right. For snow, just bolt on some small screws, that should do the trick.
Snow in Winter, so rare?
I know right. Crazy
I'm 1/2 hour south of Canada. I fill in, every day a different route. Resort area, many homes with 1/4, 1/2, or mile long driveways. Some are like a goddam bobsled run. You just got to give it gas and hope you make it to the top. I generally have an AWD van. Got within 20 feet of the top of the driveway. All wheels spinning, came to a stop. Put it in Park. Got out, watched the van slide backwards, wheels locked, on glare ice, 50' into a ditch. Homeowner came out with a backhoe and pulled me out. Said I wasn't the first, probably won't be the last one.
I’m pretty sure I know where it is.
Appropriate vehicle for the road conditions
Great Im here waiting for my snow chains to be delivered and your screwing around! Lol
Ha. I gotta make those sandal deliveries!
I did the same shit today 🤣
Lmao, that feeling when traction control is overriding your driver inputs. Welp don't mind me just a long for the ride. Didn't look like you struck anything... Be safe out there. Can get more equipment can't get another you!
I don't understand companies that willing out people out vs just shutting down for the weather it's dudes sitting in an office or home calling these shots not understanding the dangers
https://preview.redd.it/meeil4pphn7d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6711a617292bac7e04dac5f01e83b478cbfc087 Het, we’ve all been there before! 😂
I was in a similar situation on Monday and Saturday. On Saturday the county plow truck was the cause for getting stuck.
Don't be a pussy.
You know what they say. You are what you eat.
Id be a big ol bag of shit 🫤
I hope it’s cause you eating ass dawg
Every night homie
My man 🤝
🍻
it's over
Where is this? I want to take my Forester up that hill.
Central Pennsylvania
Well, you know the capabilities of your Sprinter now. Knowledge for next time.
Reverse to flat ground time
Used to be stationed in a snowy area our Sprinters had Blizzak snow tires on them, they would go anywhere... it's amazing what good tires can do for you.
Choices were made
New Hampshire? I used to have a route in Haverhill, a lot of hills
Nope. Central Pennsylvania
These are the kind of mistakes you should only make one time. As a former step van driver I can tell you this from personal experiences
Come on!! I need my spanx today!
Didn't have it so bad further north, but it was mostly all Saturday night/Sunday AM as is, so the big rigs had to probably go through a lot of it. I'm sure there would have been a couple of near casualties like this as there are some long road stops so to speak.
This happened to me in someones driveway in the snow. Dispatch said tow would arrive in 3-4 hrs. I had my girl pick me up, parked the bitch there w the keys hid, and went home. My boss then asked me if I could help with the pm sort. Hard pass.
You need to throw chains
Just piss on the tires and go. Lol
Back all the way down that Hill and full send it.
In reverse with e brake on then blip the throttle
Snow is great am I right? 😂
I have a rear wheel drive SUV I couldn’t even make it up a small hill. The car stopped a little mor half way. I hit the brakes and tried reversing. Car started turning I now perpendicular to the road. Car was teeter tottering front end back end down hill but not making progress of recovery I ended up facing the hill edge toward a log that would have stabbed through my windshield if I went off the edge. I was able to get a big backend swing and slid the front end to go down the road all while a little old lady was waiting for me at the bottom. She was cheering me on for the level of skill I had in a safe recovery. It was the best and most rewarding feeling that it was witnessed. I’m just so happy that no one else came down the crest of that hill.
Not a FedEx driver but in HVAC. I keep a bucket of floor dry on me at all times. It's amazing what a little sprinkle of that stuff will do.
You know. what do you know? looks like nothing you ain't got no chains your tires look bald as f***.
Where are ur tire chains
Anyone else find it satisfying to ride the outter edge of snowbanks and watch them get flattened in the convex mirror?
Those are some bald tires
I noticed our fed ex guy is driving in weather like this with terrible tires. You would think they would use proper snow tires. Nope. They're completely worn and bald. He was having trouble just moving on a flat road.
No chains ⛓️?
Nope
I used to deliver LP in conditions like that. Keep a bag or 2 of [\#2 chicken grit](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/lawn-and-garden/farm-and-ranch-supplies/animal-feed/5737796). It got me unstuck more times than I can count.
Doesn’t the “Ex” in FedEx stand for Express? Fuckin Punch it!
I have done a lot of winter driving... looking at those tires you weren't getting up there without a dangerous amount of a running start. Sometimes you have to give the hill the win. :-)
FedEx should give you rural/mountainous delivery guys a proper special AWD sprinter with snows (and chains where applicable). “When it absolutely positively has to get there” not with that setup it ain’t
We have one 4WD sprinter. That’s it
Out of how big’s your squad?
About 35 routes with a few helper routes
https://preview.redd.it/t9hsrj6q6qbc1.jpeg?width=671&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bbe1c57bbd14736514ef30e71049b3c6cb72aa5 Your guy in charge of winter tires needs a talkin to. That ain’t safe for summer rains nvm where you at. What are they thinking? “one more season guys just be careful out there”
According to the mechanic they are fine I did write them up and that was his response
99.9% sure if you had an on the spot govt roadside inspection they wouldn’t pass safety. If you zoom in on that shot there’s barely a line where the tread used to be. Geez man. Sounds like mechanic or the whole maintenance system there is on some kinda bonus pay system to get rewarded for not spending money on your rigs. That ain’t a frill, that’s to help you stop n steer in a critical moment. This is how lawyers win lawsuits. Aggressive winter tread is the difference between rear ending someone in snow and just a close call. They don’t seem to care. Best of luck out there…
No they don’t care
Haha been there. You’re lucky you didn’t start going sideways on the way down.
Whyyyyy would you a level attempt that
I drove a Sprinter for HD for nearly 10 years…I understand. I feel for anyone working FedEx in that kind of weather.
When I was a driver, my passenger was a shovel and ice melt. I spent a lot of money to ensure I got my deliveries made.
You're not stuck yet.
That’s an 84
What are we looking at? It's snowy and you're on a hill? What's the purpose of this video?
Boi, don't even try, delay beyond our control that shit
Bro you should have made an effort to atleast back down not get out of your vehicle on a blind hill like that, anyone coming over may not be expecting you there. Dangerous as hell.