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[low_delta]

City of Milwauke Department of Public Works disposed of 170 million tons of garbage last year.

They have 400 snow plows. About half of them are on garbage trucks.

There are 75,000 streetlights in the city.

Comments

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Probably a large percentage of that garbage was mine. I think I fill up a bag every one to two days. Sometimes 3 in one day, like I did Monday...or was that yesterday?

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

i can't even imagine a snowplow on a garbage truck.......*S*

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I saw those last year, for the first time. They work. Of course, around here, we never get more than eight inches at a time. :-\

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

but do the garbage trucks plow and pick up at the same time?.......where do they plow the snow to?.....do they have gates so they don't fill driveways?......it's still unfathomable that a garbage truck driver can plow snow

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

No, they don't pick up and plow at the same time. Most of the plowing is done at night. I don't know if they use the same personnel.

Of course they fill the driveways with snow. What other way is there? They just plow the snow to the curb.

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

in the civilized world, they use gates on the end of the snow blade that holds the snow as you pass a driveway.....drop the gate as the plow starts by a driceway and then open the gate at the other side of the driveway.......the gates are hydraulic.....does help to make life simpler for the taxpayer.......because if you can't shovel that berm right after it's plowed up, it freezes and turns to a concrete-like substance

most of the snow plowing here is performed by graders......lots of graders

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Nope. No gates. That would be too much work, I guess. Do they really work?

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

well, my road was plowed early this morning.........and there is no berm at my driveway.......otherwise, the snow berm is a couple of feet high.......so yes, the gates work.....