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Floyd R. Turbo

(30,679 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:01 AM Jul 25

I call BS! I have to wear a seatbelt but the fireman is allowed to

hang off the back of the truck!

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I call BS! I have to wear a seatbelt but the fireman is allowed to (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jul 25 OP

Get yourself True Dough Jul 25 #1

🤗🛴 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 25 #2

So do the garbage men Alpeduez21 Jul 25 #3

Not Here! ProfessorGAC Jul 25 #4

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 25 #5

True Dough

(24,070 posts)

1. Get yourself

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:54 AM

Jul 25

a nice scooter!

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,679 posts)

2. 🤗🛴

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 12:10 PM

Jul 25

Alpeduez21

(1,951 posts)

3. So do the garbage men

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:20 PM

Jul 25

Freedom is free if we can’t all do it!

ProfessorGAC

(74,098 posts)

4. Not Here!

Reply to Alpeduez21 (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:35 PM

Jul 25

There's only one person per truck.
The trucks have lift forks to grab the big bins and dump them.
95%+ of their stops, they don't even have to get out of the truck.
They do take one "big" item per week that is not in the bin. If it's something really bug like a couch or refrigerator, they ask to call ahead. They send a supervisor out to meet them at that address and help load it.
It's a way less physically taxing job than it used to be. I still wouldn't want to do it, but it's not the body beater it once was.

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,679 posts)

5. 🤗

Reply to Alpeduez21 (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 04:42 PM

Jul 25

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