Spotted!!! - gritter lorry in Aberdeenshire!!!

Spotted!!! - gritter lorry in Aberdeenshire!!!

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Kiltie

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7,504 posts

252 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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Spotted my first council gritter yesterday. First this year!

My guess is that the poor sod has do do the whole of the North East ... judging by the state the roads out Deeside way.

Cheers,

Eric smile

yellowbentines

5,512 posts

213 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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Kiltie said:
Spotted my first council gritter yesterday. First this year!

My guess is that the poor sod has do do the whole of the North East ... judging by the state the roads out Deeside way.

Cheers,

Eric smile
If you see him again could you stop him and ask him if he has time to do Glasgow when he's finished with the North East, cheers thumbup

Iaing01

421 posts

217 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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yeah its far too icy for gritters to be out...

x200sxy

515 posts

206 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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You should live in ABZ city Eric. I think they must be doing every single little road here first. I even saw one up one of the tiny lanes off Forest Avenue this morning.




Kiltie said:
Spotted my first council gritter yesterday. First this year!

My guess is that the poor sod has do do the whole of the North East ... judging by the state the roads out Deeside way.

Cheers,

Eric smile

hollowpockets

5,908 posts

222 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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My car got pelted by a gritter 3 weeks ago when there was a few icy mornings.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

210 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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Kiltie said:
Spotted my first council gritter yesterday. First this year!

My guess is that the poor sod has do do the whole of the North East ... judging by the state the roads out Deeside way.

Cheers,

Eric smile
have you been on the pop again?

I thought i was seeing things with the low drag e-type this morning

ASBO

26,140 posts

220 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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Iaing01 said:
yeah its far too icy for gritters to be out...
Think of the kids etc.

John_W

121 posts

239 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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I claim a previous gritter spot.

21st October after work on N Deeside Rd. I was waiting to turn right off the North Deeside Road down the last mile or so to our house, when a big yellow thing with flashing lights gave me a nice pebbledash finish to the Elan. It wasn't that cold either, so I thought somebody in Aberdeen council must have promised the gritter drivers some overtime.

I inspected the damage when I got into the garage and the ruddy thing has lifted lumps of the lacquer from the paint. Bring back the old system of a lorry with two guys on the back with shovels.
Why do these things have to eject the salt and grit with such force? Can't they just dribble the stuff onto the road? It's not exactly a 3-lane motorway they have to cover.

Anyway, I've decided it's in the garage until the salt goes which didn't make my son happy, 'cos I'm now using the winter car, which means it's not at his disposal to use whenever he fancies. It also meant I didn't go to the new Club Lotus Aberdeen meeting last weekend.

Bring back global warming.

John

AliV6

683 posts

194 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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Out in force today!! So glad the V6 is off the road!

OlberJ

14,101 posts

239 months

Wednesday 3rd December 2008
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John_W said:
Bring back global warming.

John
Here, here. It's been fricken snowing down in the mickey mouse North East. The industrial estate yard was an ice rink today.

Did mean i could go drifting in my FWD sillycar though smile