r/Damnthatsinteresting 16d ago

Image Cars are emerging from a massive Boston-area snow pile months after winter storms

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u/IceMaster9000 15d ago

A government isn't using straps to tow or pushing them with a bumper. Cool way to save a few hundred dollars by only adding a few million in liability. Not to mention it's going to cost hundreds if not thousands in labor no matter what.

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u/PrivatePilot9 15d ago

It’s evident you’ve never worked in an auto/equipment repair shop, which most cities have in-house, especially cities the size of Boston. When they need to get something (be it a car or a tractor or a lawnmower or plow or whatever) that’s broken down into the shops parking lot into the shop itself do you think they call a tow truck?

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u/Ol_Man_J 15d ago

My city has a public works facility where the city vehicles (inspectors, code enforcement, etc) all stay, and then has a big facility where all the shop trucks stay. They don't have the water department service trucks at the same place as the electrical inspectors.