Your description reminds me of our FedEx guy here on dirt/sand roads near Joshua Tree National Park.
He drives one of the smaller box trucks, from the sound of it I assume it's a gas V8. It's always towards the end of the day and he's clearly in a hurry to finish his final deliveries in an empty truck and it's like seeing a FedEx truck compete in a rally race. I can hear him coming a mile away with the taps wide open, and the thing is fishtailing and bouncing all over the place blasting across the desert at 80+ MPH.
None of the locals I've seen, not even the guys on ATVs, sustain the FedEx guy's pace.
Something about this makes me laugh uncontrollably. I think it's bringing up the very fond memories of playing The Simpsons: Road Rage (a lightly branded reskinning of Crazy Taxi for Gamecube) as a middle schooler and deliberately doing the most absurd stuff to see what the wacky physics engine would allow. The answer is: quite a lot.
The idea of a FedEx driver doing the same thing in real life just sounds goofy to me. I suppose the novelty must wear off after a while.
FYI, Simpsons: road rage was not a reskin, it was developed by an unrelated team (and Sega sued for patent infringement, the case was settled for an undisclosed amount)
Not the 18yo who launches his Ranger over the train tracks berm.
Do NOT do this! Also, if you try to crash through a snowbank in a Ranger. You do not get a majestic slow-motion explosion of beautiful snow like in the TV commercials. You get a missing bumper that you have to dig out from under your now-stuck Ranger.
>If you try to crash through a snowbank in a Ranger. You do not get a majestic slow-motion explosion of beautiful snow like in the TV commercials. You get a missing bumper that you have to dig out from under your now-stuck Ranger.
I did this in my 90s F150. The snow bank was recently plowed powder. It was like piloting a dreadnought through rough seas. The snow all went "poof" upward then rained down on the hood. It was beautiful. It's one of those few images seared in your mind that you will never forget.
I now own a Ranger as well. I haven't had a chance to have much fun with it as well (mostly because I'm not comfortable enough with the manual trans to use it well off road). Bumpers are on the todo list so if I destroy them they'll just move up in priority.
In any case, the old beam axle Fords (E-series box trucks included) make a great platform for getting airborne. Back when my commute included some roads with speed humps/tables I used to get airborne twice daily. It was great. The front suspension just takes it and asks for more. Out back there's not much to go wrong with a leaf sprung rear axle.
Employee of mine did this to my Jeep Grand Cherokee while I lived in Canada. Of course not only did he not get the majestic slow-motion explosion of beautiful snow, he got the concrete barrier buried in snowbank for free. That was an expensive joy ride in the parking lot, years later I would still find damage related to that accident (Dana 44 cracked right down the middle...). Fortunately him and his gf were ok.
How am I comparing him to the average local? I'm comparing him to the fastest locals who shoot guns and drive ATVs every weekend. The average local is an elderly person, that's what you have in the desert, old retirees, meth addicts, and hooligans.
Depends on the opco. Express owns their trucks but pretty sure Ground drivers, however, own their trucks. Don't know about Customs Critical but they are rather large sleepers so could go either way.
He drives one of the smaller box trucks, from the sound of it I assume it's a gas V8. It's always towards the end of the day and he's clearly in a hurry to finish his final deliveries in an empty truck and it's like seeing a FedEx truck compete in a rally race. I can hear him coming a mile away with the taps wide open, and the thing is fishtailing and bouncing all over the place blasting across the desert at 80+ MPH.
None of the locals I've seen, not even the guys on ATVs, sustain the FedEx guy's pace.