[buymycards]

Most of these old style LLV's were made in the early 90's. They are constantly in the shop for repairs, and many of these fires seem to stem from the catalytic converter.

I was a carrier back in 1994 when we received our first LLV and I was the first one from my office to drive one. They were dangerous and unwieldy back then and they still are. No AC, a heater that barely produces any heat and very poor visibility. They are rear wheel drive and they don't work well in the icy and snowy winters here in Wisconsin.

In my last Postmaster job, we had 2 of these. One was the same vehicle that we received back in 1994 when I was a carrier and the other was made in 1995. BTW, I was the PM in that particular office until 2017, so they were 23 and 22 years old at that time.

The Union has kept track of LLV fires since 2014 and there have been 407 fires.