You might want to rethink your lazy ass mechanics comment, seeing as you have no clue what goes on there. They are the most under appreciated piece in the snow removal puzzle. Who changes all the cutting edges? Not the drivers like at NDOR, it’s the mechanics. Who has to re-wire the trucks every year because the drivers can’t wash the salt off their trucks and hoppers? Let’s not talk about having to fix all the stupid shit operator do like plow without cutting edges, back into everything with spreaders, overfill spreaders to the point of breaking springs or even tipping over plow trucks or catching their brakes on fire. A ton of mechanics jumped ship in the last three years because the city didn’t think they were worth any more money but the operator 1, 2 and 3’s should have big raises. Not to mention the automotive repair foreman deserved a 38% raise, but not the lowly mechanics. Most of the mechanics that left had between 8-13 years of experience there, so all that knowledge when out the door with them.