He liʻiliʻi nā mea i manaʻo nui ʻia ma mua o ke kaʻa leka. ʻO nā bila, nā hoʻolaha, a i ʻole kahi pūʻolo mai kahi mea aloha, ʻike mau ʻia ka lawe leka uila i kahi mea hoihoi. Akā i ka manawa hea e hiki mai ai ke kaʻa leka? A he aha kāu e hana ai inā e kali ana ʻoe i kahi pūʻolo koʻikoʻi a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i ka manawa? E hoomau i ka heluhelu e ike.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i hoʻouna ʻia ka leka uila i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā, maʻamau i ke kakahiaka. Akā naʻe, ua ʻike anei ʻoe aia kahi puka makani e hoʻouna ʻia ai kāu leka uila? Wahi a ka US Postal Service, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e hoʻouna ʻia kāu leka uila ma waena o 7 AM a me 8 PM (manawa kūloko). ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia kēia ma muli o ke ʻano o ka leka uila a me ke ala o ka mea lawe leka. No ka laʻana, hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā pūʻolo ma hope o ka lā, aʻo nā leka a me nā bila e hāʻawi ʻia ma mua. No laila, inā e kali ana ʻoe i kahi leka uila koʻikoʻi, e nānā pono i kāu pahu leta i kekahi manawa ma waena o 7 AM a me 8 PM (manawa kūloko) i ʻole ʻoe e poina.
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Pehea ka wikiwiki e holo ai nā kaʻa leka?
Nā kaʻa leka ʻaʻole i kūkulu ʻia no ka wikiwiki. Hoʻolako ʻia nā kaʻa pahu pahu me nā mīkini diesel nui i hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i ka mana nui no ka huki ʻana i nā ukana kaumaha. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa nā kaʻa leka uila a hiki ke lohi ma ke ala. 'O ka 'awelika ki'eki'e loa no ke ka'a leka ma waena o 60 a me 65 mph. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻokuke kekahi mau kaʻa i kā lākou mau kaʻa i ka palena a ua hoʻopaʻa i ka wikiwiki ma luna o 100 mph. ʻO ka wikiwiki wikiwiki loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no kahi kaʻa leka he 108 mph, i loaʻa i kahi mea hoʻokele ma Ohio e hoʻāʻo nei e hana i kahi manawa paʻa. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau wikiwiki, he kānāwai ʻole lākou a weliweli loa. ʻO nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka palena wikiwiki i kau ʻia iā lākou iho a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka pōʻino nui a i ʻole ka make.
No ke aha e holo ai nā kaʻa leka ma ka ʻākau?
Aia kekahi mau kumu no ke aha nā kaʻa leka ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ka aoao akau o ke alanui. ʻO ke kumu mua he pono. ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻaoʻao ʻākau e maʻalahi i nā mea lawe leka ke hiki i nā pahu leta alanui. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia ma nā wahi kuaʻāina, kahi mamao loa nā pahu leta mai ke alanui. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hoʻokele ʻaoʻao ʻākau e hiki ai i nā mea lawe kūlanakauhale ke hele i waho o ke kaʻa me ka ʻole o ka hele ʻana i ke kaʻa. ʻO ke kumu ʻelua e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala. I ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka USPS i ka makahiki 1775, ʻaʻole i paʻa a haiki ka hapa nui o nā alanui o ka ʻāina. ʻO ke kaʻa ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ke alanui, ua maʻalahi ka poʻe lawe leka e pale aku i nā kaʻa e hele mai ana a mālama i ko lākou kaulike i ka wā e holo ana ma ka ʻāina haʻahaʻa. I kēia lā, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā alanui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ua paʻa a ākea ka nui e hiki ai i nā kaʻa ʻelua ala. Eia naʻe, ua mālama ka USPS i kāna kuʻuna o ka hoʻokele ʻaoʻao ʻākau e pale aku i ka huikau a mālama i kahi pae o ka lawelawe ma ka ʻāina.
He jeep nā kaʻa leka?
ʻO ka Jeep mua i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka leka ʻo ia ʻo Willys Jeep, i hana ʻia mai 1941 a 1945. He liʻiliʻi a māmā ka Willys Jeep, kūpono no ka holo ʻana ma waho o ke alanui. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu a ākea paha. ʻAʻohe ona mea hoʻomehana, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻouna i ka leka i ke anuanu. I ka makahiki 1987, ua pani ka United States Postal Service (USPS) i ka Willys Jeep me ka Grumman LLV. ʻO ka Grumman LLV he leka uila i hana ʻia kaʻa nui a ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ka Willys Jeep. Loaʻa iā ia kahi mea hoʻomehana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka lawe ʻana i ke anuanu. Eia naʻe, ke kokoke mai nei ka Grumman LLV i ka hopena o kona pōʻai ola, a ke hoʻāʻo nei ka USPS i nā kaʻa pani. No laila, ʻoiai ʻaʻole he Jeeps hou nā kaʻa leka uila, hiki koke mai lākou.
He aha ka mīkini i loaʻa i nā kaʻa leka?
ʻO ke kaʻa leka USPS he Grumman LLV, a he ʻenekini 2.5-lita i kapa ʻia ʻo "Iron Duke." Ma hope mai, ua kau ʻia kahi ʻenekini 2.2-lita i ka LLV. Ua hui pū ʻia nā ʻenekini ʻelua me ka hoʻoili ʻakomi ʻekolu-wikiwiki. Ua hoʻohana ka lawelawe leka i ka LLV no nā makahiki he nui, a he kaʻa hilinaʻi a paʻa. ʻAʻohe hoʻololi nui i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka LLV koke, no laila e hoʻohana mau ʻia ka mīkini o kēia manawa no kekahi manawa e hiki mai ana.
He aha ke kaʻa leka hou?
I Pepeluali 2021, ua hāʻawi ka United States Postal Service (USPS) i kahi ʻaelike iā Oshkosh Corporation e hana i ka Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV). ʻO ka NGDV kahi ʻano kaʻa hoʻouna hou e pani ai i nā ʻauwaʻa kahiko o ka USPS o nā kaʻa i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia manawa. He kaʻa i kūkulu ʻia ka NGDV no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka palekana, ka pono, a me ka hōʻoluʻolu no nā limahana leka. E hana ʻia ka kaʻa ma kahi mea kanu hou a Oshkosh Corporation e kūkulu nei. Manaʻo ʻia e hāʻawi ʻia nā NGDV mua i ka makahiki 2023, a ʻo ka huina kālā o ka ʻaelike a hiki i $6 biliona.
He 4wd nā kaʻa leka?
Hoʻohana ka hale leka i nā kaʻa like ʻole no ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka leka, akā ʻo ke ʻano maʻamau ka kaʻa leka. ʻAʻole 4wd kēia mau kaʻa. He kaʻa huila hope lākou. ʻO kēia no ka mea ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o nā kaʻa kaʻa 4wd, a ʻaʻole pono ke kumu kūʻai no ka hale leka. Hoʻohui hou, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia e pili ana i nā kaʻa 4wd i ka hau a koi ʻia ka mālama ʻana ma mua o nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa hope. Ua ʻike ka hale leka he ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi o nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa hope a hana maikaʻi i ka hau e like me nā kaʻa 4wd, e lilo ana lākou i koho maikaʻi loa no ka lawe leka uila.
He manual nā kaʻa leka?
ʻO nā kaʻa leka hou a pau, he mau ʻakomi. No kekahi mau kumu kēia. ʻO kekahi kumu he kōkua ia i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻōnaehana kamera i nā kaʻa leka a pau. ʻO ke kumu ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ke kōkua ʻana i nā kānāwai anti-smoking i kēia manawa no nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa leka uila. Leka ua hiki mai na kaa he ala lōʻihi i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a ʻo nā mea hoʻololi wale nō kekahi o nā hoʻololi i hana ʻia.
ʻOiai ke hele mai nei ke kaʻa leka uila i nā manawa like ʻole no kēlā me kēia kaiāulu, he mea nui e ʻike i ka wā e hoʻomākaukau ai. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ai ke kaʻa leka uila hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻolālā i kou lā a e hōʻoia i hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi koke i kāu leka uila.
