The Grumman LLV—for Long Life Vehicle—mail truck is proof that sometimes federal bureaucrats get it right. The ...

Mail carriers have a pretty darn demanding job. They spend their days waking up at ungodly morning hours in rain, snow, or shine to bring our letters and packages. That said, who on Earth thought it ...

Below this paragraph is a photograph of the Grumman LLV, the main vehicle of the United States Postal Service. It is an icon. It has been the main mail truck in just about every neighborhood I’ve ever ...

Frigid in the wintertime, blistering in the summertime. Slow as molasses, with aerodynamics that makes a HUMVEE feel better about itself. A pain to drive on dry pavement and downright nightmarish in ...

The classic U.S. Postal Service truck, the instantly recognizable Grumman LLV (Long-Life Vehicle), is set to be phased out by a newcomer to mail delivery, the Next-Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV).

The iconic Grumman LLV mail truck is on its way out, and sadly, few of these ex-USPS trucks are making it into private hands. If we could get them, maybe we’d see more builds like this no-holds-barred ...

The United States Postal Service is a proud organization, instantly recognizable by its uniform and its famous white Grumman LLV delivery vehicles. The times, they are a changing, however, as Oshkosh ...

Few vehicles in the world have worked harder than U.S. Post Office Grumman LLVs have since they first hit the road in the mid-1980s. Well, after about 38 years, most of them are in pretty bad shape.

The United States Postal Service has been trying to replace its extremely long-serving and inefficient (and flammable) Grumman LLV postal vehicles for a while now. This involved an extended RFP ...