Anyone REGRET going to feeders?
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MaceFremonti
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Day 5 more doubles, longbox, customer p/u, shifter.........MADE IT!
On call starting next week!
No more delivery!
On call starting next week!
No more delivery!
twoweeled
Well-Known Member
I would and have recommended coming into feeder to my best friends! Some of the few problems; working nights are tough. You HAVE TO get your sleep!!! If you don't trust your wife, there's another problem. Getting comfortable with the equipment, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THAT SOME TIME. It is big! And heavy! But, I think you waited too long driver!!! Good luck in getting in and getting any seniority within the next 20 years!! With this contract, it's going to be even worse!
MaceFremonti
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I should be OK. Number of drivers w/30+ years are retiring at the end of this contract in August and our area will be short feeder drivers. Thinking that if I can deal with being on call for 3 months I should end up with an OK run once the dust settles.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Sounds like there is a story behind this one?
MaceFremonti
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Feeder boo boo #1....missed my exit on the PA turnpike ... only lost about 40 minutes tho...figured it out almost as soon as I drove past it!
Stubnose Killa
Active Member
We've all done it.
bluehdmc
Well-Known Member
The worst thing about missing your exit, turn, etc., is the thought, "Where do I turn this thing around?"
Another reason to like doubles, I can spin them around in a city intersection. Finding a place to back a longer trailer in can be a b*tch.
Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
Times have changed. Where I'm at, you're guaranteed to be in the office the next day, regardless of how long you've been back here. Safety first, except when you're on the clock. That is the modern-day feeders. Safety only matters when you're in a wreck. Otherwise, it's all about counting the beans.
MaceFremonti
Well-Known Member
Week 1 of feeders is in the books...57.33 hours...if I had worked that many hours in package I would have been dead.
QKRSTKR
Well-Known Member
Ain't that the truth. A 10.5 day in feeders is nothing like a 10.5 day in pkgs.
Yea, I too missed my exit this week. Oops. I took scenic rte. oh we'll.
1st week on my bid run. Sleep scheduled all screwed up. Go to bed when I get home, only sleep like 4 hrs tops. Hope I can get that changed around.
Yea, I too missed my exit this week. Oops. I took scenic rte. oh we'll.
1st week on my bid run. Sleep scheduled all screwed up. Go to bed when I get home, only sleep like 4 hrs tops. Hope I can get that changed around.
MaceFremonti
Well-Known Member
I got lucky...only on Q list for a few weeks....couple of routes went up for bid by Q list guys only since 2 feeder drivers retired and 2 routes were left open after the dust settled. 2am start time but now I am a Feeder DRIVER....not just Feeder QUALIFIED!
Johney
Pineapple King
Congrats!
bastard...
MaceFremonti
Well-Known Member
Dont be hatin' Jones!
