olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
like half of our circle of honor drivers. it's called "safe lying award." not safe driving.
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Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
Here, we call it, "The Liars Club".
MoarTape
Well-Known Member
I drive out of NewPA and this is the first I've heard of it. Will have to see if I can find anything out.
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Have heard the new IVIS is supposed to be a glorified smart phone with future capabilies of unlocking tractors, trailers and being able to be dispatched from a centralized location, instead of being dispatched by each hub or center.
Imagine a central dispatch area in each district with just a handful of people linked to every hub and center dispatching the entire district. Say goodbye to a lot of management jobs.
Have heard it may be out by the end of this year. I don't know if this is what NEWPA is testing or not.
hondo
promoted to mediocrity
Do you find the skirts make it tough to do a proper pre-trip inspection?
silenze
Lunch is the best part of the day
I can see that it could be a problem for the guys who moonlight as a state patrol inspector.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
what's a pre=trip? ha ha
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
When someone would couple/uncouple from an angle, most of the time they would drag the 5th wheel under the hula skirts, covering them with that black grease. Since the skirts were the same color, it was hard to tell if you had a suprise on your shirt sleeve if you raised up too quick after pulling the handle. I used a puller, but sometimes you had to fight to get it unhooked.
UPS4Life
Well-Known Member
The worst is at the rail yard with the skirts. The jockeys back under the side of the trailer to get the trailer out or pull out on almost a 90 degree angle dragging the 5th wheel right through the skirt [emoji16]
Johney
Pineapple King
Coming from YOU that doesn't surprise me.
Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
I hate these things. Part of my pre-trip is tapping on the brake chambers and getting underneath to check that the welds that connect the air tank to the frame are solid. That is nearly impossible with these trailers. And it is tough to tap the inside tires to check for proper inflation, much less checking for debris between the wheels, per UPS and DOT requirements.
But that is UPS, is it not? Require us to do something, then make it impossible to do it.
Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
Absolutely.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
had an air tank welds break and it was hanging by the lines. they tried to charge me with an accident until i had a mechanic check it over. there was so much dirt around the welds and tank he said there was no way i could see a potential problem. boy , was that supe mad.
you check all these things 999 times and everything is fine. the 1000th time you find something that can cause an accident and hurt or kill someone. meanwhile , management thinks you are milking the clock saying you are OVERALLOWED on your pre=trip.
you check all these things 999 times and everything is fine. the 1000th time you find something that can cause an accident and hurt or kill someone. meanwhile , management thinks you are milking the clock saying you are OVERALLOWED on your pre=trip.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
we had all shifts , day and night , but the majority was night. 9pm and later start times . " They Drive By Night."
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
I saw that movie!
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
I go in at 1030 pm
