Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
Anytime.
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Indecisi0n
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I should be on my own shortly just waiting for my spot to open. I drove in the yard when slow and I talk to a lot of the feeder guys. I feel like I am learning tons already. I even play with their IVIS' s
EJJ
UPS Package Car Driver
So what about if you already have your CDL already? I’ve been a package car driver for 10 months and I’m just waiting for our list to come out. But I’ve been driving cdl for 11 years prior to coming to ups. Would the process be faster for me?
olroadbeech
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olroadbeech
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BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
Hey man, didn't want you to think I missed this. Had a couple days off, and on
vacation next week. Seems my Kenworth got a permanent transfer.... Stuck my head in a different one the other night, didn't have that option.
Searched online, can't find a picture OR anything that mentions it.
I'll get a picture at some point. No-one else have one of these Kenworths? The switch is right beside the airbag switch.
Best part about this is I'm in a Freightliner now. Heads and tails better than the Kenworth. Just not having to hear that proximity alarm all night is awesome!
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
I saw a FedEx truck blow out a tire on the highway and he didn't have much of a shoulder to pull off you. He put his hazards on and kept driving. I assume to find a service station. Is that what you guys would normally do?
trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Yes...find a safe place to park then call shop and let them find outside service.
Kick it back.
Kick it back.
Indecisi0n
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Roger to that.
Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
Yes, if you can get off the road, that's your priority. You only want to be on the shoulder if that's your only choice. Sometimes it's not possible, but if it drives, at the very least, get to an off ramp. The shoulder is a nerve-wracking and dangerous place to be.
If can't get off the highway, pull off as far as you can, get out and set up your triangles, then stay in your tractor until help arrives.
It's happened to me three or four times, where the motor quit, and the shoulder was my only option. Most drivers will do what they're supposed to, but it's amazing how many idiots just stay in the right lane when they could move to the hammer lane as they pass you. Most truckers are pretty good about it, unless they just can't move over.
Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
It's always good for a couple of hours of easy OT.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
you can drive with a blown tire if on a set of duals until you get to a safe place to pullover. this is assuming not very far. put your 4 ways on to alert over drivers that you may be a hazard.
if your motor quits and you can't get all the way off the road in time which has happened to me a couple times , you can crank over the motor while in one of the low gears and 'walk" your way off the road. you don't want to do it too long or you will overheat the starter.
if your motor quits and you can't get all the way off the road in time which has happened to me a couple times , you can crank over the motor while in one of the low gears and 'walk" your way off the road. you don't want to do it too long or you will overheat the starter.
Coldworld
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“Easier” than the already easy day/night that 99% of feeder drivers already have???
Johney
Pineapple King
You have obviously never had a tire blow on a rail chassis.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
The hardest thing for most feeder drivers is hauling their big butts in and out of the tractor.
