Ask a Feeder Driver, Feeder Driver FAQ

[Coldworld]

Agree- get in trouble for taking too long on "start work" or get in trouble for losing a trailer on highway- possibly causing fatality? I'll go with thorough pre-trip.

 

[Coldworld]

Why make something so simple so complicated.

How long have you worked here for????

 

[Coldworld]

No chance you make it to retirement in package. Zero. I just got home from my 3rd shift last night. Drove around in the AC all night listening to music BSing on my phone. Didn’t break a sweat. Didn’t lift a finger. Feeders is a joke. It’s a lottery ticket.

It’s still ups but it’s 100x better than pkg....

 

[pickup]

He put a 12 volt dishwasher in there too..

He had to , he couldn’t bring the 135 pound one , they don’t alllow wives to accompany the drivers.

 

[Indecisi0n]

When you get a loaded trailer with expired registration what do they do? Print a new one ?

 

[Coldworld]

When you get a loaded trailer with expired registration what do they do? Print a new one ?

Fhwa???

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

"OK to run"

 

[Indecisi0n]

Fhwa???

No, trailer registration.

 

[Sweeper]

When you get a loaded trailer with expired registration what do they do? Print a new one ?

If it’s ours yes they can print a new one. When it’s a leased trailer or chassis getting a new reg isn’t usually so easy.

 

[Mugarolla]

So if we call a "big box" a ZZZ are there ZZ and Z ?

 

[Johney]

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UPSU 53' rail chassis starting with 60.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

I used to pull "S" trailers to one particular center. They were 40" with hydraulic landing gear. Only had like 2 or 3 of them at our building, so they were rare. Those hydraulic gears were a pain. Some of the extended centers would have them on the door, then after you leave, they would run an air hose and jack them all the way up to make the packages slide faster. Only thing is, the landing gear would pop out internally and wouldn't go back down till you banged on them with a sledge hammer.

 

[trickpony1]

...and wouldn't go back down till you banged on them with a sledge hammer.

Yup...and there are drivers who have done serious damage to their back trying to pry those legs up with a crow bar.

 

[Indecisi0n]

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A pup with swing doors? Oh hell no!

 

[Johney]

A pup with swing doors? Oh hell no!

I believe the "SC" means short chassis, they were on a small chassis not exactly sure why they ever had them I see one every once in a while.

 

[over9five]

I believe the "SC" means short chassis, they were on a small chassis not exactly sure why they ever had them I see one every once in a while.

I haven't seen one in a long time! The boxes were all locked to the chassis, weren't they? Permanently secured somehow..

 

[Johney]

I haven't seen one in a long time! The boxes were all locked to the chassis, weren't they? Permanently secured somehow..

Yes everyone I've seen was.

 

[pickup]

I haven't seen one in a long time! The boxes were all locked to the chassis, weren't they? Permanently secured somehow..

I vaguely remember that the back corners were secured with very thick twist ties and the front pins sometimes secured with metal wire UPS seals. Didn’t these trailer numbers start with 624 or 625?

 

[Dracula]

I vaguely remember that the back corners were secured with very thick twist ties and the front pins sometimes secured with metal wire UPS seals. Didn’t these trailer numbers start with 624 or 625?

Yes, and they were junk. I haven’t seen one in years.

 

[over9five]

Yes, and they were junk. I haven’t seen one in years.

Remember they had glad hand locks? Because going over a pothole would cause the glad hands to come off? Fun times!