Ask a Feeder Driver, Feeder Driver FAQ

[Johney]

I build 5, sometimes 6, sets a night..

Ouch.

 

[Mugarolla]

Yea, I ain't got for all that. Not that I don't like money I just don't even put myself in that position. Its like I am standing in the middle while they each yell at each across from me, nope. I just leave, when I get back and dispatch asks where is the empty I tell them it's at the HUB. I'll explain to them what happened and how they can fix it for tomorrow. They never make the call and I never show a care in the world #winning.

Same here.

I tell my sup if he wants me to bring back a dolly, or 2 MT's, he needs to convey that with the other hub, because if I'm told by them to TO, that's what I'm going to do.

There was only one time that I did not listen to dispatch. Back when we had to call from the phones, I outbounded with one loaded trailer. The dispatcher told me over the phone to take an empty with my load. I told him that there was already 2" of snow on the ground and it was still coming down, expecting 3" more. I was not putting an empty on the back with this amount of snow. (I know, put an empty on the back, drive much slower and make more money.)

He said that he didn't care. Turn around and put an empty on the back. I said OK.....and left with the one trailer. Called my sup on the way back and told him what I did. He said it was my call to make, due to the snow, and he would have done the same thing.

 

[ManInBrown]

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they did for me.

you must have had mechanics. ours was the best in the district.
Sparks , NV

This isn’t 1980. Work ethic has slightly fallen off.

 

[govols019]

Ouch.

Sometimes I wished I would have stayed in package....rainy nights are the worst.

 

[trickpony1]

Sometimes I wished I would have stayed in package....rainy nights are the worst.

Slow down and, yes, that big truck will hydroplane.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Sometimes I wished I would have stayed in package....rainy nights are the worst.

I'd rather look at the rain from the inside of my windshield for 10 hours than see it dripping off my nose all day long.

 

[ManInBrown]

The rain is scary AF when you first start in feeders. It gets a little easier as time goes by. Still unsettling.

 

[govols019]

Slow down and, yes, that big truck will hydroplane.

We were discussing having to build 6 sets a night.....I end up looking like a drowned rat by the time I get home

 

[olroadbeech]

We were discussing having to build 6 sets a night.....I end up looking like a drowned rat by the time I get home

we had a run like that and I hated getting that run on relief. it was go go go all night and time sensitive . the bid driver loved it and bid it year after year. was a workaholic before UPS. when he retired , he drank himself to death within a couple years. he was a hell of a nice guy. was sad to hear that news.

 

[govols019]

. when he retired , he drank himself to death within a couple years. he was a hell of a nice guy. was sad to hear that news.

Hope that doesn't happen to me...lol

 

[Jones]

Hope that doesn't happen to me...lol

I wouldn't worry about, word is you're not a very nice guy.

 

[Dracula]

That's a UPS problem, not mine. I get it but I am not here to argue with another dispatch. If it's that much of a concern my dispatch can call the problem dispatch and handle it.
Copy?

Giggedy.

 

[Siveriano]

Had to do a coin toss today with another guy who has same full time date.
Really sorry for him but Im glad I won it.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Really sorry for him but Im glad I won it.

You will always be ahead of him to do everything. Pick vacations, bumps, etc. Maybe buy a lottery ticket on your way home.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Had to do a coin toss today with another guy who has same full time date.
Really sorry for him but Im glad I won it.

Heads or tails ?

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Holy cow. I had a current driver tell me they are going to add 64 sleeper teams in the Houston metro area in the next year. I'm guessing its for Sunday deliveries or getting away from the rail. Or maybe a combination of both.

 

[Siveriano]

Heads or tails ?

Union guy taped the coin and put our Initials on one side.

 

[Big Arrow Down...D]

Holy cow. I had a current driver tell me they are going to add 64 sleeper teams in the Houston metro area in the next year. I'm guessing its for Sunday deliveries or getting away from the rail. Or maybe a combination of both.

Sunday won’t make that much of a difference... it’s more the rail thing.

 

[Big Arrow Down...D]

Had to do a coin toss today with another guy who has same full time date.
Really sorry for him but Im glad I won it.

I did my coin flip over the phone... 3 way call.

 

[Turdferguson]

I did my coin flip over the phone... 3 way call.

Did you lose?