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[retiredTxfeeder]

I think I had 3 flats/blowouts in my 8 years in PC. Unfortunately, they all happened within about a 10 day period. The automotive supervisor saw me right after that and accused me of sabotaging my package car to make overtime money. I told him he'd better have proof before he made an accusation like that. I complained to the automotive manager, and I didn't see the supervisor after that. About 6 months later, I was delivering to a burger king, and he was the manager. If looks could kill. It probably wasn't just my issue, he was a sorry supervisor all around anyways.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

We had "shifting tractors" in our smaller yards. Back in the day, feeder drivers did all the shifts, but sometimes, moves had to be made and there wasn't a driver scheduled to be there for hours. They would usually tow one of these junk tractors to the building and train a PT employee how to shift. I think all the buildings have yard mules now, even the smaller yards.

 

[Wally]

A package car that is used for road calls by the shop.....jesus how small is your center

Ours grabs a spare on the line.

 

[Brownslave688]

A package car that is used for road calls by the shop.....jesus how small is your center

Even my bigger center (70-80 drivers) didn’t have a dedicated mechanics truck. Just tow it back if it didn’t run.

 

[Brownslave688]

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34-17 beatdown this year

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Ours grabs a spare on the line.

What's a spare?

 

[oldngray]

What's a spare?

One of the red tagged trucks by the fence?

 

[oldngray]

NY Times Discovers Desert Summer Is Hot, Blames Climate Change

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

One of the red tagged trucks by the fence?

"ok to run" "parts on order"?

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Probably the one that the headlights are missing due to lack of parts. "You're only going to drive it during the day, right? Good to go."

 

[Wally]

What's a spare?

One of the red tagged trucks by the fence?

Also trucks on the line not being used. If that don't work, it's 10 plus the next ball.

 

[Wally]

NY Times Discovers Desert Summer Is Hot, Blames Climate Change

Too bad they weren't here for the last ice age.

 

[Brownslave688]

Gave him your wife’s number @scooby0048

 

[Wally]

@burrheadd ?

 

[542thruNthru]

Gave him your wife’s number @scooby0048

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Wow that's cruel.

I like it!

 

[Operational needs]

This cartoon is a sad statement of our society.

 

[rod]

Our automotive truck is white.

We never had this beast called an "automotive truck". That must be a big city thing.

 

[rod]

Cherry Hill school considering tuna fish sandwiches for students in lunch debt

Lunch shaming. Lmao. We are doomed.

Damn - I would have killed for a tuna fish sandwich over some of that crap they served us at school years ago. Back then we had ONE choice for lunch-- not 3 or 4 like they have now.

 

[oldngray]

We never had this beast called an "automotive truck". That must be a big city thing.

It was easier for the mechanic to have his own truck stocked with tools (and hopefully a few parts) than have him scramble to find something left on the lot.

Although they started cutting back on mechanic hours so during parts of the day there wouldn't even be a mechanic around if you needed a road call. It was wait for a tow truck when that happened.

 

[542thruNthru]

We never had this beast called an "automotive truck". That must be a big city thing.

It's more a parts truck that runs between buildings and also meeting drivers with serious problems that they can fix on the road and not have to tow.

So yeah nothing some kicking po dunk town would need.