dvalleyjim
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Ex employees get raises and bonuses. Ground drivers nothing again. But, hey look on the bright side- We may get blown up by a package. Time time find work elsewhere.
Fourth quarter earnings released
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We got a raise or a bonus not both. And it's the same raise we would've gotten in October so it's just 6 months early.
Oldfart
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JUST 6 months early? Would you rather wait till October to get it?
rod
Retired 23 years
at least at UPS our mechanic would put a piece of black tape over that check engine light.
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
I had to do that with the tpms tire light.
Apparently, the FedEx mechanic was too lazy or it was too expensive to replace a leaky valve stem... so that yellow tire light is always on.
Ugh, yesterday's snowstorm was a heavy slushy kind.
I'm usually out until 2300+, but the snow/slush was turning to ice... not paid by the hour, so I pusillanimous out and went back to base to get my fwd vehicle to drive home.
2.5 hours to go 30 miles
Digging out of my driveway now to go finish up the deliveries. No tractors made it to the terminal for the AM sort...
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
I had new rear tires put on last week, but it didn't help on last night s snowstorm
I've seen the USPS cars with tire cables on their rear wheels blowing by me while I'm struggling with this one wheel drive boxtruck... if it was a dually, mebbe I would have a better chance
dvalleyjim
Well-Known Member
Bummer. What a cheap A## company!
Oldfart
Well-Known Member
Not really. Just a whiner that is complaining because he is getting a raise 6 months early and isn't intelligent enough to realize that is a good thing.
Oldfart
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A dually does not perform better in ice. A single tire truck has all the weight on 1 tire and will perform better.
Star B
White Lightening
Reaches are duallys and are 100x worse in the snow than the sprinters are. Plus, you freeze cuz the cab sucks.
McFeely
Huge Member
Dually might be better in deep snow, depends on if you need to float or sink to the road surface under the snow. In ice, narrow tires typically do better.
My Jeep on 35x12.50” tires did way better in deep snow than my 30x10.50” tires. It was the opposite on ice.
Perhaps it does indeed come down to what I always told people when bad weather struck..... "With the mail RD stands for rural delivery. With us it stands for
" rightfully delayed". They're out there because they choose to be not because they have to be. And if you can't truck it ...friend!*! it ". Another indisputable fact I pointed out to them..... " You can only position yourself just so far removed from the main stream of commerce and trade and not feel the impact of it."
One of the favorite lines I heard from people........'Well, we don't want people to know where we're at". My answer....."Does that include police, ambulance, fire, and rescue"?
" rightfully delayed". They're out there because they choose to be not because they have to be. And if you can't truck it ...friend!*! it ". Another indisputable fact I pointed out to them..... " You can only position yourself just so far removed from the main stream of commerce and trade and not feel the impact of it."
One of the favorite lines I heard from people........'Well, we don't want people to know where we're at". My answer....."Does that include police, ambulance, fire, and rescue"?
Oldfart
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We have Sprinters with dual rear wheels but they are front wheel drive. Dual rear wheels are there for weight load.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure all of our Sprinters are rear wheel drive.
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
Mebbe he's mixed up with dodge promasters... butt, then I have not seen a fwd cargo van with dually rear tires just for cargo capacity
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
I dunno, when I had an old dhl stepvan with dually rear tires, I bust thru my snowy roads with confidence.
I did put whatever I can't deliver for the day on the wheel wells for some traction on the boxtruck.
These lion crapola brand tires from Thailand looks like steering tires... the firestone tires ht had a more aggressive tread pattern.
Ice sucks overall on ANY vehicle, which is why I cut my route early n struggle to get home.
Thank goodness we had a warm day... I'm finally caught up & delivered everything
Oldfart
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I stand corrected. I have only driven a Sprinter a couple of times and it has been several years. My mistake.
floridays
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Consider yourself fortunate, you don't contend with the dreaded sun and sand.
