Going to feeders

[daveyj]

Hey everyone they put up a feeder sign up sheet in my center today and I sign up... I already have my cdls. Some guys in feeders are telling me I will work , I have 4 years seniority what do you guys think I should do

 

[Turdferguson]

If that's what you want to do sign and hope you get the bid.

 

[daveyj]

What if I don't get a bid would I still be able to go down to package car if feeders can't offer me 40hrs

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Maybe you should ask management these specific questions before you sign on the dotted line.

 

[daveyj]

Ok thanks I'll talk to them before the training starts

 

[Faceplanted]

Get your free cdl and run

 

[rod]

Order some larger pants and go for it.

 

[Cementups]

If you don't get feeder hours then you go into the hub. You can't bump package drivers.

 

[Dracula]

If you don't get feeder hours then you go into the hub. You can't bump package drivers.

Not where I'm at. If they lay you off in feeders, and you haven't bid a run in feeders, you go back to your old package car route. If you have a bid run in feeders and then they lay you off, you go back to package car as an unassigned driver.

 

[Rick Ross]

Don't take it for granted you will pass because you already have your CDL. We had a few fail because they didn't grasp the 5 and 10...they thought they were golden and got a big surprise. Neither had been through package car training where it was beat into their heads.

Know the 5 and 10 and how they apply to situations on the road, the time spent studying is worth it for the opportunity you are getting.

Where I am a feeder driver can learn package car if they are on the super Q, otherwise it's back to the hub when not working. If you were already trained but not on a bid route it depends on if they need help.

Good luck!

 

[daveyj]

Ok so I could just go down a bump if I have no feeder work??
Package car has to need me to go??!! Thanks for the info

 

[wayfair]

Ok so I could just go down a bump if I have no feeder work??
Package car has to need me to go??!! Thanks for the info

Are you a Package car driver?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What if I don't get a bid would I still be able to go down to package car if feeders can't offer me 40hrs

Going to package car would not be a demotion.

 

[Coldworld]

Going to package car would not be a demotion.

You wouldn't be saying that if you have been in feeders....

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You wouldn't be saying that if you have been in feeders....

Yeah, I would. Both are equal in my opinion.

 

[Johney]

Hey everyone they put up a feeder sign up sheet in my center today and I sign up... I already have my cdls. Some guys in feeders are telling me I will work , I have 4 years seniority what do you guys think I should do

Get your free cdl and run

TTKU

 

[Johney]

Going to package car would not be a demotion.

Yeah, I would. Both are equal in my opinion.

Having never been in feeders your opinion is worthless.

 

[Johney]

Not where I'm at. If they lay you off in feeders, and you haven't bid a run in feeders, you go back to your old package car route. If you have a bid run in feeders and then they lay you off, you go back to package car as an unassigned driver.

That's if he was a package car driver before feeder driver,what if the op wasn't?

 

[Coldworld]

Once you go over to feeder it actually makes me mad how pkg shi@$ on their employees... It's unacceptable imo... There IS a difference

 

[Coldworld]

Yeah, I would. Both are equal in my opinion.

I've sat at a bldg for 2 hours waiting for a load... Nothing said. See my Onroad once every 2 months....try that in pkg cars... And we get to keep actual truck keys like big boys... Lol