Ground Taking My Express Freight

[It will be fine]

You confused me on the second trailer. What color?

The new orange Ground trailers are starting to enter the system. I've seen a few around. The tractor was probably an outside vendor that just happened to have a red tractor.

 

[Operational needs]

The new orange Ground trailers are starting to enter the system. I've seen a few around. The tractor was probably an outside vendor that just happened to have a red tractor.

ORANGE Ground? Oh, FedEx is making everything purple and orange with the opco underneath, aren't they?

 

[oldngray]

ORANGE Ground? Oh, FedEx is making everything purple and orange with the opco underneath, aren't they?

One big happy family?

 

[Johney]

You confused me on the second trailer. What color?

1-Purple/Green(Ground)2nd-Purple/Orange(Freight/Express)Clearly marked "Ground". Tractor had Purple/Orange branding which I've seen as Freight or Express. Now I have run across some Express guys doing swaps in this same location, but the are pulling 53's.

It's a re-image. Soon all will be purple/orange.

Ok, I understand the "re-Image thing" but, why would the freight guy be pulling ground package's?

 

[Operational needs]

One big happy family?

Don't know about happy. Lol.

 

[Operational needs]

1-Purple/Green(Ground)2nd-Purple/Orange(Freight/Express)Clearly marked "Ground". Tractor had Purple/Orange branding which I've seen as Freight or Express. Now I have run across some Express guys doing swaps in this same location, but the are pulling 53's.

Ok, I understand the "re-Image thing" but, why would the freight guy be pulling ground package's?

A friend of mine drives a truck at Express and I know he's helped out at Ground pulling their trailers.

 

[Johney]

The new orange Ground trailers are starting to enter the system. I've seen a few around. The tractor was probably an outside vendor that just happened to have a red tractor.

"Outside Vendor", so is that like a FedEx ground contractor?

 

[Johney]

A friend of mine drives a truck at Express and I know he's helped out at Ground pulling their trailers.

Isn't that a no-no as he's an airline employee and shouldn't have anything to do with ground packages?

 

[Operational needs]

Isn't that a no-no as he's an airline employee and shouldn't have anything to do with ground packages?

I think it's more the opposite.

 

[Johney]

The ground guys are speed demons, they fly by me every night like I'm sitting still(cruising at 68mph in a 70)The freight guys are a bit more relaxed, I'm likely to pass them.

 

[Johney]

I think it's more the opposite.

Really? So the air guy can haul ground ,but the ground guy can't haul air? Hmmm.

 

[Operational needs]

Really? So the air guy can haul ground ,but the ground guy can't haul air? Hmmm.

I think so. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[It will be fine]

"Outside Vendor", so is that like a FedEx ground contractor?

They bring in contractors from outside the system during peak. They pay them more. A lot of regular contractors put on tractors for peak but run under a different company to get the higher pay. It's a great system, very efficient.

 

[bacha29]

They bring in contractors from outside the system during peak. They pay them more. A lot of regular contractors put on tractors for peak but run under a different company to get the higher pay. It's a great system, very efficient.

You can paint them up to look the same but the disconnect between Ground and Express will still remain. In the future the dedicated run system for line haul contractors will go among the missing. Likewise all Express, Ground and Freight line haul will be contractor with nobody having a dedicated run and contractors fighting with one another to get enough trailers to pull in order to keep them from going below the Mendoza Line.

 

[bbsam]

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"Outside Vendor", so is that like a FedEx ground contractor?

actually, Freight would be considered an "Outside Vendor"

 

[Johney]

I just found it very strange that's all,why have the different "colors" from the get go, what's so special about changing now?

 

[bbsam]

I just found it very strange that's all,why have the different "colors" from the get go, what's so special about changing now?

Yes. We all found it strange .

 

[oldngray]

I just found it very strange that's all,why have the different "colors" from the get go, what's so special about changing now?

Why not paint rainbows on everything?

 

[Operational needs]

I just found it very strange that's all,why have the different "colors" from the get go, what's so special about changing now?

Because there are people at the top who are so out of touch with what happens at street level, that they think the colors are just swell. They probably spent millions on a marketing firm who came up with the idea, rather than ask us lowly hourlies how it is working out.

 

[Johney]

Because there are people at the top who are so out of touch with what happens at street level, that they think the colors are just swell. They probably spent millions on a marketing firm who came up with the idea, rather than ask us lowly hourlies how it is working out.

Sounds familiar.