How did it go for you?

[Sacrificial Lamb]

Started driving at 24 pooped all the time

 

[oldupsman]

Really? You guys would handle packages like that!??

Honestly, when I first started half of the rural routes didn't have house numbers.
It was po boxes or someone's name with a road and town as an address.
And it would take me pages to describe the old post office rural delivery system
numbers that people used.

 

[oldupsman]

Yep… If thats what all the address had. It used to be United Parcel SERVICE.

I can see that DM standing in front of the whole building proclaiming.
"We're United Parcel Service. And service is what we sell."
Like I've said before, now we're just another half assed delivery company.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Honestly, when I first started half of the rural routes didn't have house numbers.
It was po boxes or someone's name with a road and town as an address.
And it would take me pages to describe the old post office rural delivery system
numbers that people used.

When I started running rural routes, you needed 2 different county maps.

I can see that DM standing in front of the whole building proclaiming.
"We're United Parcel Service. And service is what we sell."
Like I've said before, now we're just another half assed delivery company.

Those days are gone.

 

[oldngray]

Honestly, when I first started half of the rural routes didn't have house numbers.
It was po boxes or someone's name with a road and town as an address.
And it would take me pages to describe the old post office rural delivery system
numbers that people used.

I had an area with the same house numbers about half a mile apart when the numbers changed from city to county. The had to know which customers always got packages. And some of the private roads with several house had really crazy numbering systems. And yeah, no house numbers for a lot of people - everyone they know knows which house to go to.

Gladly that did change when everyone was forced to get house numbers for emergency services.

 

[Brownisbrown]

Damn, things really have changed

 

[Covemastah]

Poor old @rod had to shoe his horse when doing his pre trip

 

[oldngray]

Poor old @rod had to shoe his horse when doing his pre trip

Then when he got his first package car he had to crank start it.

 

[UnionStrong]

Then when he got his first package car he had to crank start it.

Rare footage

 

[Covemastah]

Then when he got his first package car he had to crank start it.

,, @rod cranks it every day

 

[CHEMA-DELMA]

Anyone can drive forward, it takes a driver to back them up

 

[CHEMA-DELMA]

Local 25 Boston ,, a biannual bid ,, used to be annual , you bid anything your qualified for !
Feeder jobs a bit different , you need to have a CDL and be qualified by a sup to bid
Yes you can get bumped around in feeders .,, if they change a start time or a leg on your bid rte or cut the rte ,. The ball starts rolling and a sr guy can bid it , you cannot bid a feeder job that goes to a. Airport until you acquire a badge from airport security , hope this answers your questions. !!

feeders are the leaders!

 

[CHEMA-DELMA]

For real. In my 8 cube parked in a dock. 53 footer backed right into me. Came out of his cab and said oh did I hit you after his trailer scratched the whole side of my package car. On road came out took some pictures and our mechanic said it just needed a bit of paint so it wasn't an accident

All that did was scratch the dirt off.

 

[CHEMA-DELMA]

Started driving after 3 days of training in 1988, made the list in 6 weeks, never laid off. Cover driver for a while then bid feeders

 

[oldupsman]

Damn, things really have changed

Changed? Think about this for a second. When I started in 1975 I believe we were in a
total of 15 states. I had seen the trucks around but didn't really
know what they delivered. I took the job because I was 23, broke, and needed work.

 

[clean hairy]

For real. In my 8 cube parked in a dock. 53 footer backed right into me. Came out of his cab and said oh did I hit you after his trailer scratched the whole side of my package car. On road came out took some pictures and our mechanic said it just needed a bit of paint so it wasn't an accident

Was it Swifty Swift?

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

Was it Swifty Swift?

No, it was Schneider, and the driver was @UnionStrong

 

[UnionStrong]

No, it was Schneider, and the driver was @UnionStrong

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

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[UnionStrong]

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