Largest UPS Feeder Hub in Louisville, Kentucky

**Boonie** · 12.15.2011

I'd do it in a heartbeat if it would get me into real TT driving! Wax on, wax off! That looks like something I could be trained on in a yard without having a CDL. No?

**7122894003481** · 12.15.2011

Originally Posted by Boonie

I'd do it in a heartbeat if it would get me into TT driving! Wax on, wax off!

It would definitely be good experience for you. As a yard jockey, you will be backing trailers all day long. They dont back the exact same as a regular UPS tractor will, because of the shorter wheelbase, but adjusting from a jockey truck to a tractor isnt that hard. But as a new driver, it would be great practice for you to get the basic mechanics of backing a trailer down.

**Boonie** · 12.15.2011

Added some stuff to the last two posts.

**7122894003481** · 12.15.2011

Originally Posted by Boonie

I'd do it in a heartbeat if it would get me into real TT driving! Wax on, wax off! That looks like something I could be trained on in a yard without having a CDL. No?

Its perfectly legal to drive a jockey truck on private property without a CDL. UPS Freight allows it. We have jockeys who have been there 20+ years and have never held a CDL. Im not sure about the parcel side though. It seems like atleast half of their "jockeys" are actually drivers. I saw a bunch of them wearing uniforms, and I think it is drivers who do a run, come back to the hub and are told to go help out in the yard. (I personally heard supervisors telling drivers to go out in the yard).

**7122894003481** · 12.15.2011

Originally Posted by Boonie

LOL! That's the right attitude! Can't wait to hear more about your experiences. Anyway, what's a jockey truck?

By the way, I kept calling around and finally found a warm body to answer the phone. That warm body couldn't answer my questions either. However, a supervisor finally got on the phone and did tell me that the Air Hub was the largest Parcel terminal in Louisville and the second largest is on Bluegrass Parkway.

On another note, have been riding around in the UPS package car, hustling, and helping the driver...It sure would be nice if UPS would allow their TT drivers to have helpers. That would be great and it would shed some light on a few things. At least I get to hear the diesel engine of the package car. Trying not to sound too corny here, but I just love the sound of a diesel engine and have for years, but just didn't put two and two together. Saw a couple flatbeds yesterday, each carrying crane parts and thought it was so cool. Hubby doesn't get my fascination, lol! (He's driven TTs in a yard before years ago when he was running construction). I just tell him I think it's cool as hell.

Not corny at all. I also love the sound of a diesel engine. I think alot of drivers do.

**sebo** · 12.16.2011

Originally Posted by Harvey Wallbanger

Not corny at all. I also love the sound of a diesel engine. I think alot of drivers do.

i do

**defencerulez** · 12.16.2011

Don't need CDL to shift, but if you are good at it, you have everything you need to be a UPS trucker as long as you learn to drive on the road... I can almost gurantee that any experienced UPS shifter will impress a CDL examiner with their backing and tight manuvers so getting that CDL will be a cake walk for you.