Experience with YRC ( includes YRC, New Penn, USF Reddaway and Holland

Thanks guys, the wife and I are doing better. Just one of those bumps.

I sure wish I could lift weights again. I threw my back out the other day fixing my wife's flat tire! Been 3 days now. Oh well, just have to live with it.

I know your still young and I was still living with my parents at that age too. I had to move back in with them twice since I've been older, not for very long. I'll tell you that once I was out on my own for a while and had to go back home, it was bad. It was like I lost all my seniority lol. They treated me kinda bad, like they were annoyed I was there. I was glad to be gone again.

 

I blew out my back in 2003. It was bad but but nothing compared to after the fusion I got in 2008. Now I have to be extra careful. It's weird. I can go to the gym and lift weights (carefully) but then after about 8 hours or even the next day, my back gives out. I will usually be laid up for a day to a week. I really hate it and regret that surgery everyday. I used to have faith in the medical system but not anymore. It is just a business. I have tried working out several times and get the same result. The only way I can work out is to do push ups (girl style) lol and triceps on the end of a table, crunches, squats against the wall, calf raises on the stairs, etc. Can't use any weight. That sure is a far cry from what I used to do. I used to work out religiously. Took all the supplements, diet and training very seriously. Especially the "supplements!" lol. Not anymore. I often wonder if I were to take the "supplements" again if they would help with my back issues. I think I will mention that to my doctor. I am getting up there in age.

Your sister sounds like my older daughter. Can't work cause she is so busy with school. I was like you. Started working when I was 14 with my father in construction. When I was 17 I was going to college part time, working at a grocery store and still doing construction with my dad. Gave up on college cause i was to lazy for that and kept working 2 jobs. Got my CDL in 1996 and been trucking from there on.

Sorry to hear about the autism and ADHD in your family. I worked for FedEx Express for about 6 months and I swear half the people there might have had ADHD or were just really hyper. I know you can have ADHD without being hyper so I don't really know. Maybe I was just lazy from trucking and didn't want to work. All I know is working at FedEx was back breaking and super fast paced work for to little money. I was putting in 10-12 hour days and taking home about 700 max a week. I went to work there after Yellow slowed to a crawl. 6 months later I went back otr.

 

Running LTL, what time do you usually start and get done working? Do you have any say in that? How about running wiggle wagons?

btw, i think cool's right about the economy slowing down. Thankfully though, there's always a recovery after the slow down and those seem to last longer than the dips.

 

ACH, have you tried Creatine? That stuff seemed to be the best natural supplement I've used. That and a really clean diet. Just don't fall for that crap of taking your creatine with high amounts of sugar. It works just fine without it.

That's good that your ADHD worked in your favor at FedEx. We had to have our drop offs done by noon and pick ups done by 6pm. Had to be to work at 6am to work the belt and then at 6pm to work the belt again because there were never enough people to do it.

Wrangler,
I start anywhere between 11pm and 2am usually. The time I get done just depends on the run or if I have to do a via. I have been done as early as 7am to 12pm. I have always pulled doubles. They don't give me a choice on runs unless we have a lot of freight. Then again at my yard they usually give the good runs out in order of seniority and the rest trickle down.

This election bs is getting old. They are using that excuse at my yard too. They keep saying they are waiting to see if Romney will be elected cause they think the economy will pick up under him. Hopefully he delivers on that promise should he get elected. What if Obama gets reelected? Are they just gonna close the doors?

 

Well FedEx Express doesn't normally do it that way but my terminal did. It was really unorganized and just a plain mess! The part timers that worked the belt would always quit. So the drivers had to do it. It was bs but I did get a lot of ot. That was one hot summer we had too. We had guys passing out in the warehouse. They started giving us free cold bottles of water lol.

Sounds like that supplement is pretty good. Sorry to hear about your friend.