FedEx Ground...

Congratulation on landing that job. I've always wondered if backing double would be difficult (lol). None the less man, great job!

 

Hey Biscuit,Do You Have To Have Hazmat For Fedex Ground? I Already Have The Doubles.

 

I drive for ABF. I can hook a gear to front box and back into second box. Takes some practice, but can be done. If you turn the wheel to left, trailers goes right, and gear goes left. Its like a snake backing up.

 

You do not need hazmat, just doubles endorsement.

 

Are a contractor?

 

I just posted a question about fedex ground for becoming an o/0 . How do u get with a o/op over there? I drive for fedex freight and I'm tired of busting my booty for them and I really want my own truck but any information is helpful. Thanks!

 

Your best bet is to check craigslist for the locale of the terminal, contractors always looking for drivers, at least at my terminal. Also can call the dispatch office and ask if theycan forward your name to a contractor. That's also how its done here in Connecticut. Kalem for a growing contractor and I'm considered his first born of the business skills get spoiled with perks and dibs on the new trucks. Now that we have a small fleet i've become the manager so to speak handling issues with trucks and so forth while the boss is away.
Now keypoints if you can do the following.
Choose a contractor with high points those are senior trucks (not necessarily old trucks as points transfer with upgraded equipment) on the wheel board aka extra board that's how its run, points also used robust on assigned runs fyi.
If you want to sign on to fedex with a truck buy a contract for sale from the contractor you'll start with.their points to set you up. If you put your time in and then want to just signing a truck you start at bottom of list, we have 5 assigned runs buying it run the unassigned extra board and since I'm top trucking the terminal I get good miles I average 2200 to 2400 steadily weekly but I've earned my keep have a reputable contractor and that helps, the job is easy, trailers. And dollies even easier when you have super singles haha, good luck any questions just ask

 

And as for backing another dolly on lead trailer, it's tough but ive done it in winter being lazy, best practice is trying to back through a line of comes on both sides of truck and learn the movements. I make and break about 5 or 6th sets a day I don't even make them in a line anymore, I justplop the dolly in front and use what ever angle to make them a set.

 

Be careful out there. A FedEx driver from here in El Paso was killed along with a mother and daughter when the FedEx truck hit the mothers pickup near the 117 mile marker on I10 in NM around 1:30AM Tuesday morning. From witness accounts it.appears the pickup stopped in the right lane for no apparent reason before being hit.