Largest UPS Feeder Hub in Louisville, Kentucky

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  1. Boonie

    Boonie Light Load Member

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    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?
     
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    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.
     
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    Added some stuff to the last two posts.
     
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    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).
     
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    Not corny at all. I also love the sound of a diesel engine. I think alot of drivers do.
     
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    i do:biggrin_255:
     
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    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.
     
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  10. Boonie

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    Does anybody know if UPS (union side) Parcel hires shifters off the street?
     
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