My Experience with UPSF

I'm usually back at my terminal at 5am. But I use the yard horse for about a hour or two by choice and if the supervisor has the work. And trust me I don't miss traffic either. If I get to leave by 330am I just miss the traffic in NYC... and lately they been being funny with closing highways without letting anyone know on the signs beforehand

 

well I saw how much the direct deposit gave me this week... All im gonna say I was happy, I actually made what a decent week at YRC would be... that 15% really was killing my checks... I really hope these guys get that back, I got friends at my old terminal doing 6 trips to get more money.

well so far all week been going good, I finally got the hang of that one lever does all forklifts we got. Its not to bad once you get used to it. My tractors engine was finall going I think, had over a million and volvo engines normally dont go that long, so I got a new one today, a recently refurbished one, I do miss my aux inlet for my ipod though, this tractor has a cassette player in it, so ill get one of those cassette converter things.

Other than that no complaints. Even the dock which i was dreading isnt too bad. Go in at 7, strip some trailers for the outbound, and give it to the guys loading. at 9pm go outside and hook, gone by 930. Normally at my hub at 11:15, sometimes 11 depending on traffic and construction (stupid NYC). Go out drop the trailers maybe fuel if needed and the fuel truck didnt come in. On the dock I strip my lead trailer, normally an hour and a half, then when the other guy gets there I strip out his trailer and he starts loading my 2 trailers(he likes to load rather than strip the trailers so it is what it is). Also it is nice seeing the same guys every night, knowing names, knowing who will help you and who is an @#$hole. usually by 2:30 or 3am Im outside hooking, then back at my barn around 4:45 or 5:15. Then I get to play switcher or a bit since theres no morning switcher (by choice, and if the supervisor has the work, hes normally pretty good about it). today I got in late as there was a lot of freight for us tonight, so when I was done dropping my set there was no work for me at my terminal... which is fine, nothing wrong with an easier night every so often.

One more day then a nice well deserved relaxing weekend

 

We just got pre passes for our trucks

 

Got assigned a newer truCk tonight. Man I didn't think freight trucks could pull

 

One similar to the picture below... But its gray and brown the older ones. The one I took below was the one I was training with.

Good question about my time with the teamster I will have to check on that. I do hope one day we vote in the NFMA ( National Freight Masters Agreement) like YRC has. You never know

 

Nice well deserved long weekend this weekend. I do enjoy working at an end of line terminal. Not sure if the hubs have off, at YRC only the time starts had off