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road vs city

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Freebird135, Jul 24, 2009.

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  1. Jul 25, 2009 #11
    walleye

    walleye Road Train Member

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    You really can't go wrong with either decision,.........I was hired on with UPSF in March,..This is the best company I have ever worked for,...
     
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  3. Jul 25, 2009 #12
    Freebird135

    Freebird135 Road Train Member

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    thanks for the reply....i already have my CDL by the way, started out yard jockeying when i was only 18 at another company, then did it here....so i was backing trailers for a year and a half when i went to my CDL school, didnt have any problems backing

    road drivers have set departure times, and set destinations......the only thing that would hold them up is weather or traffic, but they always know exactly where they are going everyday

    trust me if this company didnt pay so #### good i wouldnt be here......i hate working the dock for $10.50 an hour, its an open dock so if its 10 below outside, its 10 below on the dock.....and i usually do about 4 hours in the yard a night the rest on the dock
     
    Freebird135, Jul 25, 2009
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    _ton bundle Thanks this.
  4. Jul 25, 2009 #13
    Freebird135

    Freebird135 Road Train Member

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    is your terminal in rice lake, wisconsin? ive never heard of it

    what do u do at UPSF?
     
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  5. Jul 25, 2009 #14
    _ton bundle

    _ton bundle Road Train Member

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    Yeah, I was in the same situation with the dock, it was actually warmer to work out in the yard in the winter because the concrete platform trapped the cold worse than the asphalt outside. Hotter on the dock in the summer because the metal roof radiated the heat from the sun.

    You sound like you have a good head on your shoulders and the right outlook on things. I just know a lot of guys that I worked with who lived like they were accountants or lawyers and got themselves into huge debt while still making good money. One accident or injury can bring the money train to an end in a hurry. Trucking is a volitile business and any trucking company can close, even one owned by UPS. They could decide tomorrow to sell it or spin it off. I doubt it will happen with UPS, but stranger things have happened. Just keep on trying to acquire skills in and out of trucking and give yourself options. Sounds like you do that anyway.

    My wife has worked for UPS parcel for 15 years and they have always expected a lot from her, but they have always treated her very well. Like fish said, you're not going to find a better trucking company to work for. I think UPS is still sorting out the kinks from Overnite (which I think was a subpar company at best), but if anyone is going to get it right, it'll be Big Brown.
     
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  7. Jul 25, 2009 #15
    Freebird135

    Freebird135 Road Train Member

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    yea the dock is cold as hell in the winter......atleast the jockey trucks have heat, and u are only going outside the cab to hook up airline (when its that cold i drop the airline from inside the cab by just reaching back and the line up and it comes right off...takes a little practice

    the only drivers i know of that make more money then UPSF drivers are UPS drivers.....other then that i havent heard of anybody making 58 and a half cents a mile right now......im sure they are out there but not many
     
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  8. Jul 25, 2009 #16
    walleye

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    It's a "zone",.........I work the city P/D,.......
     
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  9. Jul 27, 2009 #17
    sosoul2

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    I have a class B and have worked for public transportation for over 15 yrs needless to say I am burnt out with people well I'll be attending Nu-Way on the 28th of this week for my class A would like to work for someone locally like Fed-ex or ups or the usps any suggestions or will I still need to do the otr for the 1 or 2 yrs time let me know guys.......thanks. I have read and heard so many different things about this school and that school til I've gotten really nervous about what to do, but I'm getting down to the wire...
     
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  10. Jul 27, 2009 #18
    TripleSix

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    Why learn? Because things change. Even at UPS. If you cant change when change is needed, you will be obsolete.
     
    TripleSix, Jul 27, 2009
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