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Saw the strangest thing the other day. UPS pulling a swift trlr

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by CK73, Dec 28, 2018.

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  1. Dec 28, 2018 #1
    CK73

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    All in the same day on 80 in Nevada..

    A UPS truck with only one of it's little triples. Pulling a *GASP* Swift 53!

    Then, swear to God, a few hours later, pulling out of a TA.. Red CR England company truck pulling a Swift trailer.

    Is this a new thing to battle the driver shortage? It was like watching a zebra breed a goat out in the wild.

    Anyone else witness these "Unlikely hook-ups" out there on the freeway?
     
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  3. Dec 28, 2018 #2
    windsmith

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    Western Express shuttles JBHunt trailers around between DCs in the same city...
     
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  4. Dec 28, 2018 #3
    pmdriver

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    It is Nevada, they can be into swapping a bit.
     
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    Chinatown

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    You'll see a lot of that during busy holiday seasons. It's not unusual. When I worked for YRC reefer division we pulled lots of Swift dry vans because we didn't have but a few dry vans.
     
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    Moosetek13

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    Many Walmart loads are with Swift trailers, and sometimes there are not enough Swift drivers to handle the capacity.
     
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  8. Dec 28, 2018 #6
    CK73

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    I think it goes deeper than business as usual. UPS and CRE do not share DBs like WM and SWIFT with offices on site.

    If we start seeing more and more of this something bigger is going on.. The spice must flow.
     
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  9. Dec 28, 2018 #7
    Moosetek13

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    The spice is flowing as usual. We see it every year at this time.
     
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    D.Tibbitt

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    Ya i see ups pulling swift all the time, but hell im in flatbed and they got me pulling dry van too, it look weird when u see a long wheelbase flatbed truck, heachae box, tarps rolled up, pulling a dry van, not to mention pulling those fckin things is different than a spread it take me a couple hundred miles to get used to
     
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  11. Dec 28, 2018 #9
    ncmickey

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    Yea, I seen a UPS day cab pulling a Swifty the other day too
     
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  12. Dec 29, 2018 #10
    De Trucker

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    During peak season UPS rents tons of trailers.
    Some of them being Swift.
     
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