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

I saw a UPS flatbed a little while ago. I slowed down to take a closer look to make sure I wasn't mistaken. The flatbed trailer belonged to UPS too.

 

Not unusual to holler on the CB trying to give notice of a issue on a trailer, just to find a different name on the tractor. 9 out of 10 times you never get a response no matter which name you use, so they find on their own, if they actually look.

 

The UPS place near where I lived had Swift and other carrier's trailers in their lot from December to February to deal with the Christmas load.

By the way, there is NO DRIVER SHORTAGE.

 

I thought he was gonna say he saw a UPS pullin a FedEx.. then we could call them FedUp..

 

Ya, they have been pulling them for years. I have seen them At steel shops. I don't know if they were drop and hook or live loaded. I can't see a high strung buster brown in a day cab waiting to do a live load.

 

Lol maybe he just took it thru a low bridge and turned it in to a flatbed

 

Even big box, mega-carriers need loads moved. So on the load board it goes.
I ran a swift trailer, werner, ups and A JBhunt all in two weeks. If it ships and it's in a box send it into the wind.

It's all money

 

Swift bought out ups. Its not been announced yet officially, but thats what happened.

 

I called on a load listed on the DAT boards a couple weeks ago. San Francisco area up to Seattle and it was paying double the going rate for that lane. The broker said I would have to drop my trailer the night before to get it pre-loaded, then drive non-stop to Seattle and drop my trailer for them to unload it the following day. I said it can't be done non-stop, and he said that he forgot to mention they want team drivers. It was a UPS load.