What about ups tractor trailer?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ad356, Aug 24, 2019.

  1. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    Most of the night trucks are the newer ones. You run p&d and they are bad. 17 years of driving them so I've seen them all. The governor's are different on all of them for some reason...don't know why. Some do 65, some do 85 it's weird.
     
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  3. Concorde

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    Haven’t had to do a regen on my 2014 T-680 in 8 months. Ever since I stopped idling it without bumping up the rpms to about 750.

    If you’re regening that much...wow!
    I’d definitely be trying to get that puppy resolved or trading it in
     
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  4. truckdriver31

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    trust me. keep her working. when you get on a $100k year job. they all want to be a stay at home mom. i have been paying all the bills for the last 13years.
     
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  5. ad356

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    This piece of junk has been to kenworth 4 times for repairs.i called my boss and told him it was acting this bad. He says kenworth was unable to repair it they are taking it on a trade and eating the repair cost. This same truck spun a rod bearing at 300k and has a reman paccar engine.

    When I called my boss he said it's a piece of junk..... Then why am I still driving if it's junk.

    I'm a little annoyed
     
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  6. truckdriver31

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    is it ups feeder driver or ups freight. i wont take anything less then ups feeder.
     
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  7. ad356

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    When it pulls its fine, when it's gutless it's only making 20 psi of boost..... Basket case.... And you never know what it's going to do. It's like a woman.
     
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  8. FlaSwampRat

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    You are in ny right? A few years ago there was a whistle blower case up there about the automotive supervisor at one of the hubs putting inspection stickers on trucks with rust holes in the frames. That's how bad they have gotten with the penny pinching, just something to keep in mind. You will make a ton of money but generally put up with a ton of crap. I always told people I get paid to get #### on lol. It's a great job but you can't be picky with trucks, hours, etc because that doesn't fly there. If it was a feeder driver you were talking to top rate right now is $39. @LtlAnonymous is a good source of info on this too, he's a feeder driver that is new so he can fill you in more on the hiring process and stuff. It's in my best interest to get people to go there because y'all fund my pension but after seeing your deal with having to switch trucks at your current job I think you might have a struggle ahead if you if trying to go with UPS.
     
  9. truckdriver31

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    anyone had the new popeyes chicken sandwich
     
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  10. ad356

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    I have driven a variety of trucks at work. Some nice some not so nice. I have never driven anything that required so many regeneration cycles in such a short period of time. When the boss says it's junk what does that tell you?
     
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    Maybe some day it will regen and catch fire then your troubles with it will be over..

    With you safely away from the inferno of course. I couldn’t hang out in my truck the couple times it did do a regen. The smell of it I just can’t handle.
     
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