What about ups tractor trailer?

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

  1. ad356

    ad356 Road Train Member

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    i agree with this completely, and i would be paid by the hour to drive said junk. if said junk breaks down i continue to get paid . the situation i have now, my pay is fixed (piece work basically). if said junk breaks down and adds 2 hours to my day, that's what pisses me off...... i will get no more money for time spent because junk broke down. when i drove dump truck i was by the hour. the fan clutch broke once and it took time to get it fixed, i continued to get paid..... and i never complained. i DO NOT want to sit on the side of the road with broken down junk for free.

    the T880 i have as assigned truck is a nice truck but it will a couple of months to get it back.
     
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  3. ad356

    ad356 Road Train Member

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    im filling the application out. i recently had an accident where a car ran a stop sign and hit my truck. i never received a ticket over the incident, so in regards to "chargeable accidents" i am going to put 0 accidents? i presume chargeable means i would have received a ticket?
     
  4. De Trucker

    De Trucker Medium Load Member

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    We get all brand new tractors. After a few years they hand the tractors down to the P&D side and replace them with brand spanking new ones.
    Sometimes they send our old ones to smaller hubs and centers.

    The pay and benefits are good enough for any tractor they give you. If you break down, your paycheck gets bigger!
    It is definitely worth it.
     
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  5. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    im here also
     
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    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    Zero accidents...you have zero accidents, that a hole hit you. Now just a word of advice, at ups that most likely would have been considered an avoidable accident, they would have said you should have cleared the intersection and pinned it on you. I am not saying it was your fault but just how the scenario would have most likely played out at UPS. Seen a lot of good drivers get pinned with bs. As far as not getting paid anymore for being out longer on your current job....f that, get the hell out of there. You you are in that truck you need to be getting paid, don't work for free.
     
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    mover man Road Train Member

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    That is a good UNION job. So you will have to put up with the unioun good (pay health insurance pension) and the union bad ( must do this, cant do that, pay dues, maybe have to hold a sign every 5 years)
     
  8. that's them folks they call the transfer trucks aren't they that yank the joints around??
     
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    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    The way I see it, you can't lose anything by finding out about them. Package or Freight? Pay. Home everyday? Make some calls and if it sounds good put in an app and go from there.
     
  10. Fold_Moiler

    Fold_Moiler Road Train Member

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    I’ve been saying teamsters got the good insurance lol.

    Probably one of the worst unions there is but hey I’ll take the insurance and pay.

    If ups isn’t for you try construction, I’m a teamster and make 33 an hour with free bennies to drive a quad axle dump truck most days but sometimes I’ll hop in the low boy or step deck.

    Construction also tends to have nicer trucks, I got a loaded 379 with a 450 cat so she moves seeing as I only gross 63k.
     
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    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    A truck like that will NEVER exist at ups lol. That costs actual money. The benefits are better than most at UPS, team care is a good plan but not anywhere near as good as the company plan it replaced.
     
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