Purplepackage
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Only 4 days to go and then fedex will shut down express and Amazon will be flying jets through the sky. And of course lazership will have ground and ups out of buisness.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
4 days to go
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It will be fine
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You guys working today?
Purplepackage
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We have 5 guys working today doing about 200 resis according to our senior.
Yesterday we ran a full sort, did about 100 stops that I hope will take the edge off of Monday even though I know it won't.
The last 6 days before Christmas is basically hell week for express, Amazon stops shipping ground and only ships air and we get crushed everyday
It will be fine
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Slacker. Where's the team spirit? DOT ShmeOT.
McFeely
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I don't think anybody at my station is working today. Yesterday we took everything out that we had (did a double-sort because the ramp didn't get the memo?) so hopefully Monday's a little better. I did 84 stops driving around in mashed-potato snow all day.
I tell ya, you haven't lived until you have Tokyo-drifted a W700.
I tell ya, you haven't lived until you have Tokyo-drifted a W700.
Purplepackage
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My manager sent a group text to a couple of us who are dot asking if we would rather work Sunday than saturday, yeah I don't think so lol
Purplepackage
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no you haven't lived until you drive a reach in a dusting of snow lol
Purplepackage
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i prefer the w700 over any truck but for rural stuff im glad the changed over to mostly sprinters, at least those have a suspension that won't kill your back
McFeely
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Totally. Only real complaint I had about the Sprinters was the traction nanny system and the occasional side door that wouldn't open (or would open when you drove away from a stop).
The lone W900 in our station is my favorite in the stable. Comfiest ride and plenty of turbo to get it going. Plus, chicks dig the W900, right?
The lone W900 in our station is my favorite in the stable. Comfiest ride and plenty of turbo to get it going. Plus, chicks dig the W900, right?
Route 66
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...just probably not the kind that anyone would ever want to date
outtatime
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That's why I love the Dodge Sprinters, you can disable the traction control and actually get going in snow. Plus having a radio doesn't hurt either. They do ride a little rougher being a dually and heavier duty suspension but I'll take the trade-off.
Fred's Myth
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Dodge Sprinters with radios and duals???? Sounds like someone pimped your ride.
outtatime
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Yep, the Mercedes ones are single rear wheel and the Dodge ones are duals with factory radios/CD players!!
Purplepackage
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I've been driving one the isuzus (we call them a reach but I don't know if that's just specific to my station) since peak started and it's like those things have no suspension at all. Even just cruising through nice developments every bump shakes the entire truck.
Good thing I'm running a split resi overflow route, guaranteed to be busting my ass this week
Good thing I'm running a split resi overflow route, guaranteed to be busting my ass this week
McFeely
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Yup, the Isuzu Reach aka 630 (although I don't think I've seen 630 indicated anywhere on the truck). God how I hate those trucks. Totally gutless and near impossible to accelerate across a busy street.
