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[Cementups]

Yeah, exactly. And here I am cramming a week's worth of yardwork, housework, laundry, and drinking into a day and a half on the weekends....just to start it all over.

Lots of guys have a 3 or 4 day weekend and make well more than I do. I'm all about it.

I live in a townhouse with an HOA so I have people that do my yard work for me. And I don’t really drink very often. So all I have left to do is my laundry every Sunday and make the occasional dinner. With only 3 days on road I usually only drink bone broth and powdered greens and drink plenty of water for my meals on road. Maybe some cheese sticks and hard boiled eggs as a snack. I ain’t doing crap but sitting so no need to eat a couple thousand calories. So minimal to no meal prep. It’s a pretty sweet gig

 

[Coldworld]

Only 22 year FT (30.5 total PT+FT) but I’m number 40 out of 430 at EZRPA. We have 27 sleeper teams and I think I’m the 8th A driver.

The perks of company seniority....the way it should be.

 

[Coldworld]

I live in a townhouse with an HOA so I have people that do my yard work for me. And I don’t really drink very often. So all I have left to do is my laundry every Sunday and make the occasional dinner. With only 3 days on road I usually only drink bone broth and powdered greens and drink plenty of water for my meals on road. Maybe some cheese sticks and hard boiled eggs as a snack. I ain’t doing crap but sitting so no need to eat a couple thousand calories. So minimal to no meal prep. It’s a pretty sweet gig

How is the bathroom/sleep situations...two things that make me Leary about trying it out for a year.

 

[Cementups]

How is the bathroom/sleep situations...two things that make me Leary about trying it out for a year.

For sleeper?! Truck stops and rest areas for bathrooms and showers. Sleep is fine. I get more sleep in the back of the truck than I do at home. I’d definitely recommend filling in for vacations with people to see if you like it before bidding onto a sleeper run. Don’t want to get out here and hate it and/or not be able to sleep.

 

[Raven Rocks]

Teamsters Mourn Death of Indiana UPS Feeder Driver Killed in Crash

The Teamsters Union is mourning the loss of Julie Reid, a UPS feeder driver and member of Teamsters Local 135, who was killed in a fatal crash and vehicle fire

teamster.org

 

[over9five]

Teamsters Mourn Death of Indiana UPS Feeder Driver Killed in Crash

The Teamsters Union is mourning the loss of Julie Reid, a UPS feeder driver and member of Teamsters Local 135, who was killed in a fatal crash and vehicle fire

teamster.org

This is so tragic. Any of us in the UPS Feeder FB group knows her.
RIP, driver.

 

[Covemastah]

Well this is a great temporary fed sticker !!

 

[burrheadd]

Well this is a great temporary fed sticker !!View attachment 483376

It’s good to go we really need that load out of here

 

[Covemastah]

It’s good to go we really need that load out of here

Found at drop n swap customer
I pulled and hoped for the best

 

[hondo]

Well this is a great temporary fed sticker !!View attachment 483376

What was the mechanic's 'call date' on the king box?

 

[PreTrippin’]

Well this is a great temporary fed sticker !!View attachment 483376

Just deliver it

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

CSA - What's New

csa.fmcsa.dot.gov

So I have a chance...

 

[Cementups]

Well this is a great temporary fed sticker !!View attachment 483376

I'm sure we have an exemption and is totally ok to run down the road.

 

[Covemastah]

I'm sure we have an exemption and is totally ok to run down the road.

I took it !

 

[Johney]

I took it !

 

[Cementups]

I took it !

Do you get told "we have an exemption" when the highways are closed to trucks and they don't like when you refuse a load?

I even called NJ and NY State police on day on speaker phone and told them UPS wanted me to move a trailer when the roads were closed. Both cops said, "I never heard of any such exemption. If you are seen on the highways and pulled over we will impound your vehicle and hte company and yourself could be subject to fines." I told them both thank you very much (separately of course). Hung up. I asked the boss what he wanted me to do and all he said was, "Take it, we have an exemption." I still refuse to pull the loads and my boss threatened me with a suspension but I never heard anything about it again.

 

[Covemastah]

Blizzard hit here 18"
Nor'easter mid March during Covid ,,governor closed roads and all was told to come in ,,, I was told we had a Covid exemption ,,I told them good ,, I'll be in when roads open

 

[over9five]

Blizzard hit here 18"
Nor'easter mid March during Covid ,,governor closed roads and all was told to come in ,,, I was told we had a Covid exemption ,,I told them good ,, I'll be in when roads open

I worked that night. I was so pissed pulling empties to my pickups... because we carried Covid drugs! I brought it in and went home. After blasting them. We should never have been out like that.
Profit before lives.