Combo vs Package vs Feeders
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ChickenLegs
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That combo job will be moved to "another building" after he makes the switch.
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TooTechie
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Damn, it takes us 3-5 months here to move most of the people after our bi-annual bid. Damn I said Bi, Inde will be along soon in this thread now.
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pickup
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I know quite a few people who came out of package that stayed in the yard and knew quite a few who left the yard prematurely. Notice the "know" and "knew" . Better to back up between two trailers and clog up the yard with fellow UPS drivers who have been there and done that rather than being forced to do a blind side between two tractor trailers in a hard to find cpu site while the workers all whiz out of there in their cars while you try to back in.
To each his own, for those who are willing to fly out of the nest, god bless you. For those who want to stay in the womb and get your training in a more controlled environment, stay in the yard.
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pickup
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Embrace the yard and its craziness and you will become its master. Then you can take what you learned out into the real world.
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I agree, but those who know how to do it in a personal vehicle are one step closer to doing it in a pc or tractor than those who haven't.
I give credit and creedence to the fact that my first car at 18 was a stick shift . The principles learned in that car helped greatly in my eventual transition to a tractor trailer driver.
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pickup
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And then again, it depends on the combo job.
The guy who works on the skid dock/ and then jockeys around vehicles for the car wash has an advantage over the guy who works preload/skid docks when it comes to driving a pc or tractor trailer
The guy who works on the skid dock/ and then jockeys around vehicles for the car wash has an advantage over the guy who works preload/skid docks when it comes to driving a pc or tractor trailer
SafetyFirst
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What is the difference in pay package car vs feeder? Are feeders that much higher hourly?
OntCombo63
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I would think in small hubs driving package or feeder would be the way to go. But in bigger hubs there are some really good easy combo jobs. I got an easy hub job loading a 70 package a night air can (Medford Oregon 9759) and then an even easier ramp job. There hasn't been any cutbacks at our hub we are in the process of expanding it so it feels pretty secure being combo. You drivers though break the bank and earn it and then some.
Slinging Packages
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I believe it's 35 cents more per hour if they pull doubles
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SafetyFirst
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But its the same progression otherwise?
Slinging Packages
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Slinging Packages
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Actually we are both wrong. It is 45 cents for doubles and 80 cents for triples . Just looked it up in the contract book.
MaceFremonti
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Here on the East Coast it's .50 for doubles. We don't have triples here although NEWPA has tried twice to dispatch me with triples.....LOL
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MaceFremonti
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The extra coin covers the added responsibility both driving wise and pre/post trip wise....come on cach you know that!
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cachsux
Wah
They said don't hit anything. They didn't say any less depending on what I was moving.
