Buck Fifty
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Didn't that have something to do with older drop frames?
why yes I believe it did !
Didn't that have something to do with older drop frames?
If I've heard correctly the pintle is set low to prevent theft of the Dolly or a trailerDidn't that have something to do with older drop frames? The doors used to close lower, so we had to get low pintle dollies?Also known as converter gear.UPS for some reason chose to use the abnormally low pintle hook arrangement.
If I've heard correctly the pintle is set low to prevent theft of the Dolly or a trailer
Thanks for the replies. I do turn them on right. It's more of a hiss than I want. Hooked up on the door waiting for the sort to go down ill loose all my air pressure.
Dracula, the shop at this hub is a freaking joke. It i drag the set back to the shop they'll just tell me it will take to long to fix might as well go get another dolly and start over. Your right though, it's easy $$$$. Sometimes it's nice to get out of there though, especially Saturday morning.
My new plan is gonna be to sit by the Dollie pile and wait for drop offs, less chance of something being wrong. May also have my meet driver stash Dollie he brings back which is the Dollie I brought in from my origin day before. If I broke my set every time and put the trailers on doors I'd never give up my Dollie. The loads I bring to hub are bypass, except they sometimes top off front trailer.
Origin would be where a load is originally from and where my day starts, for those of you who don't know your head from your .
That makes no sense. Where are they supposed to be stolen from? Inside the UPS yard?
I'm not sure, maybe if it's dropped at a CPU? I also believe that's why the air line setup is different than a different carriers trailers/dolliesIf I've heard correctly the pintle is set low to prevent theft of the Dolly or a trailer
That makes no sense. Where are they supposed to be stolen from? Inside the UPS yard?
Was the Fed current? Just curious if the theives had it inspected those several years.While I was employed at a previous company, a dolly reappeared in Phoenix after being missing for several years.
Was the Fed current? Just curious if the theives had it inspected those several years.
I was pulled into the office recently concerning my start work times and why it takes me 30+ minutes to build a set. I said that I like to use dollies that are in good shape and not ones that look like they came all the from Siberia across Russia down through Alaska and through Canada to get here.
I was told as long as they pass pretrip they are good to go.
I said I didnt like using ones that are out of alignment with the cupped and uneven tires on them.
They said what do you want? Armour All and fresh paint? As long as they are Inflated, have no cuts and are in good Condition, and have tread Depth they are fine.
I just said OK and went about my business.
Still look for good ones in the morning!
I have come to loathe Friday nights Saturday mornings. I always seem to grab a bad Dollie at my turn. The set I bring in sometimes stays together and even if not I leave the Dollie for my meet driver. No big deal as I usually have sort delay anyways.
I pretrip dollies good. The problem I've had in my 3 months in feeders so far are dollies that have a valve stuck open. This morning I get set hooked, turn on air to rear, crank legs up and come back by Dollie to hear air escaping from underneath the frame. Pisses me off, there is no way to check for that. But my question is am I doing something wrong. The leak today was under the driver side of Dollie right in the middle. I just don't know. Feel like its me cause out of all the dollies to choose I seem to pick the 1 out of a 100 that's bad. It's been at least 3 times I've had this on a Saturday morning.
thanks.
I was pulled into the office recently concerning my start work times and why it takes me 30+ minutes to build a set. I said that I like to use dollies that are in good shape and not ones that look like they came all the from Siberia across Russia down through Alaska and through Canada to get here.
I was told as long as they pass pretrip they are good to go.
I said I didnt like using ones that are out of alignment with the cupped and uneven tires on them.
They said what do you want? Armour All and fresh paint? As long as they are Inflated, have no cuts and are in good Condition, and have tread Depth they are fine.
I just said OK and went about my business.
Still look for good ones in the morning!