Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Sure. You weren't part of the vehicle maintenance department.
Express: truck repair issue
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My truck. I'll do it if I want to.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
I was talking about when you were with UPS. And so were you.
Honestly, in those dark, heat absorbing vehicles, I wouldn't have known if the heat was stuck on anyway if the blower motor was off.
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Anyone?
Anthonysg0113
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I drive for UPS, I'd rather have raises, benefits, and a retirement that A/C for three months out of the year.
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
So would we.
TeamLift
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Well, I don't drive down the road with my doors wide open on my sprinter van.
Sweat pouring down my face into my eyes and burning like hell, ya, that's a safety issue when I have to drive like that in a development, kid suddenly runs in front of you and you can't see him or her because of satan in your eyes. Shut off valve in the heater line, no, just fix it right and stop trying to welfare your way through maintenance . It's the cost of doing business, Hd gets it, we have mostly all new rides on our side now, ground still using the same old junk, now days payments and an extended warranty are cheaper than repairs every 5 seconds. Ground trucks cost more, but you make more. I know one thing, staying cool in my new ride, I go home a lot less tired than I used to. Besides, how much would it cost to fix the temperature gauge, put in a new compressor and some freon, peanuts compared to how much you guys say you make.
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TeamLift
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Three months, try about seven months, and you don't need air in a step truck, drive a little faster and you will cool off just fine. As slow as you guys walk to a door, you shouldn't get hot anyway.
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
Anyone?
Slick silver
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There a sprinter at my station that has no air what's so ever, and I'm not talking the ac. Was a definite issue when it started to rain and the windows started to fog up.
CJinx
Well-Known Member
So in other words, you're a bad driver who goes way too fast in residential zones and will blame anyone but themselves when they eventually injure/kill someone?
Anthonysg0113
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Was citing the three extreme hot temperature months, and yes I don't need ac in my package car. You're right, I don't break a sweat going to a door, I'm paid by the hour.
dupa
On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation.
i wipe the sweat from my eyes before i take off, then check my bank acct. on Fri and see i made more then twice what you did, and walk slow and safe to every stop.
dupa
On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation.
And i cant explain it, but i'm just a little slower and safer on payday
TeamLift
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Not all gravy on the UPS side though, you guys are out till what, 8.00 pm every night ? I hear the divorce rate among UPS drivers is high cause you are never home. FedEx guy takes care of your wife, delivers HIS package, pounding her like the dinner bell at the Ponderosa, leaves by six, you still have 28 stops to go.
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Aww. Be nice.
TeamLift
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That big money comes at a big price too, have to shut your truck off at every stop, if you don't, before your front tires hit the asphalt again you get a phone call, some of UPS regulations would make Hitler say Damn, while everyone else is at the party, your just starting to close your scanner down. They know every move you make out there, can tell you how many times you backed up that day, what time you urinated, whether your urine looked clear or not, whether children were present when you did, no thanks, I will get done by 3.00 pm, go home, take a shower and by the time you show up to deliver a package at my house, my motor will be cold.
