Feeder drivers
- Thread starter Boonie
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Thanks. Now, how does "22.3" equal "two pt positions making up an 8 hour day"?
LOL! It's obvious I don't know Jack (but I'm working on it!).
bluehdmc
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A day in the life of a feeder driver may consist of starting in the mid afternoon, finding a trailer, possibly having to clean it out, (pallets from the day before, sweep it out). Then going to a customer location and picking up anywhere from a couple of pallets, to a full trailer load, to just switching trailers on the door at the customer location. If you only picked up a couple of pallets, you may stop at 2 or 3 customers, with a couple pallets here, a couple there, etc. You may or may not have to load the pallets with a pallet jack. Usually the customer loads with forklift. Then you return to the hub, drop the trailer, maybe repeat with another trailer, maybe play yard jockey with a switcher or your tractor. Then after lunch you may run to the railyard, another hub, or possibly more customer pickups.
Or you can have a job, where you take a load to one hub, the a: go back to the first hub and repeat, b: go to another hub, the return to the first, or c: go from point a to b and back. Or you could be yard jockey all nite.
The good thing about feeders in comparison to other trucking jobs, 95% of the work is drop an hook, 5% is when you have to clean out or load at customers. You get to sleep in your own bed every day. You usually work at nite when there are less idiots on the road.
The bad thing, you usually work at nite when there are less idiots on the road.
Or you can have a job, where you take a load to one hub, the a: go back to the first hub and repeat, b: go to another hub, the return to the first, or c: go from point a to b and back. Or you could be yard jockey all nite.
The good thing about feeders in comparison to other trucking jobs, 95% of the work is drop an hook, 5% is when you have to clean out or load at customers. You get to sleep in your own bed every day. You usually work at nite when there are less idiots on the road.
The bad thing, you usually work at nite when there are less idiots on the road.
Is this what a feeder driver job opening looks like?
Package Operations - Tractor Trailer Driver jobs in Lexington at United Parcel Service
Package Operations - Tractor Trailer Driver jobs in Lexington at United Parcel Service
2Slow
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That is for seasonal employees.
brett636
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I believe to be considered for seasonal you have to currently hold a Class A CDL and have some experience driving a tractor trailer. It sounds like your best option is to start from the bottom and work your way up, but as its already been stated it could be a few years or longer wait depending on the building you end up working in. UPS will train you to get your CDL if you ended up being awarded a job in feeders so don't bother getting your CDL now if you really only want to drive for UPS. Goodluck with whatever you end up choosing!
Okay, thank you. Does anyone know where the largest UPS hub is in Louisville, KY? I've called the main 800-742-5877 number for UPS who then referred me to Freight at 800-742-5877. Interestingly, neither division seems to know the answer, nor does anyone else associated with UPS I've called so far.
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pickup
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Brett hit the mark pretty much. UPS does not hire cdl graduates fresh out of school. They need at least a year's experience(accident free and I also believe, pretty much violation free) before they will hire a guy as a casual/seasonal driver. For him to get a full time position afterward also involves the union having to moving 5 inside guys(people working at ups already, and as far as I know package car drivers) into feeders before hiring a guy off the street. Also, remember there are other casuals vying for that position, many with much more than one year's experience and therefore probably more skilled.
Ups Freight probably has different, less strict rules but I don't know about what goes on at UPS freight.
Ups Freight probably has different, less strict rules but I don't know about what goes on at UPS freight.
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pickup
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Once at UPS freight, you are stuck there, no transferring over to UPS feeders side. I am sure that transferring the other way is forbidden also but no ever tried it.
brett636
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I am not aware of the exact differences between freight and parcel in terms of benefits or pay. I have heard they don't pay as well in freight, but they just went union within the last few years. Considering that its impossible to just move buildings within the package division I can be almost certain that transferring from freight to package is pretty much impossible without resigning from one and getting rehired at the other.
cachsux
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You would have to ask the freight guys for the specifics but the Cliff`s notes version is the successful company we took over now has the UPS cancer in how it manages itself and treats its employees.
As far as any transfer look at this way. Two separate companies under one umbrella. No prayer of "transfer". Only quit and hope for rehire.
Me personally? I`d roll the UPS dice. Ups Freight is an acquired company and therefore could be sold off at any time if the nature of the business called for it.
