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05-07-2008, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: northwest TN
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I have seen different package cars mentioned and I was wondering what's the difference among the package cars? The only one that I know for sure is a P600. | 
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05-07-2008, 11:39 AM
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Most people are just talking about size. | |
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05-07-2008, 04:51 PM
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we have old P500's in our centre that are over 30 years old. They need to be retired.... | |
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05-07-2008, 06:00 PM
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| | Box Monkey
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harrisburg, PA
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The bigger the number, the bigger the car. Usuallly that's true anyway.
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05-07-2008, 07:04 PM
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| | Backwoods Hillbilly
Join Date: Dec 2007
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| Re: Package Cars
P600= 600 cubic feet of storage in box.
Bigger the number = more cubic feet of storage space. | |
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05-08-2008, 02:56 AM
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i have two trucks a one thousand and an A2 van, so how is the size firgured on the A2 van? It is freaking big, that is for sure! | |
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05-08-2008, 08:03 AM
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| | retired and happy
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A2= 2 cubic feet? That's like a postal mailbag  | |
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05-08-2008, 11:10 AM
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| | ADKtrails
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Albany New York
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Maybe Acres 2? | |
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05-08-2008, 06:06 PM
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| | brown bomber
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: north coast
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haven't had a P-600 in our bldg. for quite some time....they were taken out of service or euthanized
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05-08-2008, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bugman74  i have two trucks a one thousand and an A2 van, so how is the size firgured on the A2 van? It is freaking big, that is for sure! |
Our A2 has a number that begins with 176 I think. So, maybe 1700 cube? I agree the thing is a absolute monster. | |
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05-09-2008, 10:12 AM
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An A2 is a 26 foot straight truck that has been converted with roller balls in the floor and side access doors so that it can haul 2 air cans (igloos). Thus A2. There is an air valve that can lower the roller balls below the level of the floor so it can be used for bulk delivery and pickup. An A4 is a 40 foot trailer with four positions for bringing air cans back to hub from airport. There is an A5 which is 53 feet and holds 5 cans. Old bubbletop econoline vans were p31's, Mid nineties there were new p32's. 60's and 70's had p400, p600, and p800's. The 80's brought p1000's, p1200's. Now there are a new p57 to relace the p500's. The sprinter vans are p47's. | |
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05-09-2008, 09:21 PM
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| | I like a good game of UNO
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 1 mile past BFE
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A P500 was a good truck. Only thing you had to remember was to duck going out the rear doors. I chipped a tooth one time when I forgot.
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05-10-2008, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Cementups The bigger the number, the bigger the car. Usuallly that's true anyway. |
Cement,
I don't think that's the case anymore. We have p12's with numbers like 132453 and p10's with a number like 141223.
On a side note, does anyone know how long its going to take to replace the fleet with new automatic, powel steering diesel vehicels?
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05-10-2008, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by browniehound Cement,
I don't think that's the case anymore. We have p12's with numbers like 132453 and p10's with a number like 141223.
On a side note, does anyone know how long its going to take to replace the fleet with new automatic, powel steering diesel vehicels? | Nope, it's not perfectly the case anymore but for all general chatting. It still holds true and makes sense. | |
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05-10-2008, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by browniehound Cement,
I don't think that's the case anymore. We have p12's with numbers like 132453 and p10's with a number like 141223.
On a side note, does anyone know how long its going to take to replace the fleet with new automatic, powel steering diesel vehicels? | I think we have at least 3 p12's with drasticaly different numbering schemes. Quite a few p10's that start with 141. A bunch of p5's and a ton of p7's. Not sure if we have any p6's. Also have a bunch of those huge straight trucks that do huge bulk stops and pickups. My absolute favorite trucks are the p7's. We have at least 3 different models of automatic p7's, maybe more. | |
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05-11-2008, 06:24 AM
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| | Paranoid Android
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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Originally Posted by browniehound On a side note, does anyone know how long its going to take to replace the fleet with new automatic, powel steering diesel vehicels? | Haha, keep dreaming bud. | |
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05-11-2008, 03:08 PM
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| | Bitingthe Hand that Feeds
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon, Hillsboro center
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Originally Posted by browniehound On a side note, does anyone know how long its going to take to replace the fleet with new automatic, powel steering diesel vehicels? | Some bean-counting moron from I.E. made a rule that UPS must get 30 years of service out of each vehicle, no matter what. We had a P-600 that threw a rod when it was 29 1/2 years old. The mechanics had to install a completely new engine in it...after which it got driven once or twice as a shop spare before they hauled it off and crushed it.
We currently have P-1000's in service of early 90's vintage with no power steering, 3-point seat belt etc. UPS will continue endangering the lives of its employees with these deathtraps for at least 10 or 15 more years. UPS...the company that cares.
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