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08-19-2009, 09:48 PM
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#1 | | BRAVE NEW WORLD
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Rep Power: 3199 |  has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
I have seen ups freight trucks idle the whole time while taking a lunch or even picking up a customers shipment, has ups addressed this. They want to nitpick a package car stopped at a red light for a minute, but a freight driver idles for an hour and nothing is said? Maybe its time for IE to take a walk through the ups freight operations and start cutting some expenses that seem like they are a no brainer. wait until you guys get telematics, since you use diads you wont be on the dock drinking coffee with the customer anymore.good luck! | 
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08-20-2009, 12:45 PM
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#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: KC MO
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
It's all on the way to the Freight side!! The way they have been cutting cost with us is using outside carriers while the bottom 10 to 15 drivers are starved by only getting 2 to 3 days a week!!!!! So I think we would rather get a full week of work and get harassed about idle time then only work 2 to 3 days a week!!!!!!! | |
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08-20-2009, 03:27 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Western USA
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Rep Power: 637 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
How many hours have you spent watching freight drivers eating their lunches for an hour??
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08-20-2009, 05:08 PM
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#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: KC MO
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
That's funny OldUpsDriver!!!! I was thinking the same thing!! | |
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08-20-2009, 08:45 PM
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#5 | | BRAVE NEW WORLD
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Rep Power: 3199 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
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Originally Posted by OldUPSDriver  How many hours have you spent watching freight drivers eating their lunches for an hour?? |
its not hard old when you drive by a business that has a freight truck and the driver is leaning against the door taking a nap with his hat over his face then I cone through again later and the truck is in the exact same place. It wasnt a jab just a question since they are using diads and can probably get telematics hooked up to monitor this stuff also..... | |
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08-25-2009, 09:51 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Rep Power: 1100 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
the day we get telematics is the day i come to terms with the fact that overnite is gone and is never coming brown
i hate this company more and more everyday, i really do....except the pay and benefits of course | |
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08-25-2009, 10:41 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The land that God forgot...the Midwest
Posts: 1,063
Rep Power: 5432 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
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Originally Posted by City Driver i hate this company more and more everyday, i really do....except the pay and benefits of course |
It's only the beginning, City, only the beginning! | |
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08-25-2009, 10:47 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Rep Power: 1100 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
the beginning of the end | |
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08-25-2009, 03:48 PM
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#9 | | Wrapped around her finger
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: here
Posts: 2,147
Rep Power: 10754 | Re: has ups put the heat on freight for excess idling?
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Originally Posted by City Driver the day we get telematics is the day i come to terms with the fact that overnite is gone and is never coming brown
i hate this company more and more everyday, i really do....except the pay and benefits of course | And the premium bathroom facility's!
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