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<blockquote data-quote="socalfusions" data-source="post: 2455116" data-attributes="member: 64574"><p>Are all of those old trucks no longer being used? Those sound like some serious issues, many of which I've experienced personally in Fedex contractor trucks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That must get annoying fast, I suppose it's better than sucking down diesel fumes or dealing with physically detrimental vehicle components though.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is unfortunate but sadly true, the supervisor that trained me who used to be a route owner went into details explaining some of the stuff you mentioned, mainly that Fedex runs a bottom line business strategy that screws over the contractors for the sake of making the most profit. I have yet to see a vehicle that doesn't have a serious problem in the fleet, it's either cabin fumes, suspension problems, alignment problems, etc. Every vehicle is incredibly loud as you described, some to the point that it likely is damaging your hearing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What exactly is a "penalty truck?" </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That sounds like the way work vehicles should be maintained which is apparently a privilege in the package delivery industry it seems.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A couple of the ones I've trained in have plywood passenger seats which is evident due to the padding exposing it, your butt takes a hell of a beating at the end of the day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That makes sense, a couple of vehicles had to be repaired in my contractors fleet and they take them to a local mechanic who has multitudes of other civilian vehicles to fix before they can get to the contractors truck which can take days or weeks. It was mentioned that for this reason they refrain from fixing many things. I can see how discouraging it would be to want to fix any quality of life components on a truck even if it threatens the health or safety of the driver unfortunately.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah it seems to be a lose lose business practice for the contractors, I haven't heard from one yet that has had many positive things to say about Fedex and in many ways by taking part they are enabling Fedex to continue this controversial business practice though I'm sure many others are ready to take their place. I'm just curious to know what it's going to take to eradicate such business philosophies, why doesn't Fedex get unionized I wonder? Yearly earnings? Do UPS trucks have their own gas station?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="socalfusions, post: 2455116, member: 64574"] Are all of those old trucks no longer being used? Those sound like some serious issues, many of which I've experienced personally in Fedex contractor trucks. That must get annoying fast, I suppose it's better than sucking down diesel fumes or dealing with physically detrimental vehicle components though. This is unfortunate but sadly true, the supervisor that trained me who used to be a route owner went into details explaining some of the stuff you mentioned, mainly that Fedex runs a bottom line business strategy that screws over the contractors for the sake of making the most profit. I have yet to see a vehicle that doesn't have a serious problem in the fleet, it's either cabin fumes, suspension problems, alignment problems, etc. Every vehicle is incredibly loud as you described, some to the point that it likely is damaging your hearing. What exactly is a "penalty truck?" That sounds like the way work vehicles should be maintained which is apparently a privilege in the package delivery industry it seems. A couple of the ones I've trained in have plywood passenger seats which is evident due to the padding exposing it, your butt takes a hell of a beating at the end of the day. That makes sense, a couple of vehicles had to be repaired in my contractors fleet and they take them to a local mechanic who has multitudes of other civilian vehicles to fix before they can get to the contractors truck which can take days or weeks. It was mentioned that for this reason they refrain from fixing many things. I can see how discouraging it would be to want to fix any quality of life components on a truck even if it threatens the health or safety of the driver unfortunately. Yeah it seems to be a lose lose business practice for the contractors, I haven't heard from one yet that has had many positive things to say about Fedex and in many ways by taking part they are enabling Fedex to continue this controversial business practice though I'm sure many others are ready to take their place. I'm just curious to know what it's going to take to eradicate such business philosophies, why doesn't Fedex get unionized I wonder? Yearly earnings? Do UPS trucks have their own gas station? [/QUOTE]
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