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What'dyabringmetoday???
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Sure thing. And you can always be right. Good for you.
What'dyabringmetoday???
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Yes- we just spotted four "elected leaders" waddling into the buffet. We hope they can make it out under their own power."And today.. on the feeder news network.."
Kinda makes it feel like it's day light outside, and it takes the edge off of the, staring at road hypnosis.. I do it temporarily here and there.
quad decade guy
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Nah, that's when they ask: "Want the day off?"
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
I’ve had to do it before because our KW’s have a nasty habit of turning off the backlight on the instrument panel.
WannaBeFeeder
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We don’t do 8 hours here .... lol u get back to the hub in 8 and your azs is gonna shift
Indecisi0n
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Fixed
WannaBeFeeder
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This is how it started, then they added shifting to the schedule on all the shorter runs too many ppl in the damn yard
barnyard
KTM rider
I don't work in a hub. I had to be off at 4a to get a 34 hour reset. Instead of making a couple of runs to the railyard, they sent me to my building with a set and said it was good enough. Friday is my 6th day, I start at 1400 on Sunday for CPUs. This week, I'll have 35 hours off. Yay me.
barnyard
KTM rider
Last weekend was 34 hours, 2 minutes.
ManInBrown
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Haven’t worked more than 8.67 per day since Nov 1st. Every day this week was 8 and skate.
Justanotherbrown
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Feeder was the best thing that happened to me. I did one year in package and signed a Feeder bid that no one else signed... I was called few weeks later to start studying for my permit. The rest was history. I went from first progression to top scale in one year and couldn't have been more happy. Now 5 years in Feeder, I'm still happy.
If you're intimidated by driving big rig and the skills that come along with it, you should be. Respecting the equipment is one of the key to being a skilled driver. I see a lot of people get cocky in Feeders and those are the people that tear things up the most. Always remember that big rigs will kill instantly, not cause accidents.
The best perk that I really liked was jumping into top scale right away. At least that's the way it works in my local. Secondly, all the lifting of any kind of packages was left behind. I don't miss those bulk stops or those heavy pickups at all. Although Feeder is more mentally exhausted rather than physical which allows you to exert energy for a nice work out when you get off work. I can go all night. Just sign that list and don't look back.
If you're intimidated by driving big rig and the skills that come along with it, you should be. Respecting the equipment is one of the key to being a skilled driver. I see a lot of people get cocky in Feeders and those are the people that tear things up the most. Always remember that big rigs will kill instantly, not cause accidents.
The best perk that I really liked was jumping into top scale right away. At least that's the way it works in my local. Secondly, all the lifting of any kind of packages was left behind. I don't miss those bulk stops or those heavy pickups at all. Although Feeder is more mentally exhausted rather than physical which allows you to exert energy for a nice work out when you get off work. I can go all night. Just sign that list and don't look back.
quad decade guy
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Good for you. However, not that way for others. I waited 24 YEARS for my slot. Then didn't get "seniority" for 3 more years. Yet, off the street hires were steadily going ahead of me in the district. Does seniority matter? You bet. One place can doom you to dreaded CPU's for years. If you have a friend upped local and conference like I do, it doesn't really look like UPS at all. BTW, I was at "scale" for 24 years going into feeders.
Hey, I resemble that remark! Over 30 years in, and I love doing CPUs!!!!
quad decade guy
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You can have em. Just pkg car in a feeder to me. And to those that think their pkg handling days are over.....I know of a few cpu runs that have the driver "delivering" a whole trailer. Dispatch gets real antsy(nasty) about pull time and arrivals. Generally in the worst drive time traffic too. You get all the bad things about pkg car plus negotiating heavy traffic with 53's.
Just give me a one stop TA and 12 hour day. I'd take an over night run(which I HATE) over any day CPU.
I can't sit on my ass that long, drives (see what I did there?) me insane.
Like getting out and moving every hour!
ManInBrown
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What’s wrong with CPU’s? It’s not like you’re loading the trailers yourself. First 4 hours of my day are 3 live pickups. Get paid to sit in the cab and watch TV on my IPad.
