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<blockquote data-quote="Big Babooba" data-source="post: 438464" data-attributes="member: 5402"><p><span style="color: Black">Before Common Carrier status was granted in the 1950s, UPS focused on a few major cities around the country as well as the west coast. The real growth came in the 60's and 70's. When I started in 1978, a few pieces were still missing to complete the puzzle.</span></p><p></p><p>Massachusetts service started around 1957. I knew a feeder driver whose seniority dated back to then (6 months before I was born). He told me that he was one of the first hired. I can't explain the map though.There were states that prohibited UPS from transporting packages intrastate, but they could not stop the interstate transport of packages. Also when our weight limit was 50 lbs, there were a few states that allowed a 70 lb weight limit on intrastate shipments. 50 lbs!!!! - Oh the good old days</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Babooba, post: 438464, member: 5402"] [COLOR=Black]Before Common Carrier status was granted in the 1950s, UPS focused on a few major cities around the country as well as the west coast. The real growth came in the 60's and 70's. When I started in 1978, a few pieces were still missing to complete the puzzle.[/COLOR] Massachusetts service started around 1957. I knew a feeder driver whose seniority dated back to then (6 months before I was born). He told me that he was one of the first hired. I can't explain the map though.There were states that prohibited UPS from transporting packages intrastate, but they could not stop the interstate transport of packages. Also when our weight limit was 50 lbs, there were a few states that allowed a 70 lb weight limit on intrastate shipments. 50 lbs!!!! - Oh the good old days [/QUOTE]
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