UPS no longer has these in the fleet?
And head, when unloaders got knocked out by those falling flapsAnd a pain in the ass to unload
All heavy in the belly
They were eliminated with the last contract.UPS no longer has these in the fleet?
Was that after the 50 lb weight limit increase or the 35 lb weight limit.That’s the only kind of trailer I remember. Helped unload a few of those and they were a pain.
My first job at UPS was loading these trailers in 1975. I thought they were called "Z or W Frames" or something like that. They had a set of rollers running down the middle with these wooden flaps that would fold down from the side to form a second floor about five feet from the very bottom. It hurt like hell if one of those flaps fell and hit you in the head if you were loading the very bottom of the trailer.
I remember one morning on the preload, early 80's when the PT sup was going to punish me by putting me in the unload. I thought it was great not having a bunch of bitchy drivers to listen to. Only lasted one day.It was like that late 80’s through the 90’s here. These kids nowadays have it easy in the unload. Unloading is the best job on the preload now, used to be the worst.
And a pain in the ass to unload
All heavy in the belly
50 lb weight limit. Remember UPS was a small package delivery carrier. Not a fright company.Lotta over 70s?
50 lb weight limit. Remember UPS was a small package delivery carrier. Not a fright company.
Actually the weight limit was 150 lbs. Try wrestling something like that from the bottom of the trailer up to the built in rollers that were chest high——even with help.Was that after the 50 lb weight limit increase or the 35 lb weight limit.
Lotta over 70s?
Where are you that UPS had a 150 lb weight limit in the 70's and early 80's? I remember when the weight limit went from 50 lb to 70 lb and all the drivers having a cow about being over worked.Actually the weight limit was 150 lbs. Try wrestling something like that from the bottom of the trailer up to the built in rollers that were chest high——even with help.
Punishment on Preload nowadays is being sent to the modules in the freezing cold and no belt/box line.I remember one morning on the preload, early 80's when the PT sup was going to punish me by putting me in the unload. I thought it was great not having a bunch of bitchy drivers to listen to. Only lasted one day.
I think 150 came in in the very early 90’sWhere are you that UPS had a 150 lb weight limit in the 70's and early 80's? I remember when the weight limit went from 50 lb to 70 lb and all the drivers having a cow about being over worked.
Z is a flatbed over-the-rail trailer.My first job at UPS was loading these trailers in 1975. I thought they were called "Z or W Frames" or something like that. They had a set of rollers running down the middle with these wooden flaps that would fold down from the side to form a second floor about five feet from the very bottom. It hurt like hell if one of those flaps fell and hit you in the head if you were loading the very bottom of the trailer.