Do they have to give us heat?

[rod]

This is a dumb attitude to have. You can make this job comfortable. Their numbers might go in the toilet but thats just toooooo bad

So its 35 below zero (not unheard of around here) and a dozen 16 foot high industrial garage doors are being opened and closed for 2 or 3 hours while trucks are brought into the building to be unloaded and then driven out again to make room for more and then opened up again so the trucks can be spotted for the next mornings sort. Now how do you make it comfortable in there -- not going to happen no matter how high you have the heat cranked up. This goes on every night no matter how cold it is. The job isn't for everyone. As far as driving goes even back when we left the trucks running all day they would never really warm up on a real cold day.

 

[rod]

How large of a hub? OSHA Was contacted for our hub. They fined the crap out of ups. Has to be heated to like 62.

That's funny. Apparently there's a cold weather states OSHA and a mild weather states OSHA.

 

[rod]

Snowmobiles.

Its been done -- not UPS snowmobiles but I've heard of drivers hitching a ride on a snowmobile to finish a delivery in open farm country where they deal with long drifted in driveways

 

[scooby0048]

Its been done -- not UPS snowmobiles but I've heard of drivers hitching a ride on a snowmobile to finish a delivery in open farm country where they deal with long drifted in driveways

On my route, we have a guy who leaves a side by side or snow mobile at the end of his drive so we can get in if we have to.

 

[rod]

On my route, we have a guy who leaves a side by side or snow mobile at the end of his drive so we can get in if we have to.

A lot of country places do that that have long driveways for the kids that have to catch a school bus.

 

[scooby0048]

A lot of country places do that that have long driveways for the kids that have to catch a school bus.

Thats what it's really there for but he has given us the ok to use it if we need to. He does gunsmith stuff so he is always getting something.

 

[Boywondr]

Maybe where you are but we had 53' flat beds when I was in feeder in 1980.

First TP60!

 

[scooby0048]

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First TP60!

Too new, has rubber wheels and not the one with wooden spokes.

 

[Boywondr]

Too new, has rubber wheels and not the one with wooden spokes.

But no retreads!

 

[AwashBwashCwash]

Now how do you make it comfortable in there -- not going to happen no matter how high you have the heat cranked up. .

I'm not talking about central heating here.
They can use those big space heaters.
The funny thing is our center actually has them, they are strapped to the ceiling and are supposed to blow hot air down, but they are all broken. The older PTers say they have been broken for years and every winter the manager says he is about to get them fixed but never does.

Someone asked him about them the other day and he told them that they aren't broken, but they just aren't blowing hot air because the air they are sucking in is cold.
He actually said that.

 

[Harley Rider]

We had a satellite center here for several years that was completely outside. There was a set of rollers the bob truck backed up to with 6 package cars. No building.....just a tin metal roof covering the rollers.

 

[AwashBwashCwash]

We had a satellite center here for several years that was completely outside. There was a set of rollers the bob truck backed up to with 6 package cars. No building.....just a tin metal roof covering the rollers.

6 package cars?
So what?
You probably unloaded 1 trailer and were out of there in an hour.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

So its 35 below zero (not unheard of around here) and a dozen 16 foot high industrial garage doors are being opened and closed for 2 or 3 hours while trucks are brought into the building to be unloaded and then driven out again to make room for more and then opened up again so the trucks can be spotted for the next mornings sort. Now how do you make it comfortable in there -- not going to happen no matter how high you have the heat cranked up. This goes on every night no matter how cold it is. The job isn't for everyone. As far as driving goes even back when we left the trucks running all day they would never really warm up on a real cold day.

Crank the heat up higher and have the door closed as much as possible. UPS is a technology company right ? That one press release said so. They should be able to innovate and figure it out

 

[Indecisi0n]

@rod Doing NDA when he first started

 

[clean hairy]

@rod Doing NDA when he first started

We delivered barells of Moonshine back then?

 

[Indecisi0n]

We delivered barells of Moonshine back then?

It was feed for the horse. @rod would always get caught eating the horse feed by sups and get written up.

 

[rod]

It was feed for the horse. @rod would always get caught eating the horse feed by sups and get written up.

Even way back then I didn't care.

 

[rod]

Thats what it's really there for but he has given us the ok to use it if we need to. He does gunsmith stuff so he is always getting something.

Nice---now don't be trying to do wheelies on it.

 

[clean hairy]

@rod Doing NDA when he first started

Fortunatly, our vehicles now have more than 1 horse power.

 

[rod]

Fortunatly, our vehicles now have more than 1 horse power.

but they ride the same?