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Feeder driver fired for refusing unsafe trailer?
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<blockquote data-quote="freeloader" data-source="post: 347713" data-attributes="member: 12163"><p>I don't work for UPS anymore, but I was a shifter for about 5 years. Never had a CDL and never needed one to be a shifter. The only equipment I had to pretrip was the yardhorse. As a matter of fact, when I was a shifter (this was about 10 years ago), we broke all kinds of rules as directed by management. Never wore a seatbelt because it slows you down (jumping in and out of the yardhorse). Only used the red line because hooking up the yellow line and lights took too long. Those were only a couple of shortcuts that we took on a daily basis. I'm pretty sure that's all changed by now though.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the brake pads - I was just unaware that you could view the entire brake pad without having to take off the tire. When I look at the disc brakes on my car, I can only see a small part of the brake pad, the rest is covered by the caliper. I am guessing that drum brakes allow you to see the entire brake pad or maybe just a cross section so that cracks can be easily spotted?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freeloader, post: 347713, member: 12163"] I don't work for UPS anymore, but I was a shifter for about 5 years. Never had a CDL and never needed one to be a shifter. The only equipment I had to pretrip was the yardhorse. As a matter of fact, when I was a shifter (this was about 10 years ago), we broke all kinds of rules as directed by management. Never wore a seatbelt because it slows you down (jumping in and out of the yardhorse). Only used the red line because hooking up the yellow line and lights took too long. Those were only a couple of shortcuts that we took on a daily basis. I'm pretty sure that's all changed by now though. Regarding the brake pads - I was just unaware that you could view the entire brake pad without having to take off the tire. When I look at the disc brakes on my car, I can only see a small part of the brake pad, the rest is covered by the caliper. I am guessing that drum brakes allow you to see the entire brake pad or maybe just a cross section so that cracks can be easily spotted? [/QUOTE]
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