Feeders Pre trip

[trickpony1]

I'm glad they are making it harder. The physical is tougher too. And I just learned to renew you have to show birth certificate or passport and proof of residency for your state.

Yup.
They are making it harder to get, and keep, a CDL.
A friend commented that a CDL is, "....like gold".

I sometimes wonder how the folks from south of the Rio Grande get their CDL.

 

[barnyard]

The supe that I did my productive week with gave me his study sheet for pretrips. Feeder supes have to do a timed pretrip frequently. He gave me the script that he uses and I read that before I start a week of feeders. Helps me do a good pretrip and avoid mistakes.

 

[MrFeeder]

Thanks for the good read everybody. I'll post here again once I get the CDL. No turning back now.

 

[Coldworld]

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This picture is pretty accurate...

That's for the cool Russian kids who are drivers....many of the drivers I see wear either pajama bottoms or some sort of mc hammer pant along with slippers....ghetto fabulous.

 

[Coldworld]

The supe that I did my productive week with gave me his study sheet for pretrips. Feeder supes have to do a timed pretrip frequently. He gave me the script that he uses and I read that before I start a week of feeders. Helps me do a good pretrip and avoid mistakes.

They don't get much time to do it and my sup sounded like he was speed talking through the whole thing... it was almost memorized word for word...just for the sake that it could be done

 

[barnyard]

They don't get much time to do it and my sup sounded like he was speed talking through the whole thing... it was almost memorized word for word...just for the sake that it could be done

I agree. The script that he memorized is very thorough. I do not memorize it, but reading it before I start a week is a very good refresher. Last Friday was the 1st feeder work I have done since last fall and I am pretty sure that I will not do any more feeder work for another month.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

When I had my OJS rides in feeders, the sups always told me as long as I hit everything on the list, it was fine with them if it wasn't in the exact order on the sheet. I remember in feeder school they were a little tougher.

 

[Coldworld]

I agree. The script that he memorized is very thorough. I do not memorize it, but reading it before I start a week is a very good refresher. Last Friday was the 1st feeder work I have done since last fall and I am pretty sure that I will not do any more feeder work for another month.

So it sounds like you will retire before you get any kind of full time feeder bid.... thAt really sucks. Here they are hiring guys with 1 or 2 years in pkg... they aren't even At top rate yet.... crazy

 

[Cementups]

So it sounds like you will retire before you get any kind of full time feeder bid.... thAt really sucks. Here they are hiring guys with 1 or 2 years in pkg... they aren't even At top rate yet.... crazy

We have guys that come in as part time loaders, put there name on the list for feeders a couple weeks later and are pulled out shortly after that. Don't even have their 30 days in with the company.

 

[barnyard]

So it sounds like you will retire before you get any kind of full time feeder bid.... thAt really sucks. Here they are hiring guys with 1 or 2 years in pkg... they aren't even At top rate yet.... crazy

This summer, I will have 17 years FT seniority. My building has 4 feeder jobs. 1 will retire in a year or 2, the other 3 will all retire about the same time I do. I will never have a FT feeder gig. Best I can hope for is being #1 on the cover board and work 1/2 the year covering vacations.

When I started, my building had 8 or 9 feeder jobs.

 

[Coldworld]

This summer, I will have 17 years FT seniority. My building has 4 feeder jobs. 1 will retire in a year or 2, the other 3 will all retire about the same time I do. I will never have a FT feeder gig. Best I can hope for is being #1 on the cover board and work 1/2 the year covering vacations.

When I started, my building had 8 or 9 feeder jobs.

Maybe they need to put in a few sleeper runs in....problem solved!

 

[Coldworld]

We have guys that come in as part time loaders, put there name on the list for feeders a couple weeks later and are pulled out shortly after that. Don't even have their 30 days in with the company.

How big is your feeder Dept???

 

[barnyard]

Maybe they need to put in a few sleeper runs in....problem solved!

We used to be a relay spot. Hub drivers would bring sets to our building and our guys would run them farther outstate. Those would be nice jobs to have back.

 

[Coldworld]

We used to be a relay spot. Hub drivers would bring sets to our building and our guys would run them farther outstate. Those would be nice jobs to have back.

So now they just roll through???

 

[barnyard]

So now they just roll through???

Yep and if anything happens, they die on the law. There is a driver that pulls into our lot kind of regularly that runs out of hours. He parks in our lot, calls a taxi to a motel and is back after his rest period. He is parking at 8:30, so I assume his start time is 18:30 or close to that.

 

[Coldworld]

Yep and if anything happens, they die on the law. There is a driver that pulls into our lot kind of regularly that runs out of hours. He parks in our lot, calls a taxi to a motel and is back after his rest period. He is parking at 8:30, so I assume his start time is 18:30 or close to that.

So they would rather have late loads than have another feeder guy??

 

[Cementups]

How big is your feeder Dept???

We are at about 300 right now.

 

[Covemastah]

I want my trailers on time...

Your trailers ???

 

[Covemastah]

We are at about 300 right now.

Wow ,,, 35 here

 

[jaker]

Wow ,,, 35 here

Around 470 where I am at