cachsux
Wah
Thank you
I have a pic in my locker that brings me back to sanity on the days I feel like driving my rig through the side of the dispatch office. Spoil the heck out of them. They'll only get older.
I have a pic in my locker that brings me back to sanity on the days I feel like driving my rig through the side of the dispatch office. Spoil the heck out of them. They'll only get older.
Oooohh, the new 273xxx Macks are in! UPS has been dragged (kicking and screaming) into the current century. We have:
Power windows.
Power mirrors
No more 5th wheel ramps, we have air bags to lift/lower the back of the tractor.
No more shelf/table thing between the seats, the IVIS is mounted on an adjustable pole thingy.
That first dangerous short step has been lengthened to beyond the handrail.
Bright orange seatbelts that can be seen 4 miles away.
Power windows.
Power mirrors
No more 5th wheel ramps, we have air bags to lift/lower the back of the tractor.
No more shelf/table thing between the seats, the IVIS is mounted on an adjustable pole thingy.
That first dangerous short step has been lengthened to beyond the handrail.
Bright orange seatbelts that can be seen 4 miles away.
cachsux
Wah
trickpony1
Well-Known Member
You think the company got tired of paying comp on lower backs and necks and decided to get airbag suspension?
texan
Well-Known Member
It is near the area the Wright brothers flew their airplane.
They started at the top of a more gentle slope dune that went to a large open area that has ocean
breeze blowing across it all the time.
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Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Yet we still have 2 point, high step, non powersteering package cars being used daily.
Necropostophiliac
Well-Known Member
So these nice looking items are part of the below articles? Look what a necro found from 2010.
UPS Orders 475 Mack Trucks | News - Home
UPS taps Mack Trucks for new rigs - Morning Call
My God, the highways have gotten so much worse over the last couple years. It is just brutal going over expansion joints. Not so bad the ones you know are bad, you can prepare yourself. But those surprise ones damage your back a little more every day.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
Now they can start replacing these 8 cubes.
Nope, they're good for another 20 years!
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
I was thinking of throwing myself out of a 8 cube and landing in the street for some time off but the fall might kill me.
They might just give it to you when you retire!
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
The time off or the 8 cube?
stevetheupsguy
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I never thought I'd be able to compete with soberups in this thread, but this new route has got EVERYTHING!!!
satellitedriver
Senior Member
rod
Retired 23 years
A little faster and you could have got them both. (I'm not a bambi lover) The dang things cause more accidents every year than drunk drivers.
cachsux
Wah
Butterfly, might even be a Monarch if I remember right.
