Mandatory use of Diad Clips and Pouches

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Diads will be dropped, ("while handing it to customer, or the reverse, etc...), mirrors will be broken, ("arm blew in, etc..."), no discipline necessary.

Mirrors are probably $20-25.

DIADs are $4,000.

 

[brownmonster]

I drop the DIAD more trying to get it on the clip then I used to without it. I like using the clip but the design could be a little better and not so tight of a fit. I have also considered drilling a hole thru the clip and the belt and putting in a small bolt so the clip stays in the same place. That would solve the seatbelt issue.

 

[over9five]

I use the old D3 clip. The D4 clip lets that DIAD swing too much; hangs too low.

 

[soberups]

They have been asking every driver around here every morning when they go over the sspvv report,(or whatever they call the telematics review in the morning) if they have a clip or pouch. I always tell them I have a handle on the diad. No one has been disciplind for it though. We also had a diad training module about it a couple of weeks ago. I would bet this is leading to charging drivers to replace broken diads that have been dropped.

The methods that we are instructed by management to follow require us to carry the DIAD and scan the package(s) while walking to the delivery point. We are specifically instructed to not scan packages while in the the back of the car.

In the real world, a driver who handles hundreds of packages and does hundreds of stops per day will inevitably drop the DIAD at some point. There is no way in hell that the company should ever be allowed to hold the driver financially responsible for breaking one.

 

[probellringer]

....you know what ---they want us to release everything anyway ---just give us a sheet of paper with the SIG REQUIRED packages on them with a line for sig....everything else we leave....we dont need no stinkin diads....ups can save ton o money

 

[cosmo1]

DIADs are $4,000.

I doubt that.

 

[wornoutupser]

In the real world, a driver who handles hundreds of packages and does hundreds of stops per day will inevitably drop the DIAD at some point. There is no way in hell that the company should ever be allowed to hold the driver financially responsible for breaking one.


In the real world? UPS IE Dept? Sober, thats the best laugh I have had all year! +100

 

[rod]

Mirrors are probably $20-25.

DIADs are $4,000.

Info I pulled up on Google says DIAD 4's cost about $400 each.

 

[Brownsfan]

For those of you who use the clip I have a little tip to make it easier to use. Take a drill or a knife and drill out or cut out the hook part so that it has a bigger gap. The bigger opening makes it easier to hook the Diad on to it. It makes a world of difference. Also if you don't wear a belt the hook will still grip your shorts and not come off your hip when you remove the Diad especially if it's drilled out. . Hope this helps

 

[DiadDude]

Info I pulled up on Google says DIAD 4's cost about $400 each.

DIAD 4's are definitely more expensive than that. I am not sure of the current book value of a D4, but $2000 was the price quoted in a previous thread:

http://www.browncafe.com/forum/f6/lost-diad-board-246458/

 

[DazedandConfused]

I grab a clip whenever possible and sometimes have at least 3 with me on a daily basis. Would be lost without it.

 

[EmerCond421]

Have not been able to get clips or DIAD 4 pouches here for 2 years. Whenever we ask for a pouch we get a DIAD 3 pouch.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Have not been able to get clips or DIAD 4 pouches here for 2 years. Whenever we ask for a pouch we get a DIAD 3 pouch.

Turn the tables on them--ask them to download a DIAD 3 for you--I bet they'll find you a clip in no time.

 

[rod]

DIAD 4's are definitely more expensive than that. I am not sure of the current book value of a D4, but $2000 was the price quoted in a previous thread:

http://www.browncafe.com/forum/f6/lost-diad-board-246458/

A price of $350 was quoted also. It don't really matter--- the driver shouldn't have to pay for it anyway and should fight it if told he has to. Its just a tool that gets banged around and dropped all day long anyway.

 

[screamin chicken]

i like the pouch you can put small pkgs in it.....lol

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

i like the pouch you can put small pkgs in it.....lol

I believe your wife refers to those as your underwear.

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[Nimnim]

i like the pouch you can put small pkgs in it.....lol

I'm pretty sure this is a "That's what she said" moment.

 

[DiadDude]

A price of $350 was quoted also. It don't really matter--- the driver shouldn't have to pay for it anyway and should fight it if told he has to. Its just a tool that gets banged around and dropped all day long anyway.

$350 was put out there sarcastically. $2k is pretty close to what I understand the price of a D4 to be.

 

[brownmonster]

$350 was put out there sarcastically. $2k is pretty close to what I understand the price of a D4 to be.

You would think for 2K you would get something a little more reliable.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

$350 was put out there sarcastically. $2k is pretty close to what I understand the price of a D4 to be.

Of course that was when they were new. Nowaday's I think they're in the $25-$30 range.