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[Jones]

Scroll down to table 2A, CO, KS, MO and OK look to be the only states where you where you could pull double 53' and be under the length limit.

 

[UPSGUY72]

Speaking of trailer apparently UPS sells the old ones and doesn't scrap them like they do package cars I saw a couple of ones looked like they where painted pink then paint over with white paint by the new owner. There was 4 of them like this at this place.

 

[wayfair]

I was mistaken..

a 48' and a 53' on back

 

[By The Book]

Why wouldn't you maximize what one employee can do? That's just good business sense. It gives the company the ability to carry that many more packages, which means increasing revenue for no extra cost. It's free money if you can do it. And if you don't, oh well, you needed to load something in there anyways.



Work you harder? So the extra 10 mins it's going to take to process that trailer is making you work harder? No. It's making you work a little longer. But you also are not doing it for free. You bet they do it to load more volume. It's more efficient. 1 58 footer vs 2 or possibly 3 pups. You're tying up one asset, vs 2 or 3.

We are in the business of getting packages from A to B. Not in the business of providing more union jobs. That's part of the reason they do this kind of stuff. To minimize the amount of personnel needed while maximizing profits. It's called running a business.

After reading this thread, I see how it could make unloaders work harder. The packages would still have to be loaded in the nose of the 58 foot trailers. If they have to walk 5 to 8 feet in a 53 footer now, they will be walking another 5 feet on top of that to get to the rollers. I also get the company wanting to be more profitable, with less feeder work in the yards.

 

[wayfair]

We do have a couple local companies that pull double 53's.

Talked with one driver a few years back, he said it takes about 3 miles to get up to the speed limit. haha

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

After reading this thread, I see how it could make unloaders work harder. The packages would still have to be loaded in the nose of the 58 foot trailers. If they have to walk 5 to 8 feet in a 53 footer now, they will be walking another 5 feet on top of that to get to the rollers. I also get the company wanting to be more profitable, with less feeder work in the yards.

People already just throw boxes to the back and build a "throw wall" in front of them.... build it halfway up and keep throwing boxes over the top. The company is going to need to upgrade their facilities too if they want longer trailers to work out.

 

[Catatonic]

People already just throw boxes to the back and build a "throw wall" in front of them.... build it halfway up and keep throwing boxes over the top. The company is going to need to upgrade their facilities too if they want longer trailers to work out.

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[Jones]

I was mistaken..

a 48' and a 53' on back

It would have to be the other way around I would think? Unless the 53' doesn't have a pintle hook.

 

[clean hairy]

Package drivers have "routes", Feeder drivers have "the runs".

Too much Mexican food, or someone spiked their dinner with prunes?

 

[clean hairy]

Damn thats a lot of twinkies

And an awful lot of Ho-Ho's as well!

 

[wayfair]

It would have to be the other way around I would think? Unless the 53' doesn't have a pintle hook.

you said the 53's don't have the pintle.
A friend of mine confirmed it.

 

[Jones]

you said the 53's don't have the pintle.
A friend of mine confirmed it.

I was leaving open the possibility that you would prove me wrong

 

[wayfair]

I was leaving open the possibility that you would prove me wrong

The 48' plus 53' look like double 53's... haha

you gotta see a right turn with a tractor with double 53's... especially in 5 o'clock traffic!

but they do allow double 53's here in Ok

 

[dragracer66]

Speaking of trailer apparently UPS sells the old ones and doesn't scrap them like they do package cars I saw a couple of ones looked like they where painted pink then paint over with white paint by the new owner. There was 4 of them like this at this place.View attachment 38698 View attachment 38699

Prior to 1991 you could by trailers for storage only. I see a few survivors around here also. Now they get crushed.....

 

[silenze]

Found this today
Here is a Canadian UPS triple Z
It looks like it uses a different dolly. Like freight uses.

 

[brown67]

How long can we go? Hard to move a set of 45's around the Denver hub already.

 

[Insert Tool Here]

Well this is fantastic news. Our hub with its 45-door primary has exactly 8 Extendos long enough to adequately handle 53' trailers (all but one of which have been installed in the past year and with no additional replacements slated for the next 12 months at least). It just gives me the warm and fuzzies all over to think that 55' trailers might be lurking in the future when we're running 4 sorts a day on equipment designed for 45' trailers.

 

[UPS4Life]

Well this is fantastic news. Our hub with its 45-door primary has exactly 8 Extendos long enough to adequately handle 53' trailers (all but one of which have been installed in the past year and with no additional replacements slated for the next 12 months at least). It just gives me the warm and fuzzies all over to think that 55' trailers might be lurking in the future when we're running 4 sorts a day on equipment designed for 45' trailers.

I think we will see 33' pups before 55' long boxes. There is writing in the transportation bill to allow 33' pups it just needs approved.

 

[MaceFremonti]

Putting '55s on the door at BALMD.....LOL

 

[Bagels]

Most of our extendos have a pair of rollers attached to them; these rollers will only reach the back of a 45' trailer (and require a lot of manual assistance since they're old, well used & worn out). If you have a 48', you hoof the remaining portion which isn't such a big deal. If you have a 53', you need to grab a set of rollers -- due to "safety" concerns, the rollers are stored under the belts, so you have to huff a pair of heavy rollers up the stairs & into the trailer. a 58' would require a third pair of rollers. Anybody who's tried attaching junk rollers knows how fun this is!

UPS will not install longer extendos because of a) the cost of the extendo and b) the cost of extending the building backward, since more room is needed to store the additional panels in the extendo.