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<blockquote data-quote="959Nanook" data-source="post: 1018644" data-attributes="member: 14462"><p>I just finished my 40 hours and start my production training (5 days doing actual feeder work) after Labor Day. I was a bit of a Nervous Nellie about driving tractor trailer (due in part to a bad familiarization experience on a tractor trailer in the military). It hasn't always been pretty but no one has gone without life, limb, or property as a result of my training. </p><p></p><p>I found my package driving experience to be useful coming into feeders. I not only know the verbals... I have some experience applying them. The hardest thing that I seem to struggle with is adjusting my decision points on stale green lights in regards to applying the verbals. </p><p></p><p>The hours is something that you will have to contend with. Barring exceptions due to weather and operations, the shifts are pretty consistent with start time and finish time in Alaska for the bid feeder drivers. As a backup feeder driver, I come out of package (days), cover a feeder route for week(s) at night, and return to days in package. I am not sure how well I will contend with that but I suspect it will be better than my wife contends with it if this weekend is any indications *shrugs*. I have to make the transition back to package mid-week (and travel 350 miles back home) because of Labor Day (I have to make up my fifth production run on the following Sunday/Monday due to four day work week this week) so that will not be fun. </p><p></p><p>Regardless of how all of this shakes out, I don't regret bidding into the backup feeder driver slot yet and I don't foresee that any regrets will likely be with driving the tractor trailer. Even with the stress of learning to drive the tractor trailer in a large city (Anchorage, AK) that my trainer (from Portland, OR) and I aren't very familiar with (has led to a few learning opportunities), the week was better than being in package operations back in Fairbanks up to this point. Not that we have worst scenario in Fairbanks (nor the best) but it was compelling to learn a new skill set at UPS as well as the opportunity to see UPS from a different perspective.</p><p></p><p>I still have a long ways to go but it has been worth it so far and I had some misgivings myself as I bid the position and prepared to embark on this endeavor. I hope you receive some good advice and are able to make the best decision for yourself and those you love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="959Nanook, post: 1018644, member: 14462"] I just finished my 40 hours and start my production training (5 days doing actual feeder work) after Labor Day. I was a bit of a Nervous Nellie about driving tractor trailer (due in part to a bad familiarization experience on a tractor trailer in the military). It hasn't always been pretty but no one has gone without life, limb, or property as a result of my training. I found my package driving experience to be useful coming into feeders. I not only know the verbals... I have some experience applying them. The hardest thing that I seem to struggle with is adjusting my decision points on stale green lights in regards to applying the verbals. The hours is something that you will have to contend with. Barring exceptions due to weather and operations, the shifts are pretty consistent with start time and finish time in Alaska for the bid feeder drivers. As a backup feeder driver, I come out of package (days), cover a feeder route for week(s) at night, and return to days in package. I am not sure how well I will contend with that but I suspect it will be better than my wife contends with it if this weekend is any indications *shrugs*. I have to make the transition back to package mid-week (and travel 350 miles back home) because of Labor Day (I have to make up my fifth production run on the following Sunday/Monday due to four day work week this week) so that will not be fun. Regardless of how all of this shakes out, I don't regret bidding into the backup feeder driver slot yet and I don't foresee that any regrets will likely be with driving the tractor trailer. Even with the stress of learning to drive the tractor trailer in a large city (Anchorage, AK) that my trainer (from Portland, OR) and I aren't very familiar with (has led to a few learning opportunities), the week was better than being in package operations back in Fairbanks up to this point. Not that we have worst scenario in Fairbanks (nor the best) but it was compelling to learn a new skill set at UPS as well as the opportunity to see UPS from a different perspective. I still have a long ways to go but it has been worth it so far and I had some misgivings myself as I bid the position and prepared to embark on this endeavor. I hope you receive some good advice and are able to make the best decision for yourself and those you love. [/QUOTE]
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