Sleeper Team Driver Life HODGKINS

[burrheadd]

He's a sleeper driver, you have to account for the alimony and child support deductions.

about spit my coffee out
Lmao

 

[Poop Head]

OK. Why do you think that is? And why aren't we capable of the same? Seems like a simple supposition. Also, why do we choose to be "slower"?

They dont have orion

 

[Poop Head]

The reality is FedEx Ground is faster than UPS.

Its easy to be faster "in transit" when you only have to move half as much volume

 

[quad decade guy]

Our new hires make more then 52k

No DA, that's $52k plus $140k.

 

[quad decade guy]

Its easy to be faster "in transit" when you only have to move half as much volume

Ok. Why would that be? You make it sound like our trucks are heavier and slower. But seriously, why? DHL quit, Amazon quit(we'll see), Post Office could never do it. So, why?

 

[Poop Head]

Ok. Why would that be? You make it sound like our trucks are heavier and slower. But seriously, why? DHL quit, Amazon quit(we'll see), Post Office could never do it. So, why?

Half as many packages

 

[burrheadd]

Funny I guess for a dick. But simply not true. Maybe you can see your family physician for the spitting up. Do you have Covid? Coughing is a symptom...

Don’t know how you made it 40 years with such thin skin

I bet your a joy to work next to

 

[quad decade guy]

Half as many packages

You don't think we would get more trucks and drivers? It just doesn't make sense. What is happening when packages are shipped i.e. picked up? Shippers ship and their pkgs are picked up generally every day. You know they are sorted and put in some sort of vehicle(feeder, train etc.) and sent on their way to the destination. Why are we slower(assuming that is true)? Given how obsessed UPS is about efficiency. Why don't we hire fed ex people? A mile is a mile, speed limits are speed limits.

 

[Poop Head]

You don't think we would get more trucks and drivers? It just doesn't make sense. What is happening when packages are shipped i.e. picked up? Shippers ship and their pkgs are picked up generally every day. You know they are sorted and put in some sort of vehicle(feeder, train etc.) and sent on their way to the destination. Why are we slower(assuming that is true)? Given how obsessed UPS is about efficiency. Why don't we hire fed ex people? A mile is a mile, speed limits are speed limits.

I was mostly kidding. but my thought was less pkgs, less time spent in hubs/terminals? Also, i dont THINK fedex is faster than us, exept maybe air? I mean, unless you have a ground pkg going coast to coast, its pretty much 2 days to get your stuff. Im impressed how fast things move now

 

[Poop Head]

A mile is a mile, speed limits are speed limits.

Speed limits are meant to be broken- actual FedEx ground class-A driver motto

 

[quad decade guy]

I was mostly kidding. but my thought was less pkgs, less time spent in hubs/terminals? Also, i dont THINK fedex is faster than us, exept maybe air? I mean, unless you have a ground pkg going coast to coast, its pretty much 2 days to get your stuff. Im impressed how fast things move now

OK. But air? I buy stuff all the time online. But with Amazon you really never know where it's coming from. Some delivery times are impressive and then not. I don't really have a complaint about online commerce.

 

[quad decade guy]

Speed limits are meant to be broken- actual FedEx ground class-A driver motto

Ok. Right up until they roll one or kill someone in a work zone. I get passed by Fed Ex(and UPS) in work zones all the time.

 

[Poop Head]

OK. But air? I buy stuff all the time online. But with Amazon you really never know where it's coming from. Some delivery times are impressive and then not. I don't really have a complaint about online commerce.

Ive heard FedEx's air fleet is bigger than ups's

 

[Poop Head]

Ok. Right up until they roll one or kill someone in a work zone. I get passed by Fed Ex(and UPS) in work zones all the time.

Only guys worse than fedexers are carhaulers and cement truck drivers

 

[El Correcto]

That's not why you get a sleeper run. Well, mostly. I'm sure there are some sort of budding bromances or other. You do it for the MONEY! Some do it for that and to get away from mgt. or home....If you are following the dot rules, you really don't see the other person for more than 8 hours just like in a brown truck. I do sleepers for the money-period. $1000 every week take home. Cash. $52K per year. 2020 Corvette? Anyone?

I take home more than that with my 401k at 25%

 

[El Correcto]

Also those new mid engine corvettes are pretty cool, they cost 80k+ though, you could probably spend an entire week of your life and still not make the car payment and insurance.

 

[quad decade guy]

Ive heard FedEx's air fleet is bigger than ups's

Ok. Let's say it is, and so? We have or lease as many planes as we need...just like fed ex. Are you saying they are faster because we leave pkgs behind waiting on available planes? This makes no sense.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Ive heard FedEx's air fleet is bigger than ups's

Ok. Let's say it is, and so? We have or lease as many planes as we need...just like fed ex. Are you saying they are faster because we leave pkgs behind waiting on available planes? This makes no sense.

We are talking about time in transit for ground packages. TTKU.

 

[Rick Ross]

We are slower coast to coast because we use trains all or part of the way with many loads. We pull many Grand Vista loads into Mesquite where they go on a train the rest of the way. It's all done to save $$.

With the economy taking a dump for the foreseeable future I bet the trains beg UPS to slow down the migration of loads to sleeper teams.

 

[quad decade guy]

We are talking about time in transit for ground packages. TTKU.

Who is "we"?