Temp in back of package car
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hurricanegunner
UPSPoop
Wow! But it's our fault when we get heatstroke. Uh huh.
FracusBrown
Ponies and Planes
To be uniformly brown it needs to be at least 160 degrees
| Well Done | 160 degrees friend and above | steak is uniformly brown throughout |
728ups
All Trash No Trailer
i remember many many moons ago it was an automatic warning letter if you hit your head coming out of a P-400
1080Driver
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We had a heat wave here in the NYC area 2 weeks ago & I put a thermometer in the truck during lunch. That Thursday it read about 125, on the Friday it was way off the dial.....probably 145-150. I can post the pics if necessary.
badpal
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satellitedriver
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I always hated the wheel bearing grease the mechanics used to use to lube the plywood bulkhead door rail.
Too many times, I brushed the top of my head ducking thru.
Good thing I had dark hair back then.
Stepping into the back of the 400 from the rear was the big challenge.
Those two teeth like door latch stops on the top rail put some dents into my skull.
I have never been knocked out-(and I have had a lot of head shots)-,but those damn fangs brought me to my knees more than once.
The P400 was the most dangerous vehicle I have ever driven.
Re-Raise
Well-Known Member
That is what I thought too. It looks like one of the loads in the hazardous training videos.
All the packages lined up nicely lip loaded with the labels facing forward and the floor empty.
Just Numbers
Retired
I always hated the wheel bearing grease the mechanics used to use to lube the plywood bulkhead door rail.
Too many times, I brushed the top of my head ducking thru.
Good thing I had dark hair back then.
Stepping into the back of the 400 from the rear was the big challenge.
Those two teeth like door latch stops on the top rail put some dents into my skull.
I have never been knocked out-(and I have had a lot of head shots)-,but those damn fangs brought me to my knees more than once.
The P400 was the most dangerous vehicle I have ever driven.
And I thought I was the only one who had problems with the old p-400. It was the first vehicle I drove at UPS and for a few days I couldn't figure out in the shower why my hair was so dirty and greasy.
FracusBrown
Ponies and Planes
I always hated the wheel bearing grease the mechanics used to use to lube the plywood bulkhead door rail.
Too many times, I brushed the top of my head ducking thru.
Good thing I had dark hair back then.
Stepping into the back of the 400 from the rear was the big challenge.
Those two teeth like door latch stops on the top rail put some dents into my skull.
I have never been knocked out-(and I have had a lot of head shots)-,but those damn fangs brought me to my knees more than once.
The P400 was the most dangerous vehicle I have ever driven.
P400, plywood door, knocked out...must have been the good olé days when the job was really easy and really safe and it paid way better and there was AC, low steps, 3 point seat belts, power steering and an auto trans in every truck and everyone was happy and in love with each other. Ahhhhh, those days are long gone....
satellitedriver
Moderator
In this part of East Texas, a customer used an infrared thermometer "gun" while standing at the passenger side door.
The cab temp was 161 degrees.
He checked the back and it was a balmy 137 with both -(front and back)- doors open.
Thankfully the add/cuts bs have gone by the wayside-(for the moment)- and I only have "easy" days of 9.25hrs.
I guess if this job was easy only old men and young girls would do it.
satellitedriver
Moderator
I will drink a cup of kindness to auld lang syne.
I do not miss those days, but I remember them well.
http://youtu.be/acxnmaVTlZA
Anonymous 10
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When was that 1953???
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
I always hated the wheel bearing grease the The P400 was the most dangerous vehicle I have ever driven.
Those were horrid little vehicles. 4-wheel drum brakes that would lock up if you even touched the brake pedal....no back-up lights....port-holes in the roof instead of opaque fiberglass that barely let any light in at all....doors that were scientifically designed to rip your scalp off if you forgot to duck....and the ergonomics of an iron maiden. You couldnt have designed a worse delivery vehicle if you tried.
