We only have a night mechanic. And when he's out on vacation it's a bad time in our center. The hub is supposed to send their people to take care of any write ups when he's off but all they do is bitch and wine and red tag trucks for issues our mechanic can fix in no time.
I'm sure the lower gross will be just peachy until there's a big paper pickup. Then the cars will be crushed to death because it seems the weight of those things never get taken into account by the center team.We've just started taking on new package cars in the past few months, they're based on the new weight Mercedes Sprinter as the larger Mercedes Vario pictured here has ceased production
The new trucks are similar size but have a 2 ton lower gross weight after a lot of package cars were weighed when leaving and returning to the center and it was decided the current 7.5ton weight wasn't needed as they would bulk out before hitting close to maximum weight. Mercedes along with the body manufacturer Spier have developed 3 new trucks P60, 70, 80 ranging from 3tons to 5.5 tons and with different body styles for different environments.
http://blog.ups.com/2013/01/09/see-more-hear-less-new-ups-vehicles-in-germany/
The new P60
P80
Probably molded completely into the grill. No way to remove it.
On my 85xxxx (2013) Freightliner p80x in the winter when its cold the transmission makes a loud thunk when attempting to go from 2nd to 1st gear when stopping at the first stop sign. Only happens in the winter and only until the Caitlyn fluid warms up.
On a previous route I picked up 300 cases of paper products (8 pallets)...the 14cube freightliner wouldnt go above 47mph on the highway. Another guy picked up 327 from the same place and blew out the tires...but they won't assign a feeder because 2 days a week they only do 100 pieces (3 pallets).
I really like mine. My only problem with it is that damn "Shift Inhibit."
Not all the 85x ones have the "put you in a time out" inhibit. I lucked out and have the inhibit that makes you wait for a moment until the RPMs get lower, and then the inhibit disengages. The inhibit that is super sensitive and that once engaged requires you to physically move the shifter out of the gear and back in again with the brake pedal used to drive me insane.
Yea that makes since as to why the new Ford bulk vans dont have the Ford logos on the grille. I didnt know UPS takes them off I wonder why they do that for?
No I tried to post a pic of them. But the exterior pic is the same body tho expect the ones im talking about say natural gas vehicle and the new ones no longer say synchronizing the world of commerce , is that second photo of a Fed Ex truck it has a radio in it lol.Are these it?
Well the 854*** cars do it too if you lay in it when your getting on a busy road way then you are nearing your next turn in and you let of the accelerator and the rpms hang they all do it its just weird.
Yes man it gets me mad then you have to push the stiff shifter back into neutral then back into gear the latest cars are very bad about that. I think the best cars about getting into gear the fastest are the work horses everytime I hit the start button throw it immediately into gear and drop the e brake its already rolling down the road there is no delay in theses models.
The shift inhibit happens because the brake isn't pressed hard enough or something. It's real quirky though. Sometimes I think it's going to happen and doesn't. I've went days without it happening and then it starts again.
Yea everyonce in awhile I will run a route that has a 854xxx car and its one of my favorites I think you got one of the last good year models imo.
Yea thats exactly right but it will get you mad as heck.
I just posted a photo of the outside of a new one its like a couple post up check it out.
Not really. The transmissions may need to readjust with the adaptive shifts if it persists with fluid that cold (if that's really the issue).
