This seriously baffles me

[JL 0513]

....

... And amazon is allowing literally anybody to sign up for it and do the job for a whopping $12.50 an hour. Seriously how greedy is that Jeff bezos piece of going to get????

I can't wait to quit this ing place.

Bezos is only worth $78,000,000,000.00. He's just conserving.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Where my dawgs at?

 

[Future]

When I was preload sup we couldn't get anybody to bid on the shifter spot, so for the first two trailers I was the one who did it. Then a feeder driver would come in and do the rest.

You can't even walk and chew gum at the same time ....how can u drive a feeder?

 

[What'dyabringmetoday???]

You don't need to be in feeders to shift trailers. You just have to be on property feeder certified

Unfortunately this happens now. It really shouldn't. I suspect your view will be different but that's what makes the world go round. Well- sorta.

 

[barnyard]

You don't need to be in feeders to shift trailers. You just have to be on property feeder certified

I did it for 4 years. There was no pay difference between preloading and shifting. It did make backing onto doors very easy to learn when I went to feeder school. Same with coupling and uncoupling. I already had a routine, I just needed to perfect my pretrip and inspection skills.

 

[Johney]

Yes ,, but some buildings you need a cdl you go on street

Isn't that a different type of CDL? GOAT driver or something like that?

 

[Matty_lawn]

Yes ,, but some buildings you need a cdl you go on street

Are you guys local 25? My dad now is too

 

[Covemastah]

Isn't that a different type of CDL? GOAT driver or something like that?

Never heard of a special cdl
I'm a cover guy and cover 4 buildings in Boston , only a feeder driver can shift , we stage m/t's up the street and need a cdl past the gate

 

[Covemastah]

Are you guys local 25? My dad now is too

Yes I'm in 25 also

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Never heard of a special cdl
I'm a cover guy and cover 4 buildings in Boston , only a feeder driver can shift , we stage m/t's up the street and need a cdl past the gate

"Up the street" means you leave the property.

CDL not needed if you remain on property.

 

[Covemastah]

"Up the street" means you leave the property.

CDL not needed if you remain on property.

Yes,, I know that

 

[Covemastah]

Do you really want a PT pre load guy who was trained a few hrs a day to move this type of equipment around the yard ???
No knock on the part timer , but you'd think mngmt would want a seasoned vet who's been trained and qualified by the DOT moving this
Equipment ,, looks easy enough , but you really have to know what your doing with this type of responsibility!!!

When it comes to feeders , there are no small accidents , mostly a major catastrophe!!

 

[PT Car Washer]

"Up the street" means you leave the property.

CDL not needed if you remain on property.

Unless it says in your regional supplement that only Feeder qualified employees will operate Feeder equipment and that includes yard shifting.

 

[Covemastah]

We should train some part timers to fly an air bus also !!!
Lol lol

 

[Johney]

Our shifters are actually pretty good for being non-CDL drivers.

 

[Covemastah]

We should train some part timers to fly an air bus also !!!
Lol lol

Cuz at least at Logan,, they can't even drive the Tugs !!'
@over9five will back me on this!!!

 

[wayfair]

I almost got a shifter position when I was part time

 

[PT Car Washer]

I almost got a shifter position when I was part time

I almost won the lottery. But I didn't. So what?

 

[km3]

Our shifters are actually pretty good for being non-CDL drivers.

I should hope so. If that's all you do all day, every day you better be good at it. In contrast, feeder drivers with CDLs tend to do a poor job around here. Crooked trailers, slow, and one time a driver "couldn't figure out" how to back into the air dock.

I don't blame them or anything; you're driving forward on roads most of the time, not backing into docks. I just don't agree with @Covemastah; I'll take our dedicated PTers/Article 22s any day.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I should hope so. If that's all you do all day, every day you better be good at it. In contrast, feeder drivers with CDLs tend to do a poor job around here. Crooked trailers, slow, and one time a driver "couldn't figure out" how to back into the air dock.

I don't blame them or anything; you're driving forward on roads most of the time, not backing into docks. I just don't agree with @Covemastah; I'll take our dedicated PTers/Article 22s any day.

They back in to docks all of the time, often squeezing in between other trailers and impatient UPS drivers.