UPS old school

[NAHimGOOD]

Is this the thread with the dish of lemon hard candy on the table?

 

[JL 0513]

I was a carwasher and shifter. Trying to park some of them package cars with heavy clutches and no power steering in the lineup, oof. Also those old mack cabover tractors were no joke either.

Can imagine setting up a whole lineup in a tight building with no power steering. The equivalent of a shift in a hard labor camp. I remember a simple 3-point turn was a 10 point turn on road with those things.

 

[No1 Special]

All new package cars must have power steering, was put into the contract in the late 80s. IIRC

 

[JL 0513]

All new package cars must have power steering, was put into the contract in the late 80s. IIRC

We still had '87's & '88's without power steering in service up to 2015. Damn things lasted too long.

 

[UnionStrong]

Is this the thread with the dish of lemon hard candy on the table?

 

[UnionStrong]

Is this the thread with the dish of lemon hard candy on the table?

Werthers.

 

[UnionStrong]

Can imagine setting up a whole lineup in a tight building with no power steering. The equivalent of a shift in a hard labor camp. I remember a simple 3-point turn was a 10 point turn on road with those things.

We had mostly stick and no power steering in early 2000s, I was on car wash and had to set up a line every night. But I was used to driving them. They took a toll on you after a while though.

 

[olroadbeech]

Time cards were paper so a lot of fudging there and sleeping on the job ( feeder )

 

[oldngray]

I also remember that the first DIAD's were referred to as dog-beaters. And you could put the DIAD speaker onto a telephone receiver to upload data just like an old school modem.

You had to make speaker com calls. No wifi on the DIADs. Stopping to do that was a major pain in the butt.

 

[PASinterference]

On the dropped money COD form….It was prudent to have the supervisor count the cash and initial it also. Ill be damned if my envelope with 20,000 came up missing and they wanted me to cover it. Actually had to use two envelopes a few times.

I would always get mgmt to verify turn in, but they would get mad if it was more than 2k or so. Said to get a cashier's check.

 

[BlackFriday]

This is a great thread IMO. Just the fact that the old trucks had no PS and a standard with a super hard clutch sets the old crew apart.

 

[UnionStrong]

I would always get mgmt to verify turn in, but they would get mad if it was more than 2k or so. Said to get a cashier's check.

Cash was a pain.

 

[Red Devil]

This is a great thread IMO. Just the fact that the old trucks had no PS and a standard with a super hard clutch sets the old crew apart.

Back in the old days the PVDs had to weave straps out of birch bark to attach the package to the roof of their vehicles

 

[UnionStrong]

Back in the old days the PVDs had to weave straps out of birch bark to attach the package to the roof of their vehicles

LMAO!

 

[NAHimGOOD]

Werthers.

Damnit im going to Walgreens right now!

I need those in my life again

 

[allahuakbar]

Ah the good ole days. When you could openly hate minorities!

 

[NAHimGOOD]

Ah the good ole days. When you could openly hate minorities!

Technically....

And just being technical for training and educational purposes to save the world...

But...

Technically...

By definition...

The word minority should not be used to describe a group of people.

 

[BlackFriday]

Back in the old days the PVDs had to weave straps out of birch bark to attach the package to the roof of their vehicles

Really? I didn't know that.
Somewhat clever BTW. Bordering on actual humor. Keep trying. You'll get there one day and actually make someone laugh.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

All new package cars must have power steering, was put into the contract in the late 80s. IIRC

I think your memory is off a little my friend....




"The Employer will make every effort to require all new package car designs to have lower cab entry steps."

https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ups18nationalmaster.pdf

"The Employer will replace package cars at a rate no less than the percent replaced over the duration of the prior contract that expired July 31, 2018."

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I think your memory is off a little my friend....




"The Employer will make every effort to require all new package car designs to have lower cab entry steps."

https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ups18nationalmaster.pdf

"The Employer will replace package cars at a rate no less than the percent replaced over the duration of the prior contract that expired July 31, 2018."

And we had them all the way up until 2018