Well, Maybe This Is Why You Didn't Get Your Christmas Gifts

[quad decade guy]

To be completely honest, this is unacceptable. They have a paper trail of the last person to touch that trailer even if it was a coyote. When the trailer never showed up to it’s ending location, they should have been trying to contact that driver and if no contact could be made then they could have given police a full name and CDL drivers license number along with a company name to go find. This is embarrassing it took this long.

Oh?

You meant to say "that they know of"

 

[Yeet]

Look on this MECZ you can see the solar charger right below the Triple Crown. I was told that was for the tracking device to keep it charged. I suppose I could have been lied to.

Nope, you’re exactly right that’s what that box is. If you don’t see the black box, it can’t be traced. I didn’t know we were putting those on anything other than grey boxes, this is news to me.

 

[silenze]

Nope, you’re exactly right that’s what that box is. If you don’t see the black box, it can’t be traced. I didn’t know we were putting those on anything other than grey boxes, this is news to me.

They are on everything. Every piece of equipment. Dollies. Containers. Rentals. Everything

 

[Yeet]

They are on everything. Every piece of equipment. Dollies. Containers. Rentals. Everything

Then that makes this story all the more pathetic.

 

[RMR46]

How in the hell could they be missing for months? Jesus our preload manager was calling dispatch when one of our trailers was a 1/2 hr late. Pretty sure all of UPS equipment is GPS tracked too.

I guess there not that would be a expence

 

[OrionIsDaddy]

You can GPS locate a grey box trailer. The problem is we also extensively use rentals that we can’t track to save a buck.

Not that hard to unplug the GPS at the front of the trailer

 

[Trucker Clock]

Maybe it was dumped by a gypsy? I'm sure the ups tractors are tracked but not the trailers.

Our trailers are trackable. The one on the right is one of our triple Z's. Definitely trackable, unless disabled by the thieves. The one on the left is a rental. Might not be trackable by us.

 

[Coldworld]

How in the hell could they be missing for months? Jesus our preload manager was calling dispatch when one of our trailers was a 1/2 hr late. Pretty sure all of UPS equipment is GPS tracked too.

Those gps units on the trailers are at best marginal… I’ve seen so many of those on the outside of trailers not attached and hanging from the cord. Wouldn’t take much to get up there and cut the wires, and I’m not sure if that would kill the gos signal or if there is something else internally that makes that thing work

 

[Coldworld]

To be completely honest, this is unacceptable. They have a paper trail of the last person to touch that trailer even if it was a coyote. When the trailer never showed up to it’s ending location, they should have been trying to contact that driver and if no contact could be made then they could have given police a full name and CDL drivers license number along with a company name to go find. This is embarrassing it took this long.

Cost of doing business…with Gypos.

 

[Coldworld]

Most PTLZ's can be tracked also. Perhaps not by UPS, but a call to Premiere and they'd pull the location up.

How about everyone’s favorite… USAZ’s…

 

[AKCoverMan]

They are on everything. Every piece of equipment. Dollies. Containers. Rentals. Everything

When you stop to pee, the number of times you shake it shows up on a report,

 

[Johney]

I’ve seen so many of those on the outside of trailers not attached and hanging from the cord.

I know when I shifted that while spinning an empty around in our temporary tight empty lot I ripped a couple off the front.

 

[Yeet]

How about everyone’s favorite… USAZ’s…

I feel like I have to get a tetanus shot just reading that.

 

[Yeet]

Not that hard to unplug the GPS at the front of the trailer

Unplug it from what? The solar panel charging station? It can still be traced until the unit loses the charge unless they sabotaged the GPS unit itself.

 

[Coldworld]

I feel like I have to get a tetanus shot just reading that.

Dude, those trailers are the worst…rusted out frames…swing doors that are rotted and won’t shut properly…landing gears that are jacked… lol.. you know what I’m saying!!

 

[Yeet]

Dude, those trailers are the worst…rusted out frames…swing doors that are rotted and won’t shut properly…landing gears that are jacked… lol.. you know what I’m saying!!

I know exactly what you’re saying. I had a trailer mechanic recently tell me that we needed to get union stewards involved and refuse to pull a rusted out trailer since it’s illegal. If we put up with it, they’ll keep doing it.

 

[Coldworld]

I know exactly what you’re saying. I had a trailer mechanic recently tell me that we needed to get union stewards involved and refuse to pull a rusted out trailer since it’s illegal. If we put up with it, they’ll keep doing it.

A couple years ago I saw pretty much a new USAZ… had to check the number a couple different times because I thought I might have coupled to the wrong trailer…first time that I had ever seen something that nice with USAZ designation.

 

[Yeet]

A couple years ago I saw pretty much a new USAZ… had to check the number a couple different times because I thought I might have coupled to the wrong trailer…first time that I had ever seen something that nice with USAZ designation.

I haven’t found a nice USAZ yet. I do occasionally see a really nice PTLZ that looks brand new.

 

[Johney]

My building had a couple of rentals over the years red tagged to our lot due to legal from the whole hub and wheel assembly coming off and causing accidents…..major accidents

 

[Yeet]

My building had a couple of rentals over the years red tagged to our lot due to legal from the whole hub and wheel assembly coming off and causing accidents…..major accidents

I love the ones that have M.S. Carriers ghost markings on them. My father used to drive for them before they went bankrupt…. over 20 years ago.