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What was the oldest UPS vehicle you have ever driven?
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<blockquote data-quote="traveler" data-source="post: 308044" data-attributes="member: 1954"><p>In 1966 I drove a similar 1946 Dodge. All of the above applied except the one I drove had an automatic transmission. It was a bit sloppy having gone over 100,000 miles already but it sure was nice in the city. </p><p> </p><p>Speaking of the micro-brake, I remember flipping it up as I approached a stop and just barely touching the brakes. The package car would come to a stop and hold just as you got to the stop once you got the hang of it. Probably a stupid thing to do but it sure did save time when you were overloaded with stops. Seldom used the parking brake, probably not too smart either looking back on it.</p><p> </p><p>Now to the oldest package car (of sorts)... I drove a 1939 Ward Cage Car (six cager) from time to time to cover pickups where the regular driver blew out his capacity. The cage cars were originally used for "retail" pick-ups (anyone remember retail accounts?) at Department Stores where the store would load cages (boxes with wheels about 2' deep by 5' long and 5' high). Twelve of these fit like a glove in the "12 cager" and pretty much locked in place. I once had to pickup cages at Bambergers in Newark. There you had to drive the truck onto the elevator and ride down to the loading dock in the 5th basement where you had to maneuver to an open space at the loading dock. I doubt if the new GPS would work at all down there???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traveler, post: 308044, member: 1954"] In 1966 I drove a similar 1946 Dodge. All of the above applied except the one I drove had an automatic transmission. It was a bit sloppy having gone over 100,000 miles already but it sure was nice in the city. Speaking of the micro-brake, I remember flipping it up as I approached a stop and just barely touching the brakes. The package car would come to a stop and hold just as you got to the stop once you got the hang of it. Probably a stupid thing to do but it sure did save time when you were overloaded with stops. Seldom used the parking brake, probably not too smart either looking back on it. Now to the oldest package car (of sorts)... I drove a 1939 Ward Cage Car (six cager) from time to time to cover pickups where the regular driver blew out his capacity. The cage cars were originally used for "retail" pick-ups (anyone remember retail accounts?) at Department Stores where the store would load cages (boxes with wheels about 2' deep by 5' long and 5' high). Twelve of these fit like a glove in the "12 cager" and pretty much locked in place. I once had to pickup cages at Bambergers in Newark. There you had to drive the truck onto the elevator and ride down to the loading dock in the 5th basement where you had to maneuver to an open space at the loading dock. I doubt if the new GPS would work at all down there??? [/QUOTE]
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