Why? A nice spring day, sitting around changing tires when you can be out for a drive. Now, I grant you on a bad weather day theyAround here, roadcalls are the equivalent of missed pickups. Mechanics and mgt. sure don't like them. Especially mechanics. I have been told a wrecker for a feeder can be $1000. But see- when you work till 8pm every night.....it gets old. Never saw a mechanic "happy" about a roadcall(32 years). Interesting.
Yes! I'm assuming you meant "were"(no disrespect implied" )
I see what you're saying guy but in our building it was simply not my job as a driver in our district.
Honestly, if my center manager would have seen me lifting the hood before I left the building he would have
gone nuts. Strictly exterior pre-trip. And most guys didn't even do that. Pre-trip was one
those things that just was not enforced. In package. Feeder guys were much more diligent.
But again strictly exterior, never under the cab. We were a very pro-union building.
The mechanics saw anything underneath as job security. Drivers, keep your hands off.
I did mean "were". If you were trained by UPS and given a method on how to go about it then so be it. I was not so I will not check the oil.
Why? A nice spring day, sitting around changing tires when you can be out for a drive. Now, I grant you on a bad weather day they
did everything they could to solve the problem over the phone. But on the whole they didn't mind coming out.
I think you're right on about it being a northeast thing. Up here it's old school union.Maybe it's a NorEast thing. The bottom line here is that if pkgs are missed for no oil in the engine.......the driver or the mechanic is going to fry. To me it is the same as a pilot(I'm both a pilot and airplane mechanic) not checking the engine oil(talking small planes)(or looking in the engine bay) before leaving the ground......dangerous and foolish. But hey, work as directed!
You do know roadcalls are a bad thing right? It goes against the mechanic? And that service failures are a bad thing....right?
In 32 years I never saw a mechanic fired for too many road calls. And if my package car broke the service failures certainlyYou do know roadcalls are a bad thing right? It goes against the mechanic? And that service failures are a bad thing....right?
See, that's what I'm talking about. The mechanics here just would not allow that to happen.We have a 22.3 that checks the fluids in the cars every day. He does that, then does his load/sort duty. During peak, they try to have 2 people do it
The Driver! Feeder or package.
You've been around too long. Jk
Fair enough. In our Hub(district), the words "improper pre-trip" get used alot. If your vehicle(feeder) say- burns up a front wheel bearing and causes two loads to miss service......your pre-trip will automatically be questioned(as it should really). I'm really surprised at your responses. Checking the oil in our vehicles(as drivers) is as automatic as wearing your seatbelt. Now, that doesn't mean everyone does a proper pre-trip. I have found plenty of dry dipsticks. My last tractor was using about 10 qts.(oil) a DAY! before they scrapped it. This went on for several months and left huge puddles and residue everywhere(yes, customers property....). Mgt. and mechanics just shrugged.
want to retire,
Do you know where I can find the asked for documentation?
Integrity---- I am at the core of who we are and all we do!!!!
How are you doing strengthening your core?
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Around here, roadcalls are the equivalent of missed pickups. Mechanics and mgt. sure don't like them. Especially mechanics. I have been told a wrecker for a feeder can be $1000. But see- when you work till 8pm every night.....it gets old. Never saw a mechanic "happy" about a roadcall(32 years). Interesting.
In all my years I never saw a printed copy of a required pre-trip list. Didn't even know that one existed.I used to have a copy of the UPS required pre-trip for package cars. It was quite a long document (8 to 10 pages if I remember correctly) that was given to every new driver. Someone else asked when you did this pre-trip...Right after your start time, obviously, hence, PRE-trip.
To be clear Drac, I'm an old package guy. So everything I'm talking about happens in the package car centers.Well, like someone above said, it must be a NorthEast thing. Here in the Midwest, we're are as union as anyone else, so I don't know. Any driver that doesn't check his fluid levels is only asking for trouble. In the past, we've had drivers get suspended when their motors blew and it was determined that it was because a lack of motor oil. Here, lazy, runner/gunners are the only ones who neglect to pop their hoods.
And I truly don't understand how feeder drivers just check their tires. The driver has to sign off the DVIR stating that he personally checked the safety of his vehicle. It's a federal law. How do you guys walk around that?
I've blown a motor on the job. As far as I know nobody even checked why the motor blew, nobody
cared why the motor blew, and the idea that I could have been disciplined in any way, shape, or form for the blowing
of the motor would just be silly. Honestly I never had a center manager care about a blown motor. All they cared about
was finding another car for the next day.