Swanson
Henry Swanson's my name, and excitement's my game.
Not out west we have pt non cdl shifters
Yard spotter
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Coldworld
60 months and counting
If they take that goat one inch onto a public street that is feeder work,..fact
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
Depends on the rail yard. 2 of the 3 I go to are pretty civil and organized. The other one, I’m almost certain they hire guys straight out of prison.
Johney
Well-Known Member
I was told by my feeder manager(not my on road)that when I left feeders to take a 22.3 shifting job that I was no longer feeder qualified and that under no circumstances was I to take any UPS feeder equipment on the road or I would be terminated on the spot.
Coldworld
60 months and counting
Should have hooked a set and took it out of the yard for a victory lap or 2…. Have them put their money where their mouth is..ha
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Coldworld
60 months and counting
We’ve had drivers banned from the rail for speeding and all day long their employees (who are teamsters) go 10/20 over the posted speed…so stupid
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
I got banned from the one with the
shifters for 2 weeks for “parking a trailer in the aisle.” I parked it next to 5 others that were also in the aisle that their shifters dropped. “Rules for thee, but not for me.”quad decade guy
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They act 15
Coldworld
60 months and counting
Dude…the rail can be shady AF….you ever have to go pick trailers up trackside??? Damn Hustlers line the boxes so close that you have to literally jackknife the tractor into the kingpin and hope you don’t jack something up…and forget about it if you have to get a chassis flipped…you’re going to be there for an hour plus waiting for some yard jockey…lmaoI got banned from the one with the
Commercial Inside Release
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You sure he wasn't confused? You are okay to drive it on the street, but the equipment they have is not allowed on the roads, for whatever reason. Equipment volations, not registered, not roadworthy, etc...
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
My favorite part of the day. Bonus points for missing the pin 5 times in a tight and busy rail yard and have the guys blowing their air horns at you. I blew a guy a kiss one time. He didn’t like that.
Coldworld
60 months and counting
Afaic… he has a cdl..and has been trained in yard control and proper coupling techniques and such then he is road worthy… they probably have to pay him feeder rate if he goes out on the road so some 2 bit sup probably would get his ass chewed if this happen…
Coldworld
60 months and counting
I’d be throwing bud bars…you get gypos In there who literally live in their trucks…some of these guys make Ted Kaczynski look like Tom Selleck from the 70’s…hot hot hotMy favorite part of the day. Bonus points for missing the pin 5 times in a tight and busy rail yard and have the guys blowing their air horns at you. I blew a guy a kiss one time. He didn’t like that.
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
They don’t seem to mind the owner/ops. To give them credit, when our daysort train rolls in there are about 40 of us in their way. Someone needs to remind them though that it’s because of us that they are employed. If we pulled our loads off of them and ran them ourselves, they would have to cut staffing in half.
Coldworld
60 months and counting
Is there a dedicated area there where they put all of the ups trailers???
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
Nope! If you aren’t there to watch it drop, it could be anywhere. Thanks for the money.
542thruNthru
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Forget to do the undercarriage?I blew a guy a one time. He didn’t like that.
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
An elephant never forgets.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
So.... You're an elephant?... This must be a Florida joke.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
The Union Pacific yard I used to go to resented us crossing over the tracks to pick up our trailers as they set them off the train. They looked at it as taking work away from them. They wanted their workers to take them to the other side of their yard and park them. Consequently, they loved to make it hard for us to hook up sometimes.
