Dr. Driver
TB Lurker
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Does a class B driver get merged in with City seniority or is it in it's own class?
So there are many old drivers here. There always was hard placesTo many residentials, to much downtown offices
Then you carried a 2X6 or whatever you could find in the back of the trailer to slide stuff down on the ground, didn't think nothing about it .So there are many old drivers here. There always was hard places
to make deliveries with long trucks , no liftgates , no plt jacks , some
under bridges you barely fit under but we came home empty and
with pick ups on. Now a days the drivers just bring it back , good luck
getting them to hand-unload a tiny skid.
before we had lift gates we would lay down 55 gallon drums , roll them out the back of trailer onto 2 old tires. Then tilt them and roll them where customer wanted themSo there are many old drivers here. There always was hard places
to make deliveries with long trucks , no liftgates , no plt jacks , some
under bridges you barely fit under but we came home empty and
with pick ups on. Now a days the drivers just bring it back , good luck
getting them to hand-unload a tiny skid
When I started at Roadway, the terminal I was at had no liftgate trailer. On several occasions I would put long forks on the forklift, back it into the trailer with the freight on the rear, then used chains and the long forks to lower it to the ground from the trailer. First time I suggested it, the TM thought I was kidding. A few times more doing it, he never questioned it.before we had lift gates we would lay down 55 gallon drums , roll them out the back of trailer onto 2 old tires. Then tilt them and roll them where customer wanted them
I'm glad I didn't work back in the (old days)When I started at Roadway, the terminal I was at had no liftgate trailer. On several occasions I would put long forks on the forklift, back it into the trailer with the freight on the rear, then used chains and the long forks to lower it to the ground from the trailer. First time I suggested it, the TM thought I was kidding. A few times more doing it, he never questioned it.
Been there done that ! Probably close to 1,000 drums of oil and paint etc . Never had one pop open , thank goodness !before we had lift gates we would lay down 55 gallon drums , roll them out the back of trailer onto 2 old tires. Then tilt them and roll them where customer wanted them
Don't dare ask a new FDX driver to do that !before we had lift gates we would lay down 55 gallon drums , roll them out the back of trailer onto 2 old tires. Then tilt them and roll them where customer wanted them