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Just a pat on the back for all of us, we need it during these tough times.
What we take for granted and dont even think twice about might be unheard of if you worked at other LTL carriers.
At any given shift, a con-way dsr can do most if not all LTL job classifications. I remember when i first started and was on the extra board more or less around 3pm start.
i'd go in the city, then outbound,maybe hostle, linehaul to fac, then more cross-dock, then maybe some inbound dock work upon return to home terminal.
-Most con-way drivers can hook or break a set in under 10 minutes.
-Most con-way drivers have serious forklift skills.
-It's not uncommon seeing DSR's who hook to the kite with their lead and dolly (ie: back with the dolly)
-Also not uncommon is seeing the senior guys (or the really gifted) backing their sets to the dock, between other trailers, even long boxes.
-Waiting for an empty to load into and the hostler is taking too long? you can go out there yourself, your not a 1 function employee.
When i worked at yellow, their forklifts had sideswipes, then on year we got a few forklifts without sideswipes and everyone (who used them) was having trouble taking racks in and out of trailers, and loading those pallets that fit just right. ive never drove a forklift for con-way with a sideswipe.
it's not just a union thing, from what i read in the fedex boards, fedex drivers complain when the company introduces something that all us conway drivers have been doing the whole time. All linehaul DSR's work the dock, we barely have any meets or turns anymore, at saia and fedex and others it's mostly meet and turns and something under 200 miles you have to work the dock at fedex and they hate it!
Con-way has a bed reputation on the streets because ppl come and WORK here and hate it, were like the Marines, the few and the proud. It's not for everybody.
to the almighty con-way DSR
hehehe
Just a little entertainment to divert from all the bad news in the industry
yea? or nea?
What we take for granted and dont even think twice about might be unheard of if you worked at other LTL carriers.
At any given shift, a con-way dsr can do most if not all LTL job classifications. I remember when i first started and was on the extra board more or less around 3pm start.
i'd go in the city, then outbound,maybe hostle, linehaul to fac, then more cross-dock, then maybe some inbound dock work upon return to home terminal.
-Most con-way drivers can hook or break a set in under 10 minutes.
-Most con-way drivers have serious forklift skills.
-It's not uncommon seeing DSR's who hook to the kite with their lead and dolly (ie: back with the dolly)
-Also not uncommon is seeing the senior guys (or the really gifted) backing their sets to the dock, between other trailers, even long boxes.
-Waiting for an empty to load into and the hostler is taking too long? you can go out there yourself, your not a 1 function employee.
When i worked at yellow, their forklifts had sideswipes, then on year we got a few forklifts without sideswipes and everyone (who used them) was having trouble taking racks in and out of trailers, and loading those pallets that fit just right. ive never drove a forklift for con-way with a sideswipe.
it's not just a union thing, from what i read in the fedex boards, fedex drivers complain when the company introduces something that all us conway drivers have been doing the whole time. All linehaul DSR's work the dock, we barely have any meets or turns anymore, at saia and fedex and others it's mostly meet and turns and something under 200 miles you have to work the dock at fedex and they hate it!
Con-way has a bed reputation on the streets because ppl come and WORK here and hate it, were like the Marines, the few and the proud. It's not for everybody.
to the almighty con-way DSR
hehehe
Just a little entertainment to divert from all the bad news in the industry
yea? or nea?