FedEx Freight | Freight pulling ground

[xeastend]

So the other night in Mass I could swear I saw a Freight tractor pulling a ground trailer and dolly. Am I wrong? And no, not just the color. Said ground. Helping out for the Christmas volume?
PLEASE don't start driving like them!!!!!!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Been doing this for a few years now.

 

[xeastend]

Had no idea. Just noticed. Good idea. Surprised UPS doesn't do the same thing

 

[Xtrabored]

So the other night in Mass I could swear I saw a Freight tractor pulling a ground trailer and dolly. Am I wrong? And no, not just the color. Said ground. Helping out for the Christmas volume?
PLEASE don't start driving like them!!!!!!

They'd have to turn our trucks up in order to drive like them.

 

[suzy1052]

Usually a 2-3 week assignment by volunteers.

 

[Jeff]

we are so busy they actually had to decline the runs this year

 

[No F-bdy Bs]

This has happened every Xmas for a solid 7yrs.
Fake news.

 

[Redracer3136]

we are so busy they actually had to decline the runs this year

Same in CLT, we’ve been so busy the last couple years we’ve had to decline their runs offered to us because we can’t cover our own runs.

 

[xeastend]

This has happened every Xmas for a solid 7yrs.
Fake news.

I do not work for FedEx. Just noticed because I try to stay FAR AWAY from the ground idiots.

 

[joes bar and grill]

Usually a 2-3 week assignment by volunteers.

Do you get issued Addias track pants and sandals?

 

[bunta]

I do not work for FedEx. Just noticed because I try to stay FAR AWAY from the ground idiots.

The guys that usually run ground are subcontractors so...

I ran for ground one night recently. I had been told beforehand that it sucks but I didn’t think it was too bad.

 

[suzy1052]

Do you get issued Addias track pants and sandals?

Da !

 

[truckingBORED]

We had a fairly senior guy bid the Ground run a couple years ago. He quit on his first night doing it. Like, quit quit.

 

[Frootloop]

Had no idea. Just noticed. Good idea. Surprised UPS doesn't do the same thing

They do apparently. I have a friend at UpsF that has been running parcel lately. He uses the freight tractor, a lot of switchouts at Amazon.

 

[tread]

Had no idea. Just noticed. Good idea. Surprised UPS doesn't do the same thing

UPS has outside carriers moving freight pups.
If UPSF cant haul their own, no chance moving parcel's trailers. Unfortunate

 

[Canadian Flyer]

UPS has outside carriers moving freight pups.
If UPSF cant haul their own, no chance moving parcel's trailers. Unfortunate

Been a while since I've seen contract power in front of a UPSF set. Only exception has been Canada-bound, hauled by Canada Cartage lease units (they look exactly like UPS rigs, pretty sure they're leased since they say "Operated by Canada Cartage System Ltd" on them) or Armour Transport out east.

Anywhere I've been stateside, it's always been UPSF tractors pulling sets over the last year. Maybe they got it in the last contract?

 

[Freight Maniac]

I work for UPSF and I did it for a week. When we volunteer we have to sign up for the whole week. We have to use our freight tractor to pull their trailers.

 

[dsh69]

So the other night in Mass I could swear I saw a Freight tractor pulling a ground trailer and dolly. Am I wrong? And no, not just the color. Said ground. Helping out for the Christmas volume?
PLEASE don't start driving like them!!!!!!

Damn. Those trailers said GROUND? I knew the colors were weird.

 

[Eagles fan]

UPS has outside carriers moving freight pups.
If UPSF cant haul their own, no chance moving parcel's trailers. Unfortunate

Not true during peak a few guys go over to package to help out we had 1 guy over in my barn until last week we had 2 guys