It is not a rumor It is confirmed, all brown, Didn't hear anything about new uniforms.
Yes they will be all Brown,like Apolistic said the 2 tone cost 3500 more.
They also said it was only 358 tractor's
400 48's
150 32's with the liftgate
and a bunch of dolly's.
It is not a rumor It is confirmed, all brown, Didn't hear anything about new uniforms.
I just got new uniforms two weeks ago and they are the same color as they have always been. I hope they aren't going to be sending me more new uniforms soon, just a waste of money again.
LTL companies have been pulling twin 28 foot pups for many years.
Do the math Diesel Smoke....2 x 28=56,if the LtL's are loading 56 feet of freight to run their line haul,what would be the need for 53 foot van?
48 feet vans have been used around a lot of city routes which have narrow streets,and old docks that were built back in the 40 foot long by 96 wide were the standard LTL trailer size.
So I have to ask you,where would any 53 foot dry vans be practical in UPS Freight's fleet?
I know I came up from the 60's, through the years of LTL when the longest dry van trailers were only 40 feet,and 96 wide,then it was 42 feet x96,next came the 45's.
Till the companies started introducing the 48 foot long,102" wide monster Rail Road Box Car type Trailers that were only allowed by most states to run on the interstates.
As money talks, the LTL companies started sneaking them into the cities,which now are pretty much the standard dry van Trailers
Then came the pups which started out as 20 footers 96"wide,after a few years they were 28 foot x102" wide.
You all know I'm retired as a former UPS Freight city driver safety trainer.
If I were you Diesel Smoke if you are a city driver I'd keep my yap shut about adding 53's to the fleet,they are crashes looking for a place to happen!
However if you are a line haul driver,your city driving co-workers will really become your enemies,and I know you wouldn't want that.
I have said this before,however I don't mind posting this again.
UPS is a very intelligent globally operated company.
Why would they even think about rebranding any of the old equipment?
When they can just have the equipment manufacturers do it for them,after they have signed agreements,and before UPS receives the new stuff.
I'm sure UPS hasn't got what they currently have, by throwing their money where their money isn't going to make them any money back.
Now I'm not sure how true this is,but I heard UPS has never been concerned about the oil crisis.
They deal in oil futures on the stock market, they purchase most of their fuel in bulk and get a better price,in some terminals they have their own storage tanks.
On top of that they are allowed to charge fuel sir-charge on every bill.
I'd say they are pretty smart cookies, that they are actually making out pretty good no matter where the price of oil goes.
Now if just this one aspect of UPS's operation is true,do any of you really believe that UPS would continue to rebrand any more of the old Overnite,and Motor Cargo junk?
I for one think not!
53ft van...and a R model.....with 45+ bushels.......makes me sweat thinking about it...........