whats going on with 120/dorrance ???????????????:
when did this come about because i did not see anything about dorrance in the coo? last i heard was local school district was looking at property?
I can remember at one time over 1000 Teamsters worked at 120/R64/G94. When I started there we were told it was the largest Breakbulk in the U.S.
Anything Roadway moved east of Stroudsburg or north of Kearny N.J. (111) went through 120. There was no running the NY State Thruway to Buffalo! No way in Hell would they pay a toll they didn't have too! That includes all of New England and the NY/NJ metro area plus eastern Canada.They ran that operation tight! If they could get out of paying a nickle in tolls then BAM! You were on some damn cowpath of a back road! 400+ outbound loads a night were not uncommon.
I can remember trucks lined up out on Rt715 waiting for a place to park as the yard was so packed you could not move. I remember that we had a Yard Jockey who's only job was to "tighten up" the drop pads for 10 hours a day. 6th punches and 2 hours overtime a night? Count on it! They owned you for 58 hours and 6 days a week!
I went past the place the other day and it reminded me of a large railroad classifacion yard that was not used. Just sitting there. It's only reason for being was to provide a home for birds.
It's sad. I'll miss the friends who are now scattered to the wind all over the system trying to keep their jobs. And yes there are people who worked there, (Both Management & Teamsters) who can go to H#$@! It was an experance that, Well, You had to work there to understand. And while 120 is no more than a goast town on it's last leg it will seem strange to work for a company that has no Stroudsburg.
Times change!
I can remember at one time over 1000 Teamsters worked at 120/R64/G94. When I started there we were told it was the largest Breakbulk in the U.S.
Anything Roadway moved east of Stroudsburg or north of Kearny N.J. (111) went through 120. There was no running the NY State Thruway to Buffalo! No way in Hell would they pay a toll they didn't have too! That includes all of New England and the NY/NJ metro area plus eastern Canada.They ran that operation tight! If they could get out of paying a nickle in tolls then BAM! You were on some damn cowpath of a back road! 400+ outbound loads a night were not uncommon.
I can remember trucks lined up out on Rt715 waiting for a place to park as the yard was so packed you could not move. I remember that we had a Yard Jockey who's only job was to "tighten up" the drop pads for 10 hours a day. 6th punches and 2 hours overtime a night? Count on it! They owned you for 58 hours and 6 days a week!
I went past the place the other day and it reminded me of a large railroad classifacion yard that was not used. Just sitting there. It's only reason for being was to provide a home for birds.
It's sad. I'll miss the friends who are now scattered to the wind all over the system trying to keep their jobs. And yes there are people who worked there, (Both Management & Teamsters) who can go to H#$@! It was an experance that, Well, You had to work there to understand. And while 120 is no more than a goast town on it's last leg it will seem strange to work for a company that has no Stroudsburg.
Times change!