I work out of a small terminal. And work 55 to 60 hours a week . This is the hardest I've ever worked being in a union. Going on 22 years I just hope my body will last. Was a line haul driver for holland now pd for Abf. just trying to complete my 30 years. Being on the bottom again really sux! Just venting
ABF | Thank full and tired
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Rounding3rd
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Hang in there, it's worth it, I retired when Holland closed and can't say I like it much but that pension is so worth it, when a bill comes, I pay it, when I need or want something, I get it, think every day how different my life would be without that pension
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Your not a true ABF P&D driver until you have completed the following…..
Elliptical delivery (liftgate inside delivery)
Cotterman Ladder delivery
Cedar works delivery (residential liftgate hand freight delivery)
Lutron delivery (multiple boxes very long boxes to be exact lots of them)
Cabelas/Bass pro shops delivery (gun safe liftgate delivery)
Levi’s Delivery (liftgate heavy leaning pallets..)
Amazon returns
Oh and don’t forget the good ol long blue shrink wrapped pallets (liftgate delivery pallets way too long gotta do the drop safely off liftgate and back of trailer trick)
You get bonus points if you have ran the flatbed all day strapping and unstrapping at multiple stops (don’t forget hard hat when required)
And you get even more bonus points when you have ran the lowboy with the Princeton and dropped off some upack relocubes from center lane on a busy street…
I won't do Relocubes in dangerous situations....they have a cowboy at my terminal for that...
You forgot the lifetime sheds, Bowflex & portable garages....
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That always makes me mad' when you have someone that will do what the other men won't do for safety reasons!! As far as the exercise machines go, always keep a pair of very dirty gloves in your truck. If wife answers the door run your gloves across the box suggest her husband unpack it and put, where she wants it because of the dirt! If husband answers suggest him and a buddy unpack it and put it away, because you know the fit your wife would throw if you brought in the dirty box in her clean home!! Only once that didn't work and I knew it wouldn't when I saw the house outside as I pulled up lmfao!!
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That's using your head driver....
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I may have retired but as a fellow teamster I must always pass on what helps all fellow workers!!
We used to deliver them wooden swingset/playhouse sets. Would deliver them in the spring then in the fall pick them back up after the cardboard packaging eroded away. Sam's Club garbage we hauled for nothing.
Are you accepting tips? For inside deliveries?
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I took an oath with my Teamster brothers that if they attempt a delivery and bring it back for example in a 53 saying it needs a pup and I get that delivery the next day in a 53 even if I know I can make it in I also I bring it back because it needs a pup… we don’t outshine one another and set the bar too high as to where a delivery needed a pup starts getting sent in a 53
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What about the POS ones that would have a delivery at a truck stop and say he couldn't get in with a 53'?
Exactly right….Then they send someone else into a dangerous situation….
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It's alright dude. We all vent on here. Its kind of like therapy
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You sound like you are from the old school and we do what we have got to do to make it and take care of our families. Who knows there may be a lineal run come open for you. Id do the same thing as you to finish out my time to get my pension. Hang in there and i will say a prayer for you.
Are y’all still doing residential inside deliveries? All we are told to do is inside the garage.
Haven’t done them since Covid. But I have no problem putting in the garage for them….
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I use to love doing cubes!You worked at your own pace because every situation was different!No pickups either!If the weather was crappy you passed it on down to the junior man!