FedEx Freight | Calling off due to weather

[seabreeze]

Even in manual mode it's not the same. I could go up Cabbage or Elk Mountain no chains in a regular 10 speed. Now I can't even go up in chains with these new automatics.

Maybe you've gotten older and lost your touch.

 

[Jaloc]

The majority of pileups,start, with following too close, Speeding, and too fast for conditions. Driving an automatic may account for part of cause, but the first 3 offenses are the biggest factors.

Stay away from other Trucks and packs.

 

[joe bucker]

I don't have anything to prove, I will let the "new breeds" have all the fun they want. I will take points use pto I don't give a .
My give a is broken.

 

[Jaloc]

Maybe you've gotten older and lost your touch.

Volvo and Freightliner lost their touch jerks the truck when the automatic shifts slide spin out.

 

[seabreeze]

Volvo and Freightliner lost their touch jerks the truck when the automatic shifts slide spin out.

No argument here, I've never driven one.

 

[SMOKESTACK]

Maybe you've gotten older and lost your touch.

I think that now that I'm older and my wiener is sensitive to colder weather
it refuses to be touched and prefers to stay indoors where it's warm and moist.
It's kind of the same thing right ?

Maybe not....

 

[Triplex]

I think that now that I'm older and my wiener is sensitive to colder weather
it refuses to be touched and prefers to stay indoors where it's warm and moist.
It's kind of the same thing right ?

Maybe not....

Speaking of wieners, maybe some out-of-work drivers might be interested in this opportunity.

A 'rare and coveted' job: Oscar Mayer seeks full-time drivers of the iconic Wienermobile

Oscar Mayer is looking for 12 drivers for its 2024 class of Wienermobile 'Hotdoggers,' brand ambassadors who drive the vehicle across the U.S.

www.usatoday.com

 

[SMOKESTACK]

I want that so bad it's killing me !
That's the coolest job ever , EVER !

 

[Big Dave]

I think that now that I'm older and my wiener is sensitive to colder weather
it refuses to be touched and prefers to stay indoors where it's warm and moist.
It's kind of the same thing right ?

Maybe not....

Soooo…you like your hotdogs steamed???….

 

[Freightmaster1]

What we were told from safety was use the phrase "driver discretion". The term is supposed to cover you from a occurrence or repercussion in bad weather. Snow and ice storms. If that doesn't work at your center. Come to work and hook up. Roll the gate and get maybe a mile from terminal and floor it till your tires break traction. Then turn around and tell your dispatchers that you broke traction and don't feel safe. Both have worked for me.

Be professional when you do it though.

Your Rights Under the STAA: Refusing to Drive Under Bad Weather

Teamsters For A Democratic Union

www.tdu.org

 

[joe bucker]

Your Rights Under the STAA: Refusing to Drive Under Bad Weather

Teamsters For A Democratic Union

www.tdu.org

I've had a copy of this for years, thanks for putting this out again. I've used the part about reporting FDX to osha when they threatened with points, and handed management a copy of this.

 

[nasvegas]

I think that now that I'm older and my wiener is sensitive to colder weather
it refuses to be touched and prefers to stay indoors where it's warm and moist.
It's kind of the same thing right ?

Maybe not....

Or you could tell work it's too cold out to do anything. Well almost anything.

 

[sudes19]

So as a road driver, watching road conditions and it sucks bad, can you refuse to run cause its not safe without repercussions

Yes. Its in policy

 

[sudes19]

 

[SMOKESTACK]

SMOKESTACK'S POLICY

When in doubt call on out , they aren't doing you any favors.
Remember you asked to get in a lousy 1/2 hour early to go
to dentist appointment or something important ? How did
that work for you on your way in just to grab that one more
skid that nobody else could get making you 2 hours late ?

 

[Warlock]

Comes down to timing and location IMHO

I run 2 1/2 hrs from the barn and the last two snowstoms to come through here didnt reach my territory, so least I only had to drive thru it, not hafta work in it. I draw the line at that

Although one time I had one start right when I was leavin with the trailer tandem 16K lbs heavier than the drive. That there’s the worst case scenario and I made it bout 40 miles before sayin **** this and turned around and went back. Hell, almost didnt make it