My Job - Splitting a set of Doubles, Swapping Trailers, Building a set of doubles.

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  • Опубліковано 18 сер 2019
  • Here is how it kinda goes when you need to split a set of trailers, swap trailers at a customer location and then build the set up together again. Though it would be interesting to show the process for Those who never seen it done but were curious. Hope you guys enjoy the vid. I basically put my Insta 360 in a spot, did what I had to do and then edited at home when I had time.
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  • @Stud972
    @Stud972 3 роки тому +7

    Hey Guy!! I just had my driver test and drug test Friday!!! Just waiting for the background process to complete!!
    I’m going to be a UPS Feeder driver too!!! Yes!!!

  • @willb3018
    @willb3018 4 роки тому +3

    Hooking and unhooking those things would be the easy part for me. Navigating those twin trailer big rigs (even a single 40+ footer for that matter) would be the real challenge for me. You and your peers make it look so easy.

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Thx, to some it goes and some not so much

  • @diamondd83
    @diamondd83 2 роки тому +2

    Great video, thank you 🙏🏾 I’m learning now and just having to line everything up is key. I’m going to get it!

  • @more-bricks
    @more-bricks 4 роки тому +2

    I enjoy watching everything on your channel but mostly enjoy your work, it's cool!

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael 4 роки тому +3

    Great safety check on everything that's how you do it the right way

  • @iainf6
    @iainf6 4 роки тому

    Busy bud 👍🔥

  • @VadimLashchuk
    @VadimLashchuk 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, the video is amazing. Great job with the 360 camera. Can't even imagine what the editing process must be like

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому +1

      All edited on my iPhone :)

  • @lifewithoutboundaries4304
    @lifewithoutboundaries4304 Рік тому

    Wow, feeder drivers actually work. 😆

  • @Future_looksbright
    @Future_looksbright 2 роки тому +1

    I just started as a feeder at ups. Overthinking things can be my downfall but this video helps keep it simple for me. Thanks

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  2 роки тому

      Haha co grata you will love it

    • @Future_looksbright
      @Future_looksbright 2 роки тому

      @@FixItNick grata? Forgive my ignorance lol.

    • @Future_looksbright
      @Future_looksbright 2 роки тому

      Sleeper teams? I’m trying to talk my wife into it as we speak 😂. We have a newborn so might have to wait a year or two but it’s happening!

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael 4 роки тому

    Good video nick

  • @GearheadDaily
    @GearheadDaily 4 роки тому +2

    Good work man! I've worked in a yard before and I was sweating bullets trying to line everything up right.

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Thanks my man :) .. I get brain farts often and things go backwards sometimes

    • @amtraktraveler9118
      @amtraktraveler9118 3 роки тому

      @@FixItNick Same here, following the rear of your trailer and getting under it.

  • @kaitlynkerns6718
    @kaitlynkerns6718 4 роки тому

    Wow! That’s a lot of work! For some reason, I thought the trailers were setup, ready and waiting for you and all you had to do is drive. Guess I was seriously wrong. Lol. Excellent video. Thanks for sharing the process.👍🏻

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому +2

      Haha yea driving straight looks easy

    • @amtraktraveler9118
      @amtraktraveler9118 3 роки тому

      @@FixItNick Those pup trailers can move quick if you don't get under them quick. I tend to over correct too quick with a 53 footer, but I tested on a pup flat bed and those took off quick.

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael 4 роки тому +1

    You made that looks so easy and smooth nick great job brother

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Thx, it is easy ;))

    • @amtraktraveler9118
      @amtraktraveler9118 3 роки тому

      @@FixItNick Does UPS have automatic rigs?

    • @trentc1098
      @trentc1098 Рік тому

      @@amtraktraveler9118 most of the new trucks are auto

  • @amtraktraveler9118
    @amtraktraveler9118 3 роки тому +1

    I just passed my CDL now working on doubles and trips for my endorsements. Great job, one thing I observed was there were no 4 ways on. didn't chock the wheels at the dock unless there were dock locks.

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  3 роки тому

      That dock has no chucks and you don’t need flashers when breaking and putting sets together in parking lot

    • @jasonlandry4559
      @jasonlandry4559 3 роки тому

      You would usually have 4 ways on when you build the set because you want to make sure the rear trailer's lights are working properly. Chocking wheels are usually done on trailers that are going to be loaded by fork lifts. UPSers will chock trailers at customer locations but not at UPS buildings because they are loaded/unloaded by hand.

    • @andremitchell3813
      @andremitchell3813 Рік тому

      @@jasonlandry4559 what about verifying the coupling, why wasn't that done? Check fie space between skid plate & apron, & go underneath to see?

    • @silvergrizzly316
      @silvergrizzly316 8 місяців тому

      ​@@andremitchell3813rewatch the video my friend. 👍

  • @AZgule2010
    @AZgule2010 4 роки тому +8

    And here I am throwing a fit if I have to drop my trailer once a month

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому +1

      Haha I guess little exercise?

    • @tamipotirala6973
      @tamipotirala6973 2 роки тому

      Hooking and dropping sets is exhausting

  • @k.a.v.8777
    @k.a.v.8777 4 роки тому

    👍👍👍

  • @jacobpressley9197
    @jacobpressley9197 4 роки тому

    I worked for FedEx doing this, Fun times when you don't have much space to do it. Drop and hooks where always fun.

  • @edwardsfrank4790
    @edwardsfrank4790 4 роки тому

    👍👌

  • @wagzzzz
    @wagzzzz 3 роки тому

    Just got my permit, me and a friend just put our name on the list. We’re the highest seniority on it. Just the waiting game now for the cdl class

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  3 роки тому +1

      Good luck they hiring like crazy these days

  • @AlexTheGurutv
    @AlexTheGurutv 3 роки тому

    If can, can you get the measurement between lead trailer and pup trailer? It's around 4ft right? Down to the nearest inch would be nice.

  • @platinum9898
    @platinum9898 4 роки тому +2

    Great video, 1st week in feeders for me. How viable is not lifting landing gear when setting up? No one has suggested that to me

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому +4

      Welcome aboard!! I only crank my gear up 1-2” on this stop that way it doesn’t drag and I don’t have to touch the landing gear in the next hour of breaking and building sets. As long as it’s a flat spot and no big bumps

  • @SocraticMind89
    @SocraticMind89 3 роки тому

    Ive never seen a CNG MACK, very interesting, we have LNG MACKS

  • @phillipgarrow2297
    @phillipgarrow2297 4 роки тому

    It a real pain at least not dark out in the middle of the night looking for trailers with a flashlight 👍

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      50% of my set building is at night LOL

  • @AK-Star007
    @AK-Star007 4 роки тому +1

    you forgot your camera,
    great demo of your work

  • @analstench4522
    @analstench4522 4 роки тому

    Teamsters local 705 big union mood. Just gave my BA a list of sups working today. My name is on the feeder list already. I’m gonna take my cdl permit test ASAP.

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      The times are crazy!! Welcome to class A lol

  • @skipman8yard
    @skipman8yard 4 роки тому

    👍✊🤟😎🇬🇧

  • @Davidtheguy12
    @Davidtheguy12 4 роки тому

    Do more trucking videos !!!

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Don’t want people to hate me on DIY car channel lol

  • @lsnoopy1
    @lsnoopy1 4 роки тому

    How long it took you to work local feeder? I stay in Chicago. Only OTR positions are open and they start you on call

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      About 6 years to get into packages then within a year they posted feeder jobs so I jumped on and was on call for 5 years lol

    • @lsnoopy1
      @lsnoopy1 4 роки тому

      FixItNick wow which state are you in? That’s quite some time

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Luis A CA

    • @denislubega8019
      @denislubega8019 4 роки тому +1

      @@FixItNick wow on call for 5 years. Damn no schedule u just wait by the phone

  • @mrdan544
    @mrdan544 4 роки тому +1

    What was that on the back of the cab.? never saw that before

    • @AZgule2010
      @AZgule2010 4 роки тому +1

      A huge bomb. Propane fuel tanks

    • @user-it4kt1qr1w
      @user-it4kt1qr1w 4 роки тому

      @@AZgule2010 thanks.

    • @AZgule2010
      @AZgule2010 4 роки тому

      @@robertjaent6087 that's a good question, I did see a tank too. Nick will have to answer that one. Could possibly be a hybrid, use LPG as a priority and diesel last since he lives in commiefornia, I mean California

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому +1

      It’s a CNG with Diesel engine converted to CNG

  • @jamesbutler1862
    @jamesbutler1862 4 роки тому

    I can't believe you don't have a yard dog that'll help you out with all that swapping around

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому +2

      It’s not in yard it’s at customer

  • @x135792468
    @x135792468 4 роки тому

    I load those!

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Yup

    • @amtraktraveler9118
      @amtraktraveler9118 3 роки тому

      I did for Spee Dee Delivery and Fed Ex for 10 years and Schwan's home service. Now I am on the other side of the trailer with CDL in hand.

  • @thegreek2640
    @thegreek2640 4 роки тому

    Forgot to put 4 ways on while backing up.

  • @hectoribarra00
    @hectoribarra00 4 роки тому

    How long have you been working for UPS?

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому +1

      Since 2000, driving since 2005

    • @hectoribarra00
      @hectoribarra00 4 роки тому

      @@FixItNick dam 19 years!!👍🏼 and I work at UPS to I started in 2008

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      hectoribarra00 awesome it’s a good gig

  • @dustybowhunter
    @dustybowhunter 4 роки тому

    Does ups ever pull triples?

    • @AZgule2010
      @AZgule2010 4 роки тому +1

      In some states do, Idaho, Oregon..

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Yes or double 48s

    • @SocraticMind89
      @SocraticMind89 3 роки тому

      If you’re FROM TEXAS GOING TO OKC, OKC FEEDERS TROLLS YOU AND TELL US TEXAS DRIVERS TO RIDE BACK WITH TRIPLES LOL

  • @Barz365
    @Barz365 3 роки тому +1

    I am perfectly okay with never hauling doubles ever...........

  • @JBMotorrad
    @JBMotorrad 3 роки тому

    Do truckers get paid for all this time breaking and building stuff? I've heard some complain that you don't get paid for lots of non-driving tasks. I am curious about trucking as a job.

    • @jasonlandry4559
      @jasonlandry4559 3 роки тому +1

      At UPS, you break down and build sets on the clock.

    • @Bendigo1
      @Bendigo1 3 роки тому

      Long haul drivers usually only get paid for the miles they drive and not the extra stuff. Some/most line haul/feeder drivers get paid for everything they do.

  • @HeyArnoldGotAFootballHead
    @HeyArnoldGotAFootballHead 4 роки тому

    Want to be a feeeder so bad 😭😭😭

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Sign up as soon as they post a list!!

    • @HeyArnoldGotAFootballHead
      @HeyArnoldGotAFootballHead 4 роки тому

      FixItNick i don’t work at UPS but i have a CDL I’ll have to come off the street 😭

  • @aaronjohn6586
    @aaronjohn6586 4 роки тому

    Why go to the gym when you can mess with trailer's all day!

    • @FixItNick
      @FixItNick  4 роки тому

      Exactly haha... I don’t do this daily tho

  • @TheTruelakersfan
    @TheTruelakersfan Рік тому

    What kind of 1980’s dolly is that ? Lmao tell ups to get yo urge new stuff

  • @jeca7872
    @jeca7872 6 місяців тому +1

    Please get in the habit of properly raising/lowering your landing gear, don't be this driver.

  • @cesarvillanueva4496
    @cesarvillanueva4496 3 роки тому

    That’s bullshit