Big change on teh UPS trucks is auto tranny. Have a friend who delivers the to the hubs when new ones arrive and they have had to replace trucks with automatic transmissions because they couldn't find drivers who could drive manual tranny's. I remmeber when the same thing happened to the bus line I was driving for. Sad day and definitly less quality drivers.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:07 PM, TE <ban...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > LNG has always been a part of the UPS fleet, though in limited quantities > and only in select areas (e.g. the Pleasantdale GA hub). Typically, the > size > of the package car (correct UPS term) dictates whether or not the engine is > diesel or gas. The larger package cars (P1000, P1200) always have diesel > engines, whereas the smaller package cars (P500, P570) have gas engines. > > I haven't seen a feeder truck with LNG until that picture. Usually we would > try to incorporate those technologies into vehicles that are more "customer > facing", so to speak. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Brian Toscano > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:19 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or gas? > > > http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/u-p-s-finds-a-substitute-for-diese > l-natural-gas-at-260-degrees-below-zero/ > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:01 PM, TE <ban...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > > UPS has always had both gas and diesel trucks. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > > On Behalf Of WILTON > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:39 AM > > To: mercedes list > > Subject: [MBZ] UPS Diesel or gas? > > > > #2 son was at UPS warehouse coupla hours ago; new UPS gas driven truck > > sitting there; son asked them why a new gas-driven truck 'stead of the > > usual Diesel. UPS guy told 'im, "Yep, switching to gas driven > > trucks." > > > > BTW, son's '07 R320 CDI has 206 kmi on it now. > > > > Wilton > > '87 300D (126 kmi) > > '91 350SDL (200.6 kmi) > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives > > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives > > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
