What does UPS do with their old trucks?
#1
09-22-2006, 07:47 PM
What does UPS do with their old trucks?
I asked this ? on another site and got quite a few different answers.
One thing though, I never see them in the truck paper, auctions or even see evidence of one in Port Newark. What do they do with them? 
#2
09-22-2006, 11:36 PM
I was told by an old UPS guy that they scrap them, literally.They do not sell or part out anything.They run them so long that they are worth more as scrap than as an entire vehicle
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#4
10-01-2006, 03:43 AM
Re: What does UPS do with their old trucks?
Originally Posted by Sonny Pruitt
I asked this ? on another site and got quite a few different answers.
One thing though, I never see them in the truck paper, auctions or even see evidence of one in Port Newark. What do they do with them?
#6
10-01-2006, 06:00 PM
They must do the same thing with their panel vans. Or maybe the keep the body and switch out the chassis.
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#7
10-02-2006, 03:16 AM
They junk everything. I was told years ago by a supervisors they do it to cut down on liability. Don't won't to get sued by someone who wrecks in those old trucks. We still have package cars w/o power steering. Not just a few, but a bunch. Some of the package cars will 20 years before they get rid of them. The tractors the feeders guys use will go 1 million miles before they will get rid of them.
#8
10-02-2006, 05:35 PM
used package cars..
once in a while, you might see one painted white, on the side of the road, these have been retired to the maintenence dept,i've also seen them in a funky beige color, usually in a larger building with a paint and body shop..
#9
10-02-2006, 06:15 PM
That's how they make the money, keeping the old trucks, and reparing them.
Depreciation on a new truck will always be greater then repairs. There might be short term periods where it is not true, but overall it definitely is true. |
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