Ups Can F*ckin **** My C*ck!!!!!

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

the 'drop test' is not 6'....they do allow shippers that ship alot this if you want them backed with a good claim standing...

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

yea its really crappy, like its not their fault if they drop it 6ft off the ground or something

6feet? Where did you get that from? We use a ISO standard that says 32" at my company (about standard hip height).

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

32"-36" sounds about right

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

there is a posting at the mailboxes etc for fedex that says it should withstand a 6' drop. And after seeing some of the sorting facilities it appears that coming off that conveyor belt is close to a 6' drop

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

we are a shipping station here at work, ill see if I can find the info for sure again

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

If you cant' find it, let me know. I will get the ISO standard out on that. I know fedex uses the same. It may say "should" withstand a 6' drop but that makes no sense because then why even have fragile stickers on packages?

Also, we ship 3,000-200,000 dollar items in boxes and weights VERY similiar to subs and we don't have a standard like that. Of course, we package better

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

UPS uses the International Safety Transit Assoc., (ISTA) you can have your product tested in many ways.

http://www.ista.org/Testing/Tests.htm

http://www.ista.org/Testing/ProcOverviews/1Aoverview.pdf

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

FedEx has a bigger chance of someone playing football with your package because they pay employees shit. Get insurance, bottom line. Some of our conveyor belts run 20 feet in the air, but they are gaurded so there is no chance of stuff fall off.

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

FedEx has a bigger chance of someone playing football with your package because they pay employees shit. Get insurance, bottom line. Some of our conveyor belts run 20 feet in the air, but they are gaurded so there is no chance of stuff fall off.

I've seen two major hubs, UPS and Fed Ex in TN, both have belts all over, and basically, all boxes are serverly abused, by both carriers....seen it happen personally...crazy!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

FedEx has a bigger chance of someone playing football with your package because they pay employees shit. Get insurance, bottom line. Some of our conveyor belts run 20 feet in the air, but they are gaurded so there is no chance of stuff fall off.

It is my understanding that the drivers are self employed in a sense and they stand to be more accountable for a package as opposed to ups where the driver gets paid an hourly wage

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

what in the flying bibbity bop?

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

Prawned

 

[2wheeler 10+ year member]

FedEx has a bigger chance of someone playing football with your package because they pay employees shit. Get insurance, bottom line. Some of our conveyor belts run 20 feet in the air, but they are gaurded so there is no chance of stuff fall off.

I worked at a UPS hub (Cerritos CA) for a year. Many of the belts are 20-30 ft high. I saw the belts so overloaded with packages that boxes were pouring over the 5 ft high side walls. The area below the belts was roped off so nobody would get killed by falling packages.

Insure everything you ship.