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UPS has an interesting approach to their trucks. They call them "cars" first of all, and they are a custom design. Nobody else can buy them, and when they wear
by ams6110 9y ago
UPS has an interesting approach to their trucks. They call them "cars" first of all, and they are a custom design. Nobody else can buy them, and when they wear out and they are done using them they crush them.
I never really understood why that made sense, when all the other courier companies use Sprinters or some other standard vehicle. They must see it as a competitive advantage.
- MisterTea 9y agoThey destroy them for brand protection. See this comment: http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?PHPSESSID=1e65be5c04719a6c095916ee9e50f0cf&topic=7583.msg58091#msg58091 http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?PHPSESSID=1e65b... I once saw a heavy wrecker flatbed in the late 00's hauling three ex-ups trucks with standard shift to the scrap yard. They were hastily painted white with a roller to hide the UPS color and logo but you could still see the logo through the shoddy paint job and brown patches along the edges.
- kalcode 9y ago>They destroy them for brand protection. See this comment: Comment has some sound reasoning why they feel that way. Curious though, why do you post/take that commen on a forum that was copied from an unnamed forum as fact?
- RyJones 9y agoIt's a (supposed) copy of a newspaper article. I searched for the original publication and can't find it.