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<blockquote data-quote="The Driver" data-source="post: 1348138" data-attributes="member: 50657"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Get as much ground delivered with your air as you feel comfortable.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sometime after delivering all or most of your commercial stops, stop for a 15 to 45 minute break and set up your entire truck. What I do: open up the back door, set the really big and awkward packages outside along with your handcart. Get your personal stuff and your special counts/send agains/pickup packages out of the cargo area and into the cab, and start setting it up, stop for stop. What does this do for you? You'll spend dramatically less time looking for each stop when you resume delivering. Don't forget to actually sit down for a bit, eat a little something, and drink plenty of fluids. This will help clear your mind. At the end of your break, spend a few minutes studying your paper map and making a little game plan.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you end up waiting more than a few minutes at a pickup stop, code out that time as part of your hour lunch (or 50 minutes or whatever up to the max). This will shave some time off too.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Don't get overly frustrated. <strong>Do not get overly frustrated. </strong>If you do, you might end up paying for it with an accident or an injury because you'll lose your focus. Pass up a stop? Forget about it, drive back around to it or find a safe place to back up and go back to it.</li> </ol><p>In time, you'll learn the route. I made book last week and by no means an expert. But this job is what you make it. Plan what you can in the morning before leaving and remember to breathe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Driver, post: 1348138, member: 50657"] [LIST=1] [*]Get as much ground delivered with your air as you feel comfortable. [*]Sometime after delivering all or most of your commercial stops, stop for a 15 to 45 minute break and set up your entire truck. What I do: open up the back door, set the really big and awkward packages outside along with your handcart. Get your personal stuff and your special counts/send agains/pickup packages out of the cargo area and into the cab, and start setting it up, stop for stop. What does this do for you? You'll spend dramatically less time looking for each stop when you resume delivering. Don't forget to actually sit down for a bit, eat a little something, and drink plenty of fluids. This will help clear your mind. At the end of your break, spend a few minutes studying your paper map and making a little game plan. [*]If you end up waiting more than a few minutes at a pickup stop, code out that time as part of your hour lunch (or 50 minutes or whatever up to the max). This will shave some time off too. [*]Don't get overly frustrated. [B]Do not get overly frustrated. [/B]If you do, you might end up paying for it with an accident or an injury because you'll lose your focus. Pass up a stop? Forget about it, drive back around to it or find a safe place to back up and go back to it. [/LIST] In time, you'll learn the route. I made book last week and by no means an expert. But this job is what you make it. Plan what you can in the morning before leaving and remember to breathe. [/QUOTE]
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