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<blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 569380" data-attributes="member: 13921"><p>This might be the topic for another thread, but the quote is here......</p><p></p><p>Does anyone at UPS ask,"Should this stuff really go through the small package system???" </p><p></p><p>As our sorting is more and more automated and we rely on slides and gravity to do work, we are seeing more and more damages caused by LTL freight sliding into true small package freight. A pallet of paper or a partial pallet of boxed catalogs (or other printed material, you're seen the 50 lb boxes about the size of a battery....) can cause lots of damage when it hits a slide and a bunch of 5-10 lb boxes are at the bottom to 'stop' them.</p><p></p><p>Then, there is also the fact that much of this freight is backed to be on pallets. The packing cannot/ does not meet the rigors of a UPS sort system. It is embarrassing to deliver some of this LTL freight when 1/2-3/4's have been rewrapped.</p><p></p><p>The average ebay package does not have a chance if it loaded in the bottom third of a tier and all of a sudden, a pallet or 2 of catalogs of paper gets loaded on top of it.</p><p></p><p>Are we figuring in the damages when we price this volume???? How about worker's comp claims on loaders and unloaders??</p><p></p><p>Just because some volume can move through the system, does not mean that it should.</p><p></p><p>TB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnyard, post: 569380, member: 13921"] This might be the topic for another thread, but the quote is here...... Does anyone at UPS ask,"Should this stuff really go through the small package system???" As our sorting is more and more automated and we rely on slides and gravity to do work, we are seeing more and more damages caused by LTL freight sliding into true small package freight. A pallet of paper or a partial pallet of boxed catalogs (or other printed material, you're seen the 50 lb boxes about the size of a battery....) can cause lots of damage when it hits a slide and a bunch of 5-10 lb boxes are at the bottom to 'stop' them. Then, there is also the fact that much of this freight is backed to be on pallets. The packing cannot/ does not meet the rigors of a UPS sort system. It is embarrassing to deliver some of this LTL freight when 1/2-3/4's have been rewrapped. The average ebay package does not have a chance if it loaded in the bottom third of a tier and all of a sudden, a pallet or 2 of catalogs of paper gets loaded on top of it. Are we figuring in the damages when we price this volume???? How about worker's comp claims on loaders and unloaders?? Just because some volume can move through the system, does not mean that it should. TB [/QUOTE]
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