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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 789564" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>This is what I like about peak. Its a nice break to not have to get out of the truck as much. I had to do my last 30 without the helper today and was saying to myself "damn, I forgot how much hard work this is!" LOL.</p><p> </p><p>Believe it or not, I actually like peak or at least the challenge of it. Like someone mentioned its just 1 stop at a time 300 times a day and there is no need to panic. Your hours are capped at 60/week so it means you definetly will get help if you can't finish, where as during the year, I get a snowball's chance in hell of getting help when I'm dispatched over 10. And it really feels good on Dec. 25th when you can kick back with an egg nog and reflect on the hard work you've just accomplished.</p><p> </p><p>The one thing that frustrates me is not being able to find packages in the load. Thursday the 2nd my 1200 was a solid brick of packages from front to back. I could barely open the door and couldn't step an inch into the cargo area to start sorting. So, the 1st hour of the day was just grabing whatever stop I could get at and deliver it,and I did this until I had enough room to stand in the cargo area and start the trace of the route. Again, I got a ton of help from 2 other drivers later in the day when this would never happen during the rest of the year. It was the most volume I have seen in my 11 year career and it was only Dec. 2nd!</p><p> </p><p>Its gonna be one helleva peak this year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 789564, member: 4653"] This is what I like about peak. Its a nice break to not have to get out of the truck as much. I had to do my last 30 without the helper today and was saying to myself "damn, I forgot how much hard work this is!" LOL. Believe it or not, I actually like peak or at least the challenge of it. Like someone mentioned its just 1 stop at a time 300 times a day and there is no need to panic. Your hours are capped at 60/week so it means you definetly will get help if you can't finish, where as during the year, I get a snowball's chance in hell of getting help when I'm dispatched over 10. And it really feels good on Dec. 25th when you can kick back with an egg nog and reflect on the hard work you've just accomplished. The one thing that frustrates me is not being able to find packages in the load. Thursday the 2nd my 1200 was a solid brick of packages from front to back. I could barely open the door and couldn't step an inch into the cargo area to start sorting. So, the 1st hour of the day was just grabing whatever stop I could get at and deliver it,and I did this until I had enough room to stand in the cargo area and start the trace of the route. Again, I got a ton of help from 2 other drivers later in the day when this would never happen during the rest of the year. It was the most volume I have seen in my 11 year career and it was only Dec. 2nd! Its gonna be one helleva peak this year! [/QUOTE]
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