What do you think of the hand truck?

[The Man]

I hate when preload moves it so they can put packages there. Then it slides around all morning until I can clear a space to get it secured.

I feel like it's better for us if they do move it

 

[ibleedbrown]

i use a wheel barrow

 

[scooby0048]

Just curious, what do you like the most / hate the most from the hand truck and why?

I like the way the with extra on the back. The only problem is one is always before too much.

 

[Siveriano]

At our center we were told they were UPS property so that we were not allowed to lock them. Yet all others centers chain theirs.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I hate when preload moves it so they can put packages there. Then it slides around all morning until I can clear a space to get it secured.

This is why I put mine in the cab in front of the jump seat when I park at night and put it just behind the bulkhead door when I leave to start my day. This keeps it out of Dustin's way and makes sure that I have it each day.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

At our center we were told they were UPS property so that we were not allowed to lock them. Yet all others centers chain theirs.

They are UPS property and we are not supposed to lock them but if you don't lock them they grow legs and walk away.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

i use a wheel barrow

To go to the bank

 

[hellfire]

I hate dumb pointless threads about them .Really?

 

[OrioN]

Sounds a lot like Orion...

What i do?

Tires being flat? Get solid rubber tires.

I got my name n work phone number (Freedompop obama stye phone) on my hand cart.

I ask for a UPS style hand cart from my subcontractor once and he says it's too expensive. Just take this harbor freight one...

 

[Operational needs]

Handcart? What handcart? I have a rural route. On the occasion that I get 150 boxes, I back up to garage, ease it down the back bumper, hop in and take off.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Handcart? What handcart? I have a rural route. On the occasion that I get 150 boxes, I back up to garage, ease it down the back bumper, hop in and take off.

We aren't allowed to back into driveways
It's a good way to get into an accident... just saying

 

[Operational needs]

We aren't allowed to back into driveways
It's a good way to get into an accident... just saying

I'm not supposed to back in either, but guess what..... I do it all the time, even with a manager. Lol. ESPECIALLY, if a box/crate is heavy.

 

[onewithedd]

I am not a fan of the new ones. The fold down thing takes up over half the lip. If I had my own route, I would take that part off. Remove the temptation to overload it and hurt myself.

I did exactly that. Had the mechanic remove the arm then, dropped it to some one in my route and had them weld two aluminum fenders over the tires that help stabilize boxes and scrape snow off the tires

 

[Billy Ray]

Never wanted to lock mine in the back of the truck and be in the way of the loader.....

so I came up with a way to lock a length of chain in such a way that the extension could not be let down, and nothing could be stacked on the lower plate.

An utterly useless hand-truck doesn't get stolen.

 

[Boulevard859710]

Gets in the way early in the day but I need it. Without it I'm screwed.

 

[MC0493]

I hate when preload moves it so they can put packages there. Then it slides around all morning until I can clear a space to get it secured.

Or put it in the cab and load so much sh it in there it won't go back in.

This. I've had the same loader for like a month and a half now, he always puts the hand cart in the cab and proceeds to jam the front end of the truck. You can sometimes hardly walk in there let alone find a place for the hand truck. Spend all morning with it flying around getting in my way til enough crap is gone so i can secure it.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

This. I've had the same loader for like a month and a half now, he always puts the hand cart in the cab and proceeds to jam the front end of the truck. You can sometimes hardly walk in there let alone find a place for the hand truck. Spend all morning with it flying around getting in my way til enough crap is gone so i can secure it.

Have you tried using the jump seat seat belt to secure it in the cab until there is enough room in the cargo area?

 

[FrigidFTSup]

We aren't allowed to back into driveways
It's a good way to get into an accident... just saying

According to a sup that just got back from Integrad, that isn't the case anymore thanks to ORION.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

According to a sup that just got back from Integrad, that isn't the case anymore thanks to ORION.

I know better

 

[FrigidFTSup]

I know better

Not something I'll be telling guys to do.