Actually It might depend on where you are, every HD driver I see has a bundle of white paper.. either turn for turn maps, or a manifest.
saw one the other day rifling through the back of a Budget Box truck(rental) trying to find a package..
all the while with his white delivery manifest, or google map printout in his hand
ha, I guess that guy is fairly new to the game & didn't pack his rental vehicle well before he left the terminal... i'll spend less than 10 seconds to roll up that back door, pull out the box, pre-scan, close / secure door...
yeap, we get turn-by-turns, maps w/ sequenced dots in stop order, and the paper version of the delivery manifest (in case you didn't bring a spare battery & your scanner dies).
The regular drivers may just chuck the turn-by-turns once they learn their route & just go w/ maps instead. Heck, the contractors pay for them if they're printed out or not. Once I learn a route(usually by day 3), i just use the back of those papers for my kids use to draw on <shrugs>
mainegrounddriver said:
Do they have to follow it turn by turn? I think I would hate that on my route ...
Other drivers use the turn-by-turns because the print is bigger than the print on the scanner or the delivery manifest. Most of the drivers i see are in their 50's or older & that's the reason they told me...
maps w/ the dots plotted are a quick way to see if the sequenced is "traced" well or not. with Stepvans & shelves, the driver can either follow the sequence or look at the maps and do it "his way" & go out of sequence (breaking trace) since he has room to move around.
The driver in the boxtruck/rental sometimes gets screwed time-wise if he has to "break trace" & tries to re-arrange his load to deliver it in a more efficient way... it's either spend time fighting the trace or just go w/ the flow & knock 'em out.
If i'll be working out of a rental, before I scan/load my truck ~ i'll have the lady print out my maps first & verify a good or bad trace, then pack my truck according to what I think will maximize my efficiency to maintain my SPORH.
If i get to drive a stepvan, then I just scan, load, & go
The person who plots the zones sometimes screws up & they have to be reminded that we need to "straight line" to maximize our efficiency since we're not paid by the hour...
Easiest of all 3 opcos since there's basically no time commit