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<blockquote data-quote="sikidiki" data-source="post: 3453102" data-attributes="member: 69858"><p>As a fairly new driver myself, basically you have to learn it as you do it, as my supervisor said. You don't learn anything from having a sup drive you around and showing you the area. You literally learn as you are on the car by yourself and eventually the area knowledge will come to you. Sounds like you already have a head start though with prior experience. Just make sure at the start of your day to check for commits and get those off ASAP because if you're in a new area it might be tough to find some of the stops.</p><p></p><p>There will be a seniority list and you will be at the bottom, if its busy they will put you on some partial route taken from someone elses and you will be doing that for a while. I still get put on new routes from time to time. Just learn your methods and stick to them, get in a good routine and good habits and eventually you will start making good time as you learn the delivery area. Always keep your truck sorted, even if it takes 20-30 minutes, its faster than having to spend 30 seconds to 1 minute looking for a package every time. Once you're sorted you're golden. My dad said you don't lose time driving, but you lose time in the back of your package car looking for stuff.</p><p></p><p>You can always go in a little early and ask some of the other drivers who have done that route if there is anything you need to know, or if there are any specific roads or places you cannot go or places to drop off packages. The person that put you on the route can also print you maps of your stops if you like paper maps and just get a pen and mark off each one as you deliver it, if you can't find a house some labels have a number on the bottom of the package label that will read something like 1234567890/0000 or something but obviously with a number, i call those when i cant find their house if its a tricky address.</p><p></p><p>I also like to go in early to make sure my truck has everything, DR bags, chains ect, so that when start time happens i can just shut my doors and go. Because you will probably be put on a bunch of different routes using all sorts of different package cars. Also before you start you can always look at the orion computer to see where your stops are going to be so you can get a general idea of how the route will run you and how many miles and when you're expected back so you can kinda gauge how you are doing throughout the day.</p><p></p><p>Last bit of advice is to not take anything personal on these forums, alot of TOUGH guys like upstatenyupser or whatever his name is, he will just tell you like it is. That one guy with the south park portrait, listen to everything he says, hes always right and never wrong. Gumby is a nice guy too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sikidiki, post: 3453102, member: 69858"] As a fairly new driver myself, basically you have to learn it as you do it, as my supervisor said. You don't learn anything from having a sup drive you around and showing you the area. You literally learn as you are on the car by yourself and eventually the area knowledge will come to you. Sounds like you already have a head start though with prior experience. Just make sure at the start of your day to check for commits and get those off ASAP because if you're in a new area it might be tough to find some of the stops. There will be a seniority list and you will be at the bottom, if its busy they will put you on some partial route taken from someone elses and you will be doing that for a while. I still get put on new routes from time to time. Just learn your methods and stick to them, get in a good routine and good habits and eventually you will start making good time as you learn the delivery area. Always keep your truck sorted, even if it takes 20-30 minutes, its faster than having to spend 30 seconds to 1 minute looking for a package every time. Once you're sorted you're golden. My dad said you don't lose time driving, but you lose time in the back of your package car looking for stuff. You can always go in a little early and ask some of the other drivers who have done that route if there is anything you need to know, or if there are any specific roads or places you cannot go or places to drop off packages. The person that put you on the route can also print you maps of your stops if you like paper maps and just get a pen and mark off each one as you deliver it, if you can't find a house some labels have a number on the bottom of the package label that will read something like 1234567890/0000 or something but obviously with a number, i call those when i cant find their house if its a tricky address. I also like to go in early to make sure my truck has everything, DR bags, chains ect, so that when start time happens i can just shut my doors and go. Because you will probably be put on a bunch of different routes using all sorts of different package cars. Also before you start you can always look at the orion computer to see where your stops are going to be so you can get a general idea of how the route will run you and how many miles and when you're expected back so you can kinda gauge how you are doing throughout the day. Last bit of advice is to not take anything personal on these forums, alot of TOUGH guys like upstatenyupser or whatever his name is, he will just tell you like it is. That one guy with the south park portrait, listen to everything he says, hes always right and never wrong. Gumby is a nice guy too. [/QUOTE]
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