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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 789221" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Lousy.</p><p> </p><p>I dont have the bike helper on my route this year, at least not yet. There is a bike helper on the route next to me, but instead of working out of a pup trailer he works out of a rented "Pod" storage unit. This is better in some respects because the driver he works for isnt forced to backtrack at the end of the night to retrieve the trailer.The downside is that his driver has all the deliveries crammed into his truck and he has to dig them out and load them into the Pod every morning before he can start his own deliveries. It is still a huge hassle and waste of time for no real benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The guy on the bike is unable to resolve our most urgent problem, which is pickup containment. My stop count has doubled, but I am not getting enough help with bulk and pickups. From 3:00 to 4:30 I have 32 pickups that hit me with up to 500 cubic feet and 3500 lbs of volume....all of which must be forced into a P700 that is still half full of undelivered stops. I have 17 years of area knowledge and I am spending several hours of my day backed up to docks and lumping pig iron, while drivers with <em>zero</em> area knowledge are wandering around lost in my loop with map books and flashlights, trying to find stops in the dark. In other words...a typical, poorly planned train wreck of a peak season is now underway!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 789221, member: 14668"] Lousy. I dont have the bike helper on my route this year, at least not yet. There is a bike helper on the route next to me, but instead of working out of a pup trailer he works out of a rented "Pod" storage unit. This is better in some respects because the driver he works for isnt forced to backtrack at the end of the night to retrieve the trailer.The downside is that his driver has all the deliveries crammed into his truck and he has to dig them out and load them into the Pod every morning before he can start his own deliveries. It is still a huge hassle and waste of time for no real benefit. The guy on the bike is unable to resolve our most urgent problem, which is pickup containment. My stop count has doubled, but I am not getting enough help with bulk and pickups. From 3:00 to 4:30 I have 32 pickups that hit me with up to 500 cubic feet and 3500 lbs of volume....all of which must be forced into a P700 that is still half full of undelivered stops. I have 17 years of area knowledge and I am spending several hours of my day backed up to docks and lumping pig iron, while drivers with [I]zero[/I] area knowledge are wandering around lost in my loop with map books and flashlights, trying to find stops in the dark. In other words...a typical, poorly planned train wreck of a peak season is now underway! [/QUOTE]
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