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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 647432" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>He rides<em> back</em> to the pup trailer...loads up 6 more...and keeps on delivering.</p><p> </p><p>This guy spent about 3 hours delivering 35 stops in a tight residential neighborhood. Most of his time is spent riding back and forth to the trailer. If he were on car with me and working as a normal helper, those 35 stops would take the two of us no more 20 or 30 minutes to bust off. There will be more stops and more stop density in the weeks to come, but he will always be limited by how much can be crammed into his little trailer.</p><p> </p><p>To gain this "production"...we spent at least $400 on the bike, the bike trailer, his helmet and bike lock and flag. We are also renting a U-haul trailer at a cost of around $40 per day. Another driver gets pup pay and spends at least 20 minutes a day hooking and unhooking the trailer and breaking trace to drop it off and retrieve it. Since the trailer ball and wiring for a U-haul trailer is incompatible with a standard UPS hitch car, we had to spend another $50 on a stinger and a wiring adaptor. And I still have to spend time each day digging thru the trailer for packages that are too big or heavy for him to deliver with the bike.</p><p> </p><p>They were going to use this guy on the far edge of town where we would have had to break off even further to drop the trailer, but I convinced my management team that the current location would be better due to its flat terrain and proximity to the highway. I give them credit for taking my advice. Also, we are parking the trailer behind a UPS store, so when the bike helper is done he can load the outgoing pickup volume back into the trailer which does save us some time in the PM. So it isnt <em>all</em> bad...and he <em>is</em> getting some work done...but for the life of me I cant comprehend how in the hell this can be cost-effective. </p><p> </p><p>I pity this poor guy. It will be in the low 20's tomorrow morning with 35 mph wind gusts and near-zero windchill. And he will be freezing his nuts off for $9.50 an hour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 647432, member: 14668"] He rides[I] back[/I] to the pup trailer...loads up 6 more...and keeps on delivering. This guy spent about 3 hours delivering 35 stops in a tight residential neighborhood. Most of his time is spent riding back and forth to the trailer. If he were on car with me and working as a normal helper, those 35 stops would take the two of us no more 20 or 30 minutes to bust off. There will be more stops and more stop density in the weeks to come, but he will always be limited by how much can be crammed into his little trailer. To gain this "production"...we spent at least $400 on the bike, the bike trailer, his helmet and bike lock and flag. We are also renting a U-haul trailer at a cost of around $40 per day. Another driver gets pup pay and spends at least 20 minutes a day hooking and unhooking the trailer and breaking trace to drop it off and retrieve it. Since the trailer ball and wiring for a U-haul trailer is incompatible with a standard UPS hitch car, we had to spend another $50 on a stinger and a wiring adaptor. And I still have to spend time each day digging thru the trailer for packages that are too big or heavy for him to deliver with the bike. They were going to use this guy on the far edge of town where we would have had to break off even further to drop the trailer, but I convinced my management team that the current location would be better due to its flat terrain and proximity to the highway. I give them credit for taking my advice. Also, we are parking the trailer behind a UPS store, so when the bike helper is done he can load the outgoing pickup volume back into the trailer which does save us some time in the PM. So it isnt [I]all[/I] bad...and he [I]is[/I] getting some work done...but for the life of me I cant comprehend how in the hell this can be cost-effective. I pity this poor guy. It will be in the low 20's tomorrow morning with 35 mph wind gusts and near-zero windchill. And he will be freezing his nuts off for $9.50 an hour. [/QUOTE]
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