Trp, did I read that right? Your route is 90 miles from your package center? If so that sounds like a GREAT route! You are talking a MINIMUM of 3 hours drive time to and from the route. That leaves only 5 hours a parceling to get 8 hours of work. Count 15 minutes of AM time, 15 Minutes of PM time and add the fact that its more likely that it take you 1.75 hours to drive 90 miles and you're talking a 9 hour day with only 5 hours of real package delivery.
Is this normal for you? Or was it just because of the holiday? I'm in awe that there are routes at UPS with this much "windshield" time. It takes me 25 minutes on a bad day to get my route so I'm humping all day
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Brownie.
Sadly to say, that isn't MY route, I'm a FT swing driver. Most of your calculations are correct, however when you factor in a meal time it just leaves you with 4 hours to get (usually) 75-80 delivery(110-150 pkgs) stops and 7 p/up stops done and get the air(everyday) back to the center. Most days, I have to meet with the other driver that delivers the other half of the town, to take my out going volume. Most days when you get to the first on area stop, it's 11:30am, that gives you 30 minutes before many of the businesses close for lunch. Then you have 3 basic choices. (1) take your meal then, (2) skip closed business to do between noon and 1300(3) runs off resis till 1300. The stop break down is normally as follows; 40-45 intown business+15-20 intown resis+20 or so route bus/res combined. Here's where ya have to make a few decisions, do I take the chance that there will be no snafus and risk not getting the air back to building on time or do I skip stops to make the meet point. The meet point usually wins out. I meet the driver at 1615, in town of course, then have to two trip back to the routes that I could'nt get to before the meet point. Did I mention that the p/up stops were all out in the rural area? The last one is 24 miles from the meet point. Many days there will be 10 or 12 scattered business left from the lunch time closings to run before 1700 (if I choose option #2 from above) or more (if I choose options #1 or #3). If the MP driver isn't there on time I have to wait on him while the miles tick off the clock that I could be delivering some of those businesses. If I get stuck with one of the older P500s on a given day my max hiway speed is 55-60 mph, with a 0 to 35 mph of about 3 days.< exaggerated sarcasm
There are often days that I will have to run off the rural business, go to the meet point and return within a few miles of my last p/up stop to get the resis routes, this adds more miles to the factor. Trust me there are days that tend to be a bit stressful. It only take one misload to totally eff up the day. If you can keep the thoughts of the delivery challenge out of your head the windshield time is pretty sweet though.
We have a couple of other areas that are longer than this one. Each with their own challenges.
At the ripe age pf 57 and a rapidly declining body, with 20 years as a driver, I'm still # 32 on the seniority list.
Ibuprofen is my friend.
(NOT)!!!!!!!!!!!! Had a total of 10 rte out for the day and 4 drivers came in at 2 for p/u. 'sposed to have all rte out tomorrow.
