Excessive Backing?

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Number 4: Leave yourself an out.

What happens when you do and while you are away someone takes it?

 

[cosmo1]

What happens when you do and while you are away someone takes it?

Expect the unexpected.

 

[some1else]

What happens when you do and while you are away someone takes it?

If you get blocked in at the same spot all the time that isnt a good spot. Park down the street and walk back to the building. Just use a handcart

 

[MethodsMan]

If the school was closed for the day why was it on the car?

Cover driver and it was a private school that gets inconsistent deliveries. Public schools were open. How am I supposed to know?

That was a very Upstate-ish post.

Yawn.

 

[1989]

Expect the unexpected.

It's a waste of my time to expect a piece of a plane will fall on my car. Or that my mirror will get broke while its pushed in. But I could expect an 80 story building being closed on hump day, right?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Cover driver and it was a private school that gets inconsistent deliveries. Public schools were open. How am I supposed to know?

That was a very Upstate-ish post.

Yawn.

How am I am supposed to know that you are a cover driver?

 

[upschuck]

I'm not talking about sheeting as closed holiday---I am talking about giving your PDS a list of known closures so that he/she can have them pulled from the car during the preload.
I have 6 or 7 known closures on various days throughout the week which never make it on to the car.

Around here, only the junior guys tell them what is closed, because if you do, then you just get a split off of another route, and cut runs. People can only be burned so many times before they stay away from the fire.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I am on vacation this week but made sure to give my PDS a complete list of President's Day closings for my area before leaving.

 

[1989]

How am I am supposed to know that you are a cover driver?

Real men are cover drivers. The few, the proud, the cover drivers. All kidding aside, in my opinion, cover drivers do 30% more work.

 

[joeboodog]

If you k/c a consignee in a multi tenant building the whole building gets left off the truck even the open stops. Great system.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

If you k/c a consignee in a multi tenant building the whole building gets left off the truck even the open stops. Great system.

This depends entirely upon your PDS. He/she can go through your EDD and designate specific suite numbers as CLO HOL during the preload.

 

[joeboodog]

Unfortunately our PDS is a POS.

 

[ZQXC]

I am on vacation this week but made sure to give my PDS a complete list of President's Day closings for my area before leaving.

Now your cover will have to go further off area to deliver the pulls that will keep his stops per truck at the magic number.

 

[1989]

I have found that at least 10% of known dentist closures can be delivered.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I have found that at least 10% of known dentist closures can be delivered.

I think 4 out of 5 dentists would disagree with you.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Now your cover will have to go further off area to deliver the pulls that will keep his stops per truck at the magic number.

We were about 1600 pieces short on Friday so I'm sure he will have more than enough work with just the stops on my area.

 

[Brownslave688]

One more gripe about Orion and then I'm done.

The other day it had me delivering a school that was closed for the day on the most southern part of my route, far away from my pickups or the planned destination it had for me back to the building. It was 12:15. Can't sheet a closed or NI1 in that hour window. If I were to go back later it would easily add 3 miles to my planned mileage for the day.

Ruh-roh.

Take break from 12-1

 

[kingOFchester]

Real men are cover drivers. The few, the proud, the cover drivers. All kidding aside, in my opinion, cover drivers do 30% more work.

And bid drivers are 70% smarter for doing 30% less work.

 

[1989]

And bid drivers are 70% smarter for doing 30% less work.

No, just lazy old farts

 

[kingOFchester]

No, just lazy old farts

I would rather be a lazy old fart with less work, then a runner who will be a crippled old fart when they retire.