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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 3131058" data-attributes="member: 12570">Let me give you a brief glimpse in to my daily routine:We start at 9 on Mondays and 9:45 the rest of the week.I average 6-8 air stops per day.&nbsp; Depending upon where they are I try to deliver their ground at the same time.My first ground stop is Walmart.&nbsp; 4 bays, 2 of which are usually filled with their empty trailers.&nbsp; That means every vendor is fighting over 2 bays.&nbsp; The beer and milk guys usually tie one of those up for at least an hour so essentially we are fighting over one bay. Lately I have been lucky and have gotten right on to a door but if I can&#039;t I dump their air and go back for their ground after running off the rest of my air.I deliver to our local college, which closes from noon to 1 everyday.&nbsp; They hate it when I can&#039;t make it there before noon.I have three schools on my area, none of which want me anywhere near them between 1415-1445.I have 28 pickups-----several are pickup and deliver at the same time while the others are pickups which start after 1430.I have to close out the UPS Store by 1800 (1830 during Peak).Throw in an increased focus on stops per car and you can see it is a busy day.Straightlining would shave at least 30 minutes off of my day everyday.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 3131058, member: 12570"] Let me give you a brief glimpse in to my daily routine: We start at 9 on Mondays and 9:45 the rest of the week. I average 6-8 air stops per day. Depending upon where they are I try to deliver their ground at the same time. My first ground stop is Walmart. 4 bays, 2 of which are usually filled with their empty trailers. That means every vendor is fighting over 2 bays. The beer and milk guys usually tie one of those up for at least an hour so essentially we are fighting over one bay. Lately I have been lucky and have gotten right on to a door but if I can't I dump their air and go back for their ground after running off the rest of my air. I deliver to our local college, which closes from noon to 1 everyday. They hate it when I can't make it there before noon. I have three schools on my area, none of which want me anywhere near them between 1415-1445. I have 28 pickups-----several are pickup and deliver at the same time while the others are pickups which start after 1430. I have to close out the UPS Store by 1800 (1830 during Peak). Throw in an increased focus on stops per car and you can see it is a busy day. Straightlining would shave at least 30 minutes off of my day everyday. [/QUOTE]

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