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<blockquote data-quote="The Milkman" data-source="post: 1638127" data-attributes="member: 22760"><p>1st of all get hired. If and when the time comes (May be years) to go driving There is no way to say that you can make quick deliveries in the city. Everyday is different from weather to load quality and NDA commits. With a city route you can expect more stops and less miles, possibly usinga hand truck at times. One traffic accident will throw your day sideways. A residential route at least the one I had for 10 years I would have maybe 95 stops and 105-120 miles per day for 8 hrs. Ups will expect more sporh in tighter areas than in a more spread out area. Just makes sense. I did some city routes and or a mix and most of the time I was criss crossing some streets with a hand truck and not in the seat a lot. Mall stops were a pain to deliver to the rear doors in some cases depending on how old the mall or strip mall was. And over the years in rural areas I saw farms sold and then new homes built so things do change and the route you start or bid on will not be even close to what it can be 8-10 years down the road. Example, Home Depot and Walmart opens and then comes 4-500 new condos just as an example.Just my 2 cents</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Milkman, post: 1638127, member: 22760"] 1st of all get hired. If and when the time comes (May be years) to go driving There is no way to say that you can make quick deliveries in the city. Everyday is different from weather to load quality and NDA commits. With a city route you can expect more stops and less miles, possibly usinga hand truck at times. One traffic accident will throw your day sideways. A residential route at least the one I had for 10 years I would have maybe 95 stops and 105-120 miles per day for 8 hrs. Ups will expect more sporh in tighter areas than in a more spread out area. Just makes sense. I did some city routes and or a mix and most of the time I was criss crossing some streets with a hand truck and not in the seat a lot. Mall stops were a pain to deliver to the rear doors in some cases depending on how old the mall or strip mall was. And over the years in rural areas I saw farms sold and then new homes built so things do change and the route you start or bid on will not be even close to what it can be 8-10 years down the road. Example, Home Depot and Walmart opens and then comes 4-500 new condos just as an example.Just my 2 cents [/QUOTE]
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