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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 4870532" data-attributes="member: 60252">I once was making a delivery to a rural area when ground, home, and express were all in separate terminals, and this delivery was over 50 miles from the HD terminal in a small town along the interstate,, and about 12 miles outside the small town out past 2 lakes, and all three service were making deliveries at the same place- one to a small business run on the property, and two more to the campground store. . Even now, I will occasionally get an express and a ground driver, or ground and HD driver making deliveries to my house on the same day,. Express and ground have&nbsp; small terminals in town, but the HD terminal is still over 70 miles away. HD could send one truckload early each day to the local ground location&nbsp; for at least a little efficiency, but instead they send multiple drivers, each with a 140 mile roundtrip to&nbsp; be paid for, while having both express and ground drivers(already inefficient) already covering all the same areas.The inefficiencies of the multiple divisions alone is part of the reason why UPS can afford to pay more. 3 trucks with three drivers, and all the fuel and maintenance, and insurance, and payroll taxes is possible a little more expensive than servicing the area with one larger vehicle, even if each UPS driver covers a smaller area.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 4870532, member: 60252"] I once was making a delivery to a rural area when ground, home, and express were all in separate terminals, and this delivery was over 50 miles from the HD terminal in a small town along the interstate,, and about 12 miles outside the small town out past 2 lakes, and all three service were making deliveries at the same place- one to a small business run on the property, and two more to the campground store. . Even now, I will occasionally get an express and a ground driver, or ground and HD driver making deliveries to my house on the same day,. Express and ground have small terminals in town, but the HD terminal is still over 70 miles away. HD could send one truckload early each day to the local ground location for at least a little efficiency, but instead they send multiple drivers, each with a 140 mile roundtrip to be paid for, while having both express and ground drivers(already inefficient) already covering all the same areas. The inefficiencies of the multiple divisions alone is part of the reason why UPS can afford to pay more. 3 trucks with three drivers, and all the fuel and maintenance, and insurance, and payroll taxes is possible a little more expensive than servicing the area with one larger vehicle, even if each UPS driver covers a smaller area. [/QUOTE]

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