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<blockquote data-quote="_Mayday_" data-source="post: 1284715" data-attributes="member: 49081"><p>Preface, I can only speak to how things are done in my building and our company is huge so obviously this will vary greatly.</p><p>1) The irreg driver should be putting the irreg up on the belt when he brings them around and calling out the bin/load name so the loader knows something big/heavy is coming and can be ready to pull it off. </p><p>1A) If the flow is such or the route is such that the irreg needs to be left stacked at the font of the belt to go up later/end of the night maybe tires going RDC then yes the splitter on that side of the belt would be responsible for putting those irregs on the belt, the splitter across from him would maintain the split while the splitter is moving irregs up. At the end of the night 7:30-8:30 the flow most times is lighter and slowing down as the unload is winding down. This is not unreasonable.</p><p></p><p>2) How much anyone can handle varies. Typically new hires start on a 3 car set. 4-5 car sets are usually found at the back of the belt. Something key to remember is the number of cars does not necessarily mean more pieces. We have plenty of 3 and 4 car sets that both average 900-1000 pieces the differences being those 4 car sets might be heavier with bulk/business stops and the 3 cars sets being heavier with residential(also read more likely to get addcuts.) So maybe on a 4 car set you handle 100 more pieces and it feels like so much more because they are bulky but the guy in front of you has smaller cars to cram a 20 piece apartment stop with 1 HIN and if he gives a <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> and has time <em><strong>maybe</strong></em> he'll even fine sort the apartment numbers for the driver if he likes him but I'm getting off topic. The point is the grass seems greener on another set, it probably isn't.</p><p></p><p>3) Does the new guy get the crappiest set? Maybe, this is really going to depend on your building and sups. Do I want to put a new hire that struggles on a difficult set only to have to deal with cleaning it up later? No. Some new hires are incredibly capable like they were born to load cars, guys like that sure I'll put them on a crappy set if I know they will hold it down. </p><p></p><p>Long shot but you can ask your ft sup (because your pt sup probably won't know what you are talking about) to see the belt utilization. It will either shed some light on whether you are being over worked, or your sup responsible for setting the line up <em><strong>could </strong></em>realize that the sets on your belt are not set up efficiently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_Mayday_, post: 1284715, member: 49081"] Preface, I can only speak to how things are done in my building and our company is huge so obviously this will vary greatly. 1) The irreg driver should be putting the irreg up on the belt when he brings them around and calling out the bin/load name so the loader knows something big/heavy is coming and can be ready to pull it off. 1A) If the flow is such or the route is such that the irreg needs to be left stacked at the font of the belt to go up later/end of the night maybe tires going RDC then yes the splitter on that side of the belt would be responsible for putting those irregs on the belt, the splitter across from him would maintain the split while the splitter is moving irregs up. At the end of the night 7:30-8:30 the flow most times is lighter and slowing down as the unload is winding down. This is not unreasonable. 2) How much anyone can handle varies. Typically new hires start on a 3 car set. 4-5 car sets are usually found at the back of the belt. Something key to remember is the number of cars does not necessarily mean more pieces. We have plenty of 3 and 4 car sets that both average 900-1000 pieces the differences being those 4 car sets might be heavier with bulk/business stops and the 3 cars sets being heavier with residential(also read more likely to get addcuts.) So maybe on a 4 car set you handle 100 more pieces and it feels like so much more because they are bulky but the guy in front of you has smaller cars to cram a 20 piece apartment stop with 1 HIN and if he gives a :censored: and has time [I][B]maybe[/B][/I] he'll even fine sort the apartment numbers for the driver if he likes him but I'm getting off topic. The point is the grass seems greener on another set, it probably isn't. 3) Does the new guy get the crappiest set? Maybe, this is really going to depend on your building and sups. Do I want to put a new hire that struggles on a difficult set only to have to deal with cleaning it up later? No. Some new hires are incredibly capable like they were born to load cars, guys like that sure I'll put them on a crappy set if I know they will hold it down. Long shot but you can ask your ft sup (because your pt sup probably won't know what you are talking about) to see the belt utilization. It will either shed some light on whether you are being over worked, or your sup responsible for setting the line up [I][B]could [/B][/I]realize that the sets on your belt are not set up efficiently. [/QUOTE]
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