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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 3551341" data-attributes="member: 60252">Could be that debt service and operating costs finally outran profit. A good driver can make as much money driving for UPS compared to having to operate 5 or more routes. At some point, if you are trying to use new/newer equipment, or need vehicles to run a lot of miles, you can&#039;t really sell if you&#039;re honest with potential buyers. You can&#039;t live forever on the tax benefits of high mileage routes. The depreciation is too much with high miles.Tracy is &#039;my&#039; closest terminal- over 70 miles each way, without stops. The driver used to do alternate&#039; delivery days, serving different areas on different days, holding packages. I would check tracking # and see my package on the truck, and then listed at the end of the day as being undeliverable sometimes for a few days, suposedly because nobody was available to accept, even without a signature required. I complained multiple times, including upper mgmt outside the terminal itself. Complaining to the terminal manager had done nothing. Maybe having to buy two more trucks and hire two more drivers to serve his entire area every day was just too much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 3551341, member: 60252"] Could be that debt service and operating costs finally outran profit. A good driver can make as much money driving for UPS compared to having to operate 5 or more routes. At some point, if you are trying to use new/newer equipment, or need vehicles to run a lot of miles, you can't really sell if you're honest with potential buyers. You can't live forever on the tax benefits of high mileage routes. The depreciation is too much with high miles. Tracy is 'my' closest terminal- over 70 miles each way, without stops. The driver used to do alternate' delivery days, serving different areas on different days, holding packages. I would check tracking # and see my package on the truck, and then listed at the end of the day as being undeliverable sometimes for a few days, suposedly because nobody was available to accept, even without a signature required. I complained multiple times, including upper mgmt outside the terminal itself. Complaining to the terminal manager had done nothing. Maybe having to buy two more trucks and hire two more drivers to serve his entire area every day was just too much. [/QUOTE]

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