I wonder if leaving UPS was the right decision..

[Zowert]

They had one of these in my area and during last peak season it was broken into and every single package was stolen. They used it as overfill for a route or two, dropped it off at an Office Depot parking lot so they could go back and fill up to do the later half of their route. Only when they got back the door was pried open. I think it was even on the local news. Porch pirates went on a trailer heist.

 

[eats packages]

a nickel

Supplement boosts it to $1 but really who cares still.
Pulling one is not the end of the world, first thing you do is park the thing at a n industry business that does not mind it sitting there.

The home depot does not seem like the smartest place IMO

 

[CoffeeStainedUniform]

Supplement boosts it to $1 but really who cares still.
Pulling one is not the end of the world, first thing you do is park the thing at a n industry business that does not mind it sitting there.

The home depot does not seem like the smartest place IMO

I had a heated shop bay I could drop it in, on route. It was the warmest I was all during peak.

 

[Turdferguson]

None at my location. Air drivers always shuttle out.

We use them here for accounts that get a lot of delivery pieces and pick up pieces. Driver will leave it at their dock in the morning after emptying it, and pick it up in the evening after they cram it full of pick up pieces. They also use them for satellite routes.

 

[Brisket]

None at my location. Air drivers always shuttle out.

Same here or if too much, drop a trailer and pick up later here.

 

[silenze]

Hardly worth it... should be .25 cents like In feeder.....

Should be a flipping dollar. But this piss poor contract did not address any of our proposals

 

[opey]

we use one in my center every day, its only used for a single pickup on a pretty heavy wholesale route. leaves empty, is dropped off first (or almost first, depending if there are easy air stops to drop on the way on the same commercial street) at a business who puts their pieces in it during the day. then its picked up last, before heading back to the building, which is also after the business is closed.

 

[Boxslinger11]

had 1-2 in my old podunk center real pain to unload at night

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

We have one route that drops off an empty in the morning at a bulk pickup, and picks it up in the afternoon. Then there’s two drivers that pull TP60s to a three driver satellite. We only get $0.10 an hour extra.

 

[El Correcto]

They had one of these in my area and during last peak season it was broken into and every single package was stolen. They used it as overfill for a route or two, dropped it off at an Office Depot parking lot so they could go back and fill up to do the later half of their route. Only when they got back the door was pried open. I think it was even on the local news. Porch pirates went on a trailer heist.

I would of been so bummed out to pull up to that box and find out I have no more stops left. I would of informed management as I punched out.

 

[Jackburton]

Southern Supplement you get .10 extra an hour all day, no matter how long you pull it. This also goes for uhaul trailers during peak, doesn’t sound like much but it adds up. You code it out under other work, additional equipment.

 

[keeb86]

Try delivering EAM's out in the country, dragging that box.

I’ve done it. You better know the area well or you end up pulling your trailer down a street/ driveway you can’t get out of.

 

[BrownThunder]

We have several of those at our hub. Never pulled one, but apparently what they do is drop it off at a location known for large pickups and leave it there all day for them to fill up. Once the pickup time arrives, the driver just hooks up completes the stop and goes.

 

[Bagels]

Southern Supplement you get .10 extra an hour all day, no matter how long you pull it. This also goes for uhaul trailers during peak, doesn’t sound like much but it adds up. You code it out under other work, additional equipment.

.10 an hour, assuming a 12-hour day, is $1.40 per day. A driver with six weeks vacation works an average of 220 days per year — that adds up to an extra $308/year. Payroll taxes knocks that down to $284/year. The average driver is likely in the 25% tax bracket, dropping it to $214. State tax average is roughly 4.5%, yielding $200 take home.

I’m not sure I’d want the responsibility of pulling that for an extra $200/year in my pocket, unless it gave me an easy hour or bonus.

 

[Heavy Package]

Southern Supplement you get .10 extra an hour all day, no matter how long you pull it.

Yup - We had one get pulled out to a satellite route. Bid driver retires and then they put the route back in the center on a car to save the $0.10 / hr. UPS - spend thousands to save dimes. LMAO.

 

[Wally]

 

[old levi's]

And if the satellite route blew out, all of the cardboard that wouldn't fit on the trl. was thrown in the back of the truck. Extra work and time lost.

 

[opey]

ive never gotten anything extra for pulling one, im not a route driver though

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

ive never gotten anything extra for pulling one, im not a route driver though

Doesn’t matter. You should have gotten something.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Doesn’t matter. You should have gotten something.

He did. More work!