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<blockquote data-quote="35years" data-source="post: 2318541" data-attributes="member: 60822"><p>The job is not the same for everyone. Delivering 120 boxes on a rural route is an entirely different job than a bricked out industrial ball buster.</p><p>Here is how I would rank the most common routes for body wear and tear:</p><p><strong>1.Old Industrial:</strong></p><p>I started on the industrial routes in the old part of a city. That was by far the hardest on my body. Heavy boxes, high piece counts, lots of long caries, stairs etc. No elevators up to 4 floors. Hard on back and joints. This is harder on your body than a 200+ resi route.</p><p><strong>2. New Industrial:</strong></p><p>Suburban industrial parks at least, have mainly well designed docks, but the piece count and average weight of boxes takes a toll.</p><p><strong>3. Storefront Retail:</strong></p><p>Piece count and ave weight is less than industrial but yanking full two-wheelers thru snow or up steps is no picnic. Long walks with multiple pkgs.</p><p><strong>4.Mall Retail</strong></p><p>More controlled conditions (carts and few, if any, stairs). Heavy piece count however will take it's toll if your body mechanics are poor. Heat/cold is controlled as well.</p><p><strong>5. Residential Urban/suburban:</strong></p><p>Ave stop count is often 200+. Getting on and off the truck that many times is taxing on joints but ave weight and ave piece count (per stop and overall) is usually better than pure industrial. Don't run, jump etc. and it can be done for decades. You just need an iron will to put up with the production pressure which usually comes with a resi route.</p><p><strong>6. Rural</strong></p><p>It is more like delivering Saturday Air than a normal route. This is assuming they don't combine it with heavy pickups. Drive all the way to the door, very low piece counts (some with less than 110 pkgs del+p/u combined). Cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter than other outdoor routes. The only drawback is driving in the snow/ice but that doesn't wear your body down unless you are a white-knuckler.</p><p></p><p>After 35+ years I do feel the aches, but delivering rural is quite easy on the body. I don't ever run or hurry. My body mechanics have been nearly perfect for 2 decades. If you want to last, every movement must be evaluated for stress and done correctly including; pivoting when getting out of the seat, stepping softly off the truck, etc.</p><p>Even with perfect mechanics I could not have lasted 35+ years on a ball-buster industrial.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="35years, post: 2318541, member: 60822"] The job is not the same for everyone. Delivering 120 boxes on a rural route is an entirely different job than a bricked out industrial ball buster. Here is how I would rank the most common routes for body wear and tear: [B]1.Old Industrial:[/B] I started on the industrial routes in the old part of a city. That was by far the hardest on my body. Heavy boxes, high piece counts, lots of long caries, stairs etc. No elevators up to 4 floors. Hard on back and joints. This is harder on your body than a 200+ resi route. [B]2. New Industrial:[/B] Suburban industrial parks at least, have mainly well designed docks, but the piece count and average weight of boxes takes a toll. [B]3. Storefront Retail:[/B] Piece count and ave weight is less than industrial but yanking full two-wheelers thru snow or up steps is no picnic. Long walks with multiple pkgs. [B]4.Mall Retail[/B] More controlled conditions (carts and few, if any, stairs). Heavy piece count however will take it's toll if your body mechanics are poor. Heat/cold is controlled as well. [B]5. Residential Urban/suburban:[/B] Ave stop count is often 200+. Getting on and off the truck that many times is taxing on joints but ave weight and ave piece count (per stop and overall) is usually better than pure industrial. Don't run, jump etc. and it can be done for decades. You just need an iron will to put up with the production pressure which usually comes with a resi route. [B]6. Rural[/B] It is more like delivering Saturday Air than a normal route. This is assuming they don't combine it with heavy pickups. Drive all the way to the door, very low piece counts (some with less than 110 pkgs del+p/u combined). Cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter than other outdoor routes. The only drawback is driving in the snow/ice but that doesn't wear your body down unless you are a white-knuckler. After 35+ years I do feel the aches, but delivering rural is quite easy on the body. I don't ever run or hurry. My body mechanics have been nearly perfect for 2 decades. If you want to last, every movement must be evaluated for stress and done correctly including; pivoting when getting out of the seat, stepping softly off the truck, etc. Even with perfect mechanics I could not have lasted 35+ years on a ball-buster industrial. [/QUOTE]
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