retired2000
Well-Known Member
how about having to add all of the weights up on boxes going to one customer. could not ship more then a 100lbs a day.
Hey I remember on those old time cards ( that we carried in our shirt pockets) if we ran bad the sups would draw sad faces on the backs of them the next morning. The GOOD OLD DAYS!!
One of our really old 1000s has some sort of metal box with a slot under the shelf where the 2000 section is. Is that a box for cash or COD?
As a feeder driver before the IVIS we had tachographs that recorded your speed and on road time. You had to wind the clock and set the time. At the end of the day you turned it in with your paper log sheet and time card with slic locations. I still use my bankers clips to hold the seal controls to the visor. I remember when the shop used to rebuild the friend-model tractors and saw a rebuilt motor on a pallet the tag listed only 190horsepower and maybe 900lbft. of torque. It would pull a heavy set up some hills of the PA turnpike at 20mph. Now the new Vision Macks I think are 430hp and 1300lbft. and can maintain 45 50mph up those hills.
The old 600's with wood shelves, and 400's too. Cheating on the old nda tags with your delivery times. Remember when the bulk head doors had the locking mechanism on the top of the door? I used to fold up a delivery notice and wedge it in the lock so you never had to use the key. A supervisor taught me that trick. Going to the cemetery and taking the names off of head stones when on paper to pad your stop counts. Yeah, the good old days.
The old 600's with wood shelves, and 400's too. Cheating on the old nda tags with your delivery times. Remember when the bulk head doors had the locking mechanism on the top of the door? I used to fold up a delivery notice and wedge it in the lock so you never had to use the key. A supervisor taught me that trick. Going to the cemetery and taking the names off of head stones when on paper to pad your stop counts. Yeah, the good old days.
Back in the 70's you always knew when peek was. All you would see was those red and white boxes from Swiss Colony. The only thing that was good about them was they had a release numbers. Everything else was signatures.
How bout those stupid 3rd party billing green tags,had to punch in tons of numbers,that sucked if you had a Barnes & Noble on your route ..
For rural drivers, there were a couple weeks in the spring that were almost as busy as Christmas season. Seeds and trees!
038598 = Lands End I do believe.
I do have a couple copies of "The Big Idea" sitting around .