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<blockquote data-quote="brownrodster" data-source="post: 448860" data-attributes="member: 10437"><p>Up here in the NW there are millions of brutal hills. I've got hills on routes that I know that I cannot drive up in nice conditions. Also this damn snow turns to ice very quickly. So underneath the layer of fresh snow is pure ice. Lots of towns won't use salt on roads because of the effect on the environment. And almost no town on the coast owns any snowplows. Add to this hundreds of cars abandoned everywhere because no one owns chains or good tires which makes the roads an obsticle course.</p><p> </p><p>The snow is really not a huge problem in certain areas with a smart dispatch. However, they continue to build loads that would take 12 hours to deliver in nice conditions. But a proper dispatch with this weather would add too many routes and we have no more drivers or trucks available. UPS has failed to adjust for changing conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Before this snow storm I was deliverong over 250 stops per day. When the snow hit my stop count <strong><em>increased</em></strong> but I was only able to deliver 150-175 of them per day. leaving me with 100 stops per day I didn't have the time to deliver. Those stops were deliverable but there wasn't anyone available to deliver them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It wouldn't be this bad if we had those peak drivers and rental trucks they said we did not need this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownrodster, post: 448860, member: 10437"] Up here in the NW there are millions of brutal hills. I've got hills on routes that I know that I cannot drive up in nice conditions. Also this damn snow turns to ice very quickly. So underneath the layer of fresh snow is pure ice. Lots of towns won't use salt on roads because of the effect on the environment. And almost no town on the coast owns any snowplows. Add to this hundreds of cars abandoned everywhere because no one owns chains or good tires which makes the roads an obsticle course. The snow is really not a huge problem in certain areas with a smart dispatch. However, they continue to build loads that would take 12 hours to deliver in nice conditions. But a proper dispatch with this weather would add too many routes and we have no more drivers or trucks available. UPS has failed to adjust for changing conditions. Before this snow storm I was deliverong over 250 stops per day. When the snow hit my stop count [B][I]increased[/I][/B] but I was only able to deliver 150-175 of them per day. leaving me with 100 stops per day I didn't have the time to deliver. Those stops were deliverable but there wasn't anyone available to deliver them. It wouldn't be this bad if we had those peak drivers and rental trucks they said we did not need this year. [/QUOTE]
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