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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 569293" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>I agree wholeheartedly.</p><p></p><p>New forum poster here, 1 year driving the 'package car'...</p><p></p><p>In my experience it doesn't make a damn bit of difference in your day if you get in your truck before your start time (to do what, organize all your stops?). Of course, I'll give my EDD a quick glance, just to mentally prepare myself for the new day's fresh hell, and before start time I'll put my gear and lunchbox in the truck, but that's about it. </p><p></p><p>In my center, all the NDA is either in a tote at the back of the truck or under the belt/leaning up against the truck if it's larger items.</p><p></p><p>The way I figure it, get real comfortable with your NDA (while reviewing EDD and on your truck as you pre-trip after the PCM, etc). <strong>End of story</strong>. Depending on your route, you may have excellent opportunities to deliver much ground with air. Or not. It depends on the day's load. I have days where it all lines up and I can deliver a bunch of ground as I'm getting the NDA's off on time, and I have days where I'm cheating the devil just to get the NDA's delivered on time.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>But there is no point to getting on your truck early/working off the clock/etc. As far as I can see, it ultimately makes little difference in how your day is going to go.</strong></p><p></p><p>Drivers, know how your day gets crazy with this particular stop and the other one, all those little addresses that kill your smooth loops? The loaders have the same experience as they're trying to pack the trucks... The rich folk who order MEGA stuff, some of it quite large...the schools that are on summer break but are now ordering 30 boxes of whatever (which have to be piled on the floor in an irregular place), the GINOURMOUS package PAL'd in your mid-8000 section (which the loaders had no choice but to put in the very back of the truck), etc.</p><p></p><p><strong> Point being</strong>, it's folly to start early to get a jump on your day when your day needs to sort out itself. After the NDA's are off, I don't worry much about the load until I'm about into the 3000's, at which point I actually have enough room to start organizing things for real.</p><p></p><p>So why work off the clock? The only payoff there is for management.</p><p></p><p>Aside from the fact that you're working for <strong>free</strong>. The job's hard enough without giving your time away. And if you disagree, I'll invite you over to my house to paint my fence/help with the laundry/dishes/cleaning, watch my cats while I'm on vacation, etc. And of course I won't pay you, because working for free is fun, right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 569293, member: 18225"] I agree wholeheartedly. New forum poster here, 1 year driving the 'package car'... In my experience it doesn't make a damn bit of difference in your day if you get in your truck before your start time (to do what, organize all your stops?). Of course, I'll give my EDD a quick glance, just to mentally prepare myself for the new day's fresh hell, and before start time I'll put my gear and lunchbox in the truck, but that's about it. In my center, all the NDA is either in a tote at the back of the truck or under the belt/leaning up against the truck if it's larger items. The way I figure it, get real comfortable with your NDA (while reviewing EDD and on your truck as you pre-trip after the PCM, etc). [B]End of story[/B]. Depending on your route, you may have excellent opportunities to deliver much ground with air. Or not. It depends on the day's load. I have days where it all lines up and I can deliver a bunch of ground as I'm getting the NDA's off on time, and I have days where I'm cheating the devil just to get the NDA's delivered on time. [B] But there is no point to getting on your truck early/working off the clock/etc. As far as I can see, it ultimately makes little difference in how your day is going to go.[/B] Drivers, know how your day gets crazy with this particular stop and the other one, all those little addresses that kill your smooth loops? The loaders have the same experience as they're trying to pack the trucks... The rich folk who order MEGA stuff, some of it quite large...the schools that are on summer break but are now ordering 30 boxes of whatever (which have to be piled on the floor in an irregular place), the GINOURMOUS package PAL'd in your mid-8000 section (which the loaders had no choice but to put in the very back of the truck), etc. [B] Point being[/B], it's folly to start early to get a jump on your day when your day needs to sort out itself. After the NDA's are off, I don't worry much about the load until I'm about into the 3000's, at which point I actually have enough room to start organizing things for real. So why work off the clock? The only payoff there is for management. Aside from the fact that you're working for [B]free[/B]. The job's hard enough without giving your time away. And if you disagree, I'll invite you over to my house to paint my fence/help with the laundry/dishes/cleaning, watch my cats while I'm on vacation, etc. And of course I won't pay you, because working for free is fun, right? [/QUOTE]
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