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<blockquote data-quote="Dumbo" data-source="post: 3211451" data-attributes="member: 67762"><p>You can qualify this time of year. I just did yesterday. Every hub is different. </p><p></p><p>I made a lot of progress when I stopped to fine sort my truck a couple times throughout the day. How much time are you spending looking up addresses? You may know the general area for your resi's but do you know how the numbers run? When you stop and open the bulkhead door do you know where the package is? </p><p></p><p>One thing Google maps cannot do is give you address ranges. A map book is great for that. Memorize how the ranges run, then print off several copies of your area from Google maps, trace the roads with a sharpie to make them darker and then adjust the image to have higher brightness so just the road lines show, then practice writing the roads in. Laminate one and put one in your car. </p><p></p><p>It gets better. Make sure you use RDO, at least in my center nobody cares about ODO. Also try to get off as much ground with your air. Have an air at one building? Try to get that whole building done so you don't have to come back (that depends how much air you have...don't cut it too close). Also a big step forward for me was getting off bulk right away. Find your biggest irregs in your truck and see if you can get them off on the way to your first air.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dumbo, post: 3211451, member: 67762"] You can qualify this time of year. I just did yesterday. Every hub is different. I made a lot of progress when I stopped to fine sort my truck a couple times throughout the day. How much time are you spending looking up addresses? You may know the general area for your resi's but do you know how the numbers run? When you stop and open the bulkhead door do you know where the package is? One thing Google maps cannot do is give you address ranges. A map book is great for that. Memorize how the ranges run, then print off several copies of your area from Google maps, trace the roads with a sharpie to make them darker and then adjust the image to have higher brightness so just the road lines show, then practice writing the roads in. Laminate one and put one in your car. It gets better. Make sure you use RDO, at least in my center nobody cares about ODO. Also try to get off as much ground with your air. Have an air at one building? Try to get that whole building done so you don't have to come back (that depends how much air you have...don't cut it too close). Also a big step forward for me was getting off bulk right away. Find your biggest irregs in your truck and see if you can get them off on the way to your first air. [/QUOTE]
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