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<blockquote data-quote="HomeDelivery" data-source="post: 893262" data-attributes="member: 33696"><p>agreed, when it comes to a rural route, I hoped the regular driver had "zoned" the areas of deliveries to where it makes sense & not go in a big loop (unless I'm being paid by the hour; then I'll just follow the sequence numbers). </p><p></p><p>I've covered ~60% of the state that i'm in as a relief/swing/cover driver & had my fair share of rural areas & if i get stuck in a rental, i'll go into the office to get an "overview map" (as posted earlier) to see if there'll be any problems with my route for the day.</p><p></p><p>Then, I'll sort/pre-load my rental vehicle in a way that i think it'll be more time efficient. If I have a standard stepvan with shelves, however, I'll just pack them in sequential order & will go off sequence/ jump around the shelves as needed to complete the route & maximize my stops-per-road-hour.</p><p></p><p>As for the 2nd part of that statment, I agree as well... those contractors that doesn't listen to their drivers & runs them to the ground will not be an effective boss. One driver that i trained had volume that doubled in his service area & burned himself out in 3 years because he was a "runner/gunner" or whatever UPS calls them. Now that contractor had to hire 2 drivers to cover his area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HomeDelivery, post: 893262, member: 33696"] agreed, when it comes to a rural route, I hoped the regular driver had "zoned" the areas of deliveries to where it makes sense & not go in a big loop (unless I'm being paid by the hour; then I'll just follow the sequence numbers). I've covered ~60% of the state that i'm in as a relief/swing/cover driver & had my fair share of rural areas & if i get stuck in a rental, i'll go into the office to get an "overview map" (as posted earlier) to see if there'll be any problems with my route for the day. Then, I'll sort/pre-load my rental vehicle in a way that i think it'll be more time efficient. If I have a standard stepvan with shelves, however, I'll just pack them in sequential order & will go off sequence/ jump around the shelves as needed to complete the route & maximize my stops-per-road-hour. As for the 2nd part of that statment, I agree as well... those contractors that doesn't listen to their drivers & runs them to the ground will not be an effective boss. One driver that i trained had volume that doubled in his service area & burned himself out in 3 years because he was a "runner/gunner" or whatever UPS calls them. Now that contractor had to hire 2 drivers to cover his area. [/QUOTE]
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