What do I do? What would you do?

[IAmUPSet]

I'm on a Bertha at the very start of the belt, for the last two weeks I've been getting 900 to 1170, and another car next to it that gets 300-400. Even on peak I had a puller for the Bertha at the end of the belt, it only had about 500. The Bertha alone is ridiculous, stairs alone is an extreme workout, much more so the 50 to 100+ pound packages i carry up them and to the very back, also I never have time to load, so I'm told just to pull. At the last hour or two I'm rushing to load 1,200 packages average. On top of this the packages never get delivered because its too many for the driver to get rid of before pick up time, therefore on top of the 1,200 average there are yesterdays packages. Dispatch says "Well, I had no where else to put them" I'm pretty sure there's more to dispatching than just making your daily number dissapear as a dispatcher.


What would you do?

 

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I'm on a Bertha at the very start of the belt, for the last two weeks I've been getting 900 to 1170, and another car next to it that gets 300-400. Even on peak I had a puller for the Bertha at the end of the belt, it only had about 500. The Bertha alone is ridiculous, stairs alone is an extreme workout, much more so the 50 to 100+ pound packages i carry up them and to the very back, also I never have time to load, so I'm told just to pull. At the last hour or two I'm rushing to load 1,200 packages average. On top of this the packages never get delivered because its too many for the driver to get rid of before pick up time, therefore on top of the 1,200 average there are yesterdays packages. Dispatch says "Well, I had no where else to put them" I'm pretty sure there's more to dispatching than just making your daily number dissapear as a dispatcher.


What would you do?

Work safely, at a reasonable pace, and let them figure it out.

 

[IAmUPSet]

Work safely, at a reasonable pace, and let them figure it out.

I was thinking that myself. If they were worried about it they would make the workload a bit more organized and realistic. Is that normal?

 

[542thruNthru]

I'm on a Bertha at the very start of the belt, for the last two weeks I've been getting 900 to 1170, and another car next to it that gets 300-400. Even on peak I had a puller for the Bertha at the end of the belt, it only had about 500. The Bertha alone is ridiculous, stairs alone is an extreme workout, much more so the 50 to 100+ pound packages i carry up them and to the very back, also I never have time to load, so I'm told just to pull. At the last hour or two I'm rushing to load 1,200 packages average. On top of this the packages never get delivered because its too many for the driver to get rid of before pick up time, therefore on top of the 1,200 average there are yesterdays packages. Dispatch says "Well, I had no where else to put them" I'm pretty sure there's more to dispatching than just making your daily number dissapear as a dispatcher.


What would you do?

Work at a safe pace and ask for help with the over weights.

Not your problem if its not done on time.

 

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Is that normal?

Yes, unfortunately.

 

[Fido]

Shut up and get it in the truck

 

[olroadbeech]

what sudzie said....

 

[WTFm8]

If you keep doing it, they’ll keep giving it to you.

Follow the lifting methods, don’t carry packages on the steps, use existing equipment, etc.

 

[rod]

What the hell is a Bertha? The Berthas I know you wouldn't want to be on.

 

[Covemastah]

Yes ,, wtf is a Bertha ??

 

[eats packages]

Yes ,, wtf is a Bertha ??

box truck, here they go by mashers. bertha is the dumbest name I know them by.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Yes ,, wtf is a Bertha ??

24'-28' straight truck commonly referred to as Big Bertha.

To the OP: the driver is not bringing back packages because he/she ran out of time. He is bringing them back because a lot of businesses are closed due to the pandemic.

 

[Yolo]

Big Bob here

 

[oldngray]

We always called them straight trucks or panel vans.

 

[tarbar66]

We called it the assault vehicle, from the A Team & Mr.T tv show.

 

[Superteeth2478]

They're called beasts in my hub.

 

[Wally]

Yes ,, wtf is a Bertha ??

Mother's Day beginning.

 

[MattM]

Whales around here. I miss the days of filling these up 100% instead of having Louisville or Ontario build us cans to go on trailers. Or for ups to have the capacity to fit jet ulds onto trailers. For years, there was such redundancy.

We used to literally empty 90% of ulds to rebuild into whales. I miss those days lol

 

[Shift Inhibit]

Yes ,, wtf is a Bertha ??

Cattle cars , Boxvans, dock trucks

 

[Brownslave688]

Cattle cars , Boxvans, dock trucks

Call it a hog here.