I hauled mail long ago into Springfield mass and I had a dollar truck that made it work that night. (Don't ask...) that particular mail run from central PA to Mass was a record run where the speedometer was on the other side of 100 and stayed there. Who knows what the speed was at times.
The one thing all of the dispatchers and one VP made sure I was instructed in was to drop that trailer into a very specific spot on arrival. It had to be there by the stroke of 2 am no matter what.
I was there 7 minutes to two, dropped it in the numbered spot ordered by my dispatchers and walked in to the yard boss in his office area. Gave him the papers to trailer and he sees my company hat. Checks his watch and says whats this?
Trailers dropped in such a such a spot number sign please.
He exploded. Ranted about how stupid drivers come in early 4 #### minutes and does what they please with his trailers on his property. Rant rant rant.
I left with signed papers and thoughts of arson on his precious trailer. I am not a pyromaniac, but it would have been quite something indeed. 4 minutes too early. Bleah.
Many years later on team runs with wife we were able to be three minutes to the good coast to coast on a few loads with a castrated truck and dispatch was pleased. But left innuendos that we could have wasted less time. Pray tell us what time is there to waste in a truck with no balls. Plenty I say.
Postal Haulers... who are the good employers?
Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by speedyk, Jan 26, 2019.
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We have had drivers with Eagle express do the same thing with some of our trucks. Leave dirty underwear on the floor. 3 weeks worth of trash, bottles of "lemonade". They no longer work here.
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Last edited: Apr 8, 2019
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To each there own. I loved hauling mail, but like every job there’s pros and cons. I never had a problem with the dock workers.
Pros- decent money. I was making 25 a hour, majority of Holidays off and paid, good insurance with the Company I was with.
Cons- most mail carriers drive early morning hours, or night shift. I love driving at night so that wasn’t a con for me, but my biggest complaint was working six days a week, and it’s weekends. So I worked Tue-Sunday. By the time you go home and sleep on Sunday and get up it’s time to go back to work. It’s not even like a day off. -
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There are relays where you hand ia trailer you loafed off or pick up loaded trailers.
Loading/unloading is pretty fast unless the postal dock people need to "help". In which case I was waiting a lot, and they can get touchy if it's obvious. -
dennisroc Thanks this.
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