What's it like to have multiple stops running foodservice loads?

It depends on the company for what kind of trucks they have. When I was with Reinhart I drove everything from a pickup with a reefer unit that sat in the bed of the truck to a box truck to a tractor trailer with 28, 36 and 48 foot trailers. There were no sleepers. They put us up in a hotel on over night routes.

I never had the benefit of a lift gate, I always ran a ramp, but I imagine a lift gate would make life so much easier.

As far as having multiple stops, it is difficult. You have to be precise. If one thing goes wrong it puts you behind the rest of the day.

 

I pedal milk and we use lift gates. So much easier, but its easier to stack milk crates than different size boxes of food.

 

A lift-gate is useless unless the stop is big enough to be palletized. Most Sysco pallets had 4-10 stops per pallet.

 

If you had 2 boxes going to a store though wouldnt it be easier to lift gate them to the ground rather than pedal them down a ramp? escpecially in the winter?

 

Put the 2 cases in the cab and throw them out the window as you drive by the stop lol

 

Incredible lol. That was suppose to say 20 lol

 

As soon as you get off SSI ill give you some information.

 

Most foodservice deliveries are ramps. Up and down, up and down. Lift gates and pallet jacks are used for large stops and typically the senior guys get those routes.

 

What;s a liftgate? LOL