FED EX FREIGHT

Probably the wrong forum to ask this in. I was a city driver with them for a little while, not a bad job.

 

When I have time.

 

Ground is like you know parcels and stuff, stuff that UPS and the post office do. Smaller packages.

Freight is bigger heavier larger palatalized shipments.

 

Those bigger straight trucks that FedEx Ground has they use those for bigger bulk stops. I.E. retail locations that get a lot of parcels. I.E. shopping malls.

A chain like Forever 21 sells clothing in shopping malls, well when it comes to the final mile stuff a lot of the inventory that comes from there distribution center to there retail outlets is boxed and all shipped out FedEx Ground.

Some of there stores can't really accept LTL palatalized shipments or if they did they would have to pay inside delivery fee, it's easier for them to just ship FedEx Ground. The truck pulls up to the mall delivery door the driver unloads the boxes on a knock down and wheels them inside. The bigger box trucks are used for malls and heavy retail customers. Actually those big box truck routes you do very little driving. You pretty much back up to the mall loading dock and spend the entire day delivering to stops inside the mall. Then once the truck is empty you run around the mall again and collect all the returns and out going shipments. Very little driving.

 

He’s asking about the difference between ground and freight, the biggest difference is freight you’re an employee of Fedex and ground your not.

 

You’re pretty far off here, most places can receive LTL shipments. Inside delivery almost exclusively is residential, lift gate is more for commercial without a dock. A lot have forklifts though and can lift off the back. I went to every kind of business when I was there plus residentials out the ying yang. I wouldn’t say the big box routes that you do little driving, maybe in a few cases but for the most part you’ll get around quite a bit.

 

I see the guy from FedEx Grpund at Great Lakes Mall in Mentor OHIO every Monday. He takes the stuff straight to Forever 21 I didn’t make any of it up I’ll take a picture if you like. Yes places at malls can take LTL trucks. However, there’s a lot of those places that ship ground for packages I know because I see them and have talked to there drivers.

 

Seeing in truck at a mall isn’t indicative of the general fleet. I’ve delivered every mall in Columbus multiple times.