Dollar General or Family Dollar?

If you take you time (lots of it) you can do this and be okay. I started out city p&d in Philadelphia in much tighter areas than the dollar general stores I deliver now and have never hit anything. Will it be the easiest way in....no. will your backing skills get really good really fast...yes. If this is something you really want to do you will be able to get it done...just go SLOW and GOAL constantly. You don't have to start out driving forward down a highway 2000 miles at a time. Plenty of us started out in #### cities blind siding into buildings off narrow streets originally meant for horses and we have done just fine. SLOW and GOAL....did I say that already? Lol

 

N. O.

 

The reason they are building tons as in 20,000 across the USA is because the people are tired and too broke to pay 3.99 for a bag of junk chips. Go into dollar store and pay 1.00 for it. I see mountains of chips rotting quietly in Walmart while certain cheap but plenty foods are sold out. Rice in particular.

 

Take the advice, small parking lot, unloading 400 up to 500 boxes. How much are they paying you? Schneider was gonna pay me 36cpm no thanks you. I don’t like those little store parking lot.

 

I just thought of another one in Somerdale NJ. Right off route 30. You’re right, it was NOT originally a dollar General. It was a 5 below or something similar.

 

trader joes just puts it outside

 

i say go for it. use you head and get out and look. use every tool too help you. like google earth. you cant learn life on the big road. here at wm we do this everyday. back roads,Mt tops ,big citys and yes even ferries. we have stores that are in parking decks. we have stores that are 2 levels. i didnt learn from the big road. i learned from driving on the wrong roads. i learned from the oh $$$. what i do now. but the main thing is. I LEARNED and never gave up. yes the odds are not in your favor. never was taking us 52 from cinn to bluefield wv. or taking us 58 from south boston to I-77. good road until you pass stuart va. but those roads made me who i am today.

 

What the difference they have to be able to drive, they just need to be cautious.

 

Backing a sleeper truck with a 53' trailer into some of these stores can be a royal pain-in-the-###, but as some posters said you'll eventually get the hang of it (if you don't get fired first for hitting stuff). But that's only half the battle. Now you gotta deal with minimum-wage employees who have absolutely no interest in moving quickly AT ALL (or doing anything for that matter). Alot of the metal rollers are in disrepair so pushing all that product becomes a real chore. Then there's the matter of the trailers being loaded at the DC's: again, lots of low-paid labor and you may have a big bottle of Tide detergent come crashing down on your head from the poor loads. Keep in mind also that alot of these stores aren't in upscale neighborhoods, many of them are in da hood.

I would do that job if it was paid by the hour, running a single-screw daycab, and home every night. Otherwise, I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole.

 

They are easy, its frame of mind, if you think dollar generals are difficult you need to start picking up from the Produce markets and airport.
You have to start somewhere, might as well be the Dollar Generals, Carry some traffic cones (I do) and close off the spaces you need as they become available. You just have to look at each delivery (no matter where or what) and decide the best plan of attack. I personally think some of the best training you can get is learning around the oil fields they will teach you to identify hazards ahead and how to avoid them, and how to handle situations before there a situation.
Funny what I have found in the last 30 or so years is the one who makes the most fun of other drivers and company drivers is the worst driver in most situations.