Delivering ice?

I did local delivery for Home City Ice for 5 years or so. Pay is commission based and you can do pretty well if you hustle. They are one guy per truck (almost any other ice company I've seen uses a driver and helper).
I learned a lot working there, along with getting paid to get a CDL.

 

If a ice truck flips over spills the load, do tow companies charge for removal ?

 

We go cut open bags and dump em and transfer anything thats still good to another truck.

 

The ice must get through, Rain snow sleet. Must be delivered ! Seems funny though, Thanks for a answer dan.

 

I ran year round, you could maybe imagine everyone stopping to ask if you’re crazy delivering ice in a blizzard! Cool job indeed haha

 

I love the history, just about every small town had an ice and coal company before refrigerators.

 

These trucks typically hold 700-800 bags of Ice and they drive around in the summer and fill all the ice boxes at the grocery stores and gas stations and beverage stores. It's one of those jobs where you're going to work Saturday's and you're going to work during the summer all the live long day day and on the holliday's during the summer as well. Pretty much during the summer it's all hands on deck. It's heavy route delivery all day everyday. You run out of the truck walk over to the ice box count what's in there pick the amount of cases you need stock the ice box. Fill out the sheet with what you put in the ice box and then run into the store to collect payment if it's at a gas station or place like that.

 

Yes, it's hard work and can be long days (weekends and summer holidays are a must). You deliver to big places with dock times like Walmart, lots of gas stations and liquor stores, construction sites, special events, etc. Some deliveries are half a dolly load and some are 4 pallets or more. I would typically do 8-15 stops a day depending on the route area to reach my goal. Usually on the road by 7AM and back by 4PM unless I reload.
Learning to move product quickly is the name of the game. You learn to cut your "red time" and shave a minute here and there to eliminate wasted time.