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That's so odd, must be a lot more paper products than DV's chain routes. Just got back from my regular tuesday "local". 196 miles, 1061 cases, 29,700lb. 8 Chipotles, 1 On The Border -- two stops in Athens, 7 in the city, 2 of which are malls. Tiring, but fun 12 hour day.
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Southern tuesday the trailer was only like 3/4 even closer to half full in the back which I'll take room to work lol.

That is so odd that we do Chipolte down there. I would have thought Chipolte would have gone to Golden State Foods or Martin Brower or who ever does MickyDee's. Here up north In Cleveland Anderson-DuBoise which is the McDonalds distributor for every McDonalds between Cle and Rooterdam, NY does Chipolte. They have Chipolte branded trailers. I don't know though if they mix Chipoltes with McDonalds though I'm going to say they don't because McDonalds trailers unload out of the side with a lift gate and they have no ramp.

The Chipoltes around here are dolly type stops but they use a lift gate to get the pallets for each stop off the truck.

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You get up fairly early not much later then my self. You sound like you do quite a bit at your shop a lot more then just driving your making deliveries and organizing routes and doing all that stuff.

I get up about 2:45am and check my voice mail if I am on express routes and then crawl out of bed get my uniform on and walk groggily to my car. Drive to work and then usually by that time I am a little more awake and I go on the computer check my route for the day grab any customer keys I may need grab my hand held computer log on duty for the day grab my two wheelers throw them in the back of my pick up truck and drive to the yard where our trucks are parked and where the trailers come in.

I fire up my truck give it a good look over and then hunt the drop yard for my trailer unless I'm waiting for it to come in. When it comes in on night transit I'll help break the set of doubles down and hook my tractor up to my trailer. Throw my wheelers into my trailer grab my paper work get it all in order go through my hand held begining of the day prompts, and then it's pretty much off to the races. Set the radio to a station I like.
Say a quick prayer and beep the air horn twice for good luck and head out of the yard.

Then from there it's an all day race to the finish it's the slowest fastest race you have ever done in your life LOL.

It's 2,000lbs here, 1,000lbs there 800 pounds over here, 2000lbs over there 1500lbs over there and that goes on all day long in and out in and out in and out of the trailer up and down up and down out of the cab all day long. Green light go Red Light stop.

Usually by Noon on Monday I am heading to my second last stop. Then do my last stop and head to the trucks stop/gas station near the Air Port to get fuel for my truck and then back to drop yard.

At the yard I find a parking space on my trailer on the line for night transit to pull away. If there is one available I'll spot a converter dolly in from of my trailer.

If there is an extra converter spotted in front of a trailer I will build a set of doubles. Then unhook my tractor and park it for the day grab my belongings and put them in my pick up truck grab my wheelers put them in my pick up truck and drive up front to our office. Log out on my hand held park my two wheelers in the back room. Rumage around our office for something to eat or use the bathroom. Look in my mail box to see if I have any mail. Log on to the computer see what's on tap for tomorrow and do my end of the day check in and paper work and then that's pretty much it. Like Friday is a long day for me longest of the week always was I do a very busy area of town on Friday I go down Chagrin Blvd US422 and I-271 which is the busiest intersection and street in Northeast, Ohio. So Friday's lots of stops lots of traffic by the end of Friday my patience for the traffic and idiot east side drivers is starting to wear thin.

Monday I'm half out in Lorain County, Ohio Grafton-LaGrange it's a big difference from the east side. East side is dense full of people, Grafton-LaGrange there's corn fields and farms. Actually Monday is not a bad day for me and I do not mind it truth be told. Friday is actually a tough one. My Thursday so far so good and Tuesday and Wednesday are both passable.
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Sounds like you work for the same company as I.

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We have so many internationals down here in plant city still in service. Some are not that bad, some on the other hand just need to be retired....... We got like 11 new trucks in waiting for tags. Some are single screw tractors and all new volvos. The new ones have regular halogen headlights but the fog lights are now LED. Kinda weird you think they would just match the front lights.
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My home town.Living in Va. Now.

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Idk I'm looking at getting in to the business. Any tips? Id like to be home everyday if possible
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Dont do it!!!!Ive done it for 14 years and anout to give up the money and benefits to buy my on truck.

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Sounds like you work for the same company as I.
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Who do you work for?

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Who do you work for?
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I see now, youwork for gfs..im Sysco.

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I see now, youwork for gfs..im Sysco.
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Where abouts?

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Oh we have a couple trucks running around down there. They come from all over some from the Aberdeen warehouse and others from I don't fully know where.

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Is your Sysco Operating company hand to work for? Sysco Cleveland goes through folks left and right and fires everyone over the most petty horse manure.

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