flappybutt
Active Member
My route just keeps blowing up. I have an industrial/commercial/rural route. It can be a anywhere from 75 stops 120ish miles with 33 pickups, to 60 miles 120 stops, 33 pickups. There is one pickup that has been extremely heavy this whole pandemic. Before in decent days it would be 30 ground pieces, 10 or so air. Lately it's been 80 ground and 125+ air. Which causes me to get the air first, go unload and then go back for the ground and then finish my 30 or more stops causing me to go over 9.5. I brick out my truck everyday with air front to back. My pickups start about 3:30 and I deliver nothing in between them till after I get my air unloaded at 6:15. The solution has me running about 30 stops in between pickups which is impossible unless they want missed businesses.
If I have a bad load, which is everyday I have over 300 + packages. I lose about 2 hours, then I end up having to go back and unload my ground before the feeder leaves which is at 9:15pm which makes me punchout at around 10:30
The last guy who ran this route defuncted on a bad back and was always hopped up on pain pills and never had as heavy of pickups. He would be done at 6 everyday. The lady before him had bout 50 less stops and had double knee surgery before changing routes.
I take my minimum lunch. Thinking about taking my full hour and telling them I won't be able to get my businesses off in time. Which happened yesterday and I didn't even take my whole lunch. I don't want to bid on another route. This route regularly goes by my house and is sometimes the only time I can see my kid and family. Do I have any recourse against this monster route? I've been over 9.5 eight times so far this year.
If I have a bad load, which is everyday I have over 300 + packages. I lose about 2 hours, then I end up having to go back and unload my ground before the feeder leaves which is at 9:15pm which makes me punchout at around 10:30
The last guy who ran this route defuncted on a bad back and was always hopped up on pain pills and never had as heavy of pickups. He would be done at 6 everyday. The lady before him had bout 50 less stops and had double knee surgery before changing routes.
I take my minimum lunch. Thinking about taking my full hour and telling them I won't be able to get my businesses off in time. Which happened yesterday and I didn't even take my whole lunch. I don't want to bid on another route. This route regularly goes by my house and is sometimes the only time I can see my kid and family. Do I have any recourse against this monster route? I've been over 9.5 eight times so far this year.