Dolly/Handcart lock cut

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Locked up handcarts are a no go here. A driver does not have the right to lock out a handcart. Regardless of how many thieves they have in their center. Here it's common practice to write the route number on the carts. That way if some runner and gunner prick loses theirs and takes it off the truck the driver can locate it. I'll be damned if I let someone take the cart that I had the OMS order for me and have been taking care of. They will have to find one of the spares that is falling apart because I will be taking the one I have been using back.

 

[trickpony1]

It sounds like your center manager is using the old strategy of pitting drivers against drivers.

What's it gonna hurt if handcarts are assigned to each driver(s) and locked up.

Your center manager is doing this just because he can.

 

[Jackburton]

By all the replies we have people on both sides of the topic.
This problem is real easy to solve.
Driver 1 locks his dolly so no one takes it and leaves him with nothing.
Driver 2 cuts the lock because he feels its in his way or needs the dolly.

The solution is, use the dolly and simply put it back where you got it. This way driver 1 always has a dolly and driver 2 always has a dolly. Its that easy. A little common courtesy goes a long way.

You forgot about driver 3 who doesn't care about driver 1 or 2 because driver 4 leaves handcarts at retail stores and they go missing, forcing drivers 5,6,7,8 to scurry around in the evenings like rats looking for cheese they can hide in a spare car, hoping drivers 9 and 10 aren't going to notice they replaced their handcart with a roll of DR bags.

 

[Mr Shifter]

Well I told my supervisor of my situation and their response was "if you need a dolly I'll cut you one" did. Not. Care. That I've had 2 locks cut and was ready to continue the cycle.....

Good thing I have a friend who shows up early (a unassigned driver) find mine and hold it for me.

 

[toonertoo]

I know I dont deliver a bulk stop with 40 boxes of computer paper, without one.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I know I dont deliver a bulk stop with 40 boxes of computer paper, without one.

Did you know that having a hand cart, if needed, is part of your pretrip?

 

[joeboodog]

I like getting the most beat up, ugly, yet still functional two wheeler I can find. No one will touch it

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I like getting the most beat up, ugly, yet still functional two wheeler I can find. No one will touch it

I like to take a sharpie and put my last name on the reverse side of the face plate by the handle.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

I like to take a sharpie and put my last name on the reverse side of the face plate by the handle.

Female drivers often wrap pink tape around sections of their carts to discourage theft by male drivers.

 

[Brown_Star]

It's a bag move to leave your handcart locked up behind the bulkhead door when you go on vacation for 2 weeks. Taking it off the car and locking it up somewhere would be better than leaving it locked where it's in the way all day everyday you're gone.

Can't leave on route?

 

[542thruNthru]

Female drivers often wrap pink tape around sections of their carts to discourage theft by male drivers.

We had a female driver actually spray paint her whole handcart pink. It worked no one ever touches her handcart

 

[Jones]

Can't leave on route?

That's what I always did. In fact I usually had at least 2 stashed in different places for back up.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

That's what I always did. In fact I usually had at least 2 stashed in different places for back up.

...which is why the rest of us have to scramble to find one in the morning...

 

[UPSGUY72]

The hand carts are UPS property you have no rights to lock them up. Each car should have a hand cart if there is a shortage that is a safety issue your need to talk to your shop steward, center manager and BA about it.