Question for veteran drivers..

[ChrisTheBrown]

Not complaining, really just happy to be out driving again, at least through peak..Just wondering if any of you package car driving legends had to start using a U Haul (or Penske, Ryder, etc.) moving van during your first peak..It seems that most of the drivers at my center started their first few peaks using a moving van...Just is a pain, miss my package car :'( been using a U Haul the past week, had a Penske on Black Friday.

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[Indecisi0n]

Enjoy having a radio.

 

[ChrisTheBrown]

Enjoy having a radio.

That has been pretty cool..But I tend to keep it off most of the day, to avoid any distractions.

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[Cementups]

The only time I ever had to use one was when running bulk stops. I've been pretty fortunate I guess.

 

[SCV good to go sir.]

Not a veteran driver, but my center rented a bunch of budget trucks. Apparently those aren't enough because I'm seeing Uhauls now too.

 

[Wally]

Didn't enjoy wacking head on the 3 foot bulkhead door.

 

[PT Car Washer]

I love my Public radio station all day running misloads. Rentals are terrible to deliver out of which is why they give the package cars to the proven hot shots. Give the rentals to bulk stops and pick ups.

 

[ChrisTheBrown]

Route I've been running has 3 bulk stops & between 70-80 stops..Which is cake, obviously. Then they have me do one of our 25 year driver's pickups, which is usually between 15-21 pickup stops. So I'm still putting in a 8.5-9 hour day, based on the pickup times.

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[jumpman23]

Not complaining, really just happy to be out driving again, at least through peak..Just wondering if any of you package car driving legends had to start using a U Haul (or Penske, Ryder, etc.) moving van during your first peak..It seems that most of the drivers at my center started their first few peaks using a moving van...Just is a pain, miss my package car :'( been using a U Haul the past week, had a Penske on Black Friday.

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lol

 

[joeboodog]

Rentals are what nightmares are made of.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Route I've been running has 3 bulk stops & between 70-80 stops..Which is cake, obviously. Then they have me do one of our 25 year driver's pickups, which is usually between 15-21 pickup stops. So I'm still putting in a 8.5-9 hour day, based on the pickup times.

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What I did last year. Started at 9 and off around 5:30 most nights. Easy peak.

 

[jumpman23]

Rentals are what nightmares are made of.

And you better have a jumper if you got a rental. If you have a rental you better just be doing bulk or post offices and pickups. We have a couple senior guys that are running out of rentals but its like I said bulk, post offices and pickups. Now that's not a bad gig out of a rental.

 

[ChrisTheBrown]

Not for me, jumpman..No jumper for this 1st peak rookie driver. I prefer to do it myself anyways, it's easy. Just sucks that there aren't any shelves, packages are always all out of place.

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[PT Car Washer]

And you better have a jumper if you got a rental. If you have a rental you better just be doing bulk or post offices and pickups. We have a couple senior guys that are running out of rentals but its like I said bulk, post offices and pickups. Now that's not a bad gig out of a rental.

Hate the post office but yeah I can handle pick ups with a U Haul.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Not for me, jumpman..No jumper for this 1st peak rookie driver. I prefer to do it myself anyways, it's easy. Just sucks that there aren't any shelves, packages are always all out of place.

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So how is that any different from a package car?

 

[box_beeyotch]

I hope everyone realizes that rentals don't have telematics.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

And you better have a jumper if you got a rental. If you have a rental you better just be doing bulk or post offices and pickups. We have a couple senior guys that are running out of rentals but its like I said bulk, post offices and pickups. Now that's not a bad gig out of a rental.

Lol a couple? We've got 30 or 40 bid routes going out in rentals for peak.

 

[BrownArmy]

SUP: You've driven a rental, right?

ME: What's a rental?

SUP: You know, the 'Budget' trucks...

ME: Um, all these trucks are kind of budget trucks... I mean, right?

SUP: No, the 'BUDGET' trucks, the rentals...

ME: What's a rental?

SUP: ***

ME: ???

SUP: Can you drive a rental or not?

ME: You're going to need to be more specific.

SUP: About what?

ME: About, what is a 'rental'?

SUP: THE BUDGET TRUCKS!!#$?.........(sups' head explodes)






Long story short, I PRE-TRIP the hell out of those BUDGET trucks...

 

[Anonymous 11]

Not complaining, really just happy to be out driving again, at least through peak..Just wondering if any of you package car driving legends had to start using a U Haul (or Penske, Ryder, etc.) moving van during your first peak..It seems that most of the drivers at my center started their first few peaks using a moving van...Just is a pain, miss my package car :'( been using a U Haul the past week, had a Penske on Black Friday.

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The one and only time I ever got one I screwed it up so bad they didn't want none after that.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Lol a couple? We've got 30 or 40 bid routes going out in rentals for peak.

Yeah we have a bunch also. Just happy UPS gives them to all the new guys to figure out.

 

[jumpman23]

Lol a couple? We've got 30 or 40 bid routes going out in rentals for peak.

We have a lot of rentals just a couple of senior guys going out with easy loads in them.