Survival Tips for Drivers? I am older & exhausted.

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It’s a long time, but it’s doable.

Really?

 

[Thebrownblob]

Really?

We’re gonna have to do you like Joe Biden, and force you out

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

We’re gonna have to do you like Joe Biden, and force you out

They're doing the best trying to....

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

30 years is a piece of cake (if you are a man)----no more though.

@scratch says anyone that stays less than 40 is a wimp

 

[oldngray]

@scratch says anyone that stays less than 40 is a wimp

OK Dave

 

[scratch]

@scratch says anyone that stays less than 40 is a wimp

I agree with this. I started with long pants year round, manual steering, manual brakes, and paper maps. Only sissies need A/C and map navigation.

 

[DOK]

Ask for air conditioning, that might help.

 

[scratch]

The OP started this thread and only lasted 2.1 hours, hasn't logged on since.

 

[Wally]

Who is working 55 hours a week?

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

Who is working 55 hours a week?

Feeders

 

[Thebrownblob]

Who is working 55 hours a week?

I did last week, probably will this week too

 

[Red Devil]

I did last week, probably will this week too

We’ve got drivers running out of hours

 

[Wally]

We’ve got drivers running out of hours

Nothing like that here. Hasn't been for a while. Maybe feeders on mileage runs?

 

[Thebrownblob]

Nothing like that here. Hasn't been for a while. Maybe feeders on mileage runs?

Injuries and vacations, along along with the company hiring no one this this year has been a disaster. Feeder drivers, love mileage runs. we have a couple that work barely 9 hours make $3000 a week

 

[Red Devil]

Nothing like that here. Hasn't been for a while. Maybe feeders on mileage runs?

I’m sure they are too but I’m talking about package. We were slow this spring but it’s full bore now. Asking for Monday and Saturday volunteers, etc.

 

[Brown Biscuit]

There are guys in my building who have permanent 8 hour days with a Dr. note and through FMLA. Look into it.

 

[34yearpackagehumper]

It is getting to the point now to where I am too exhausted to work the 55-60 hours/week driving job.

This issue did not arise until after 29 years with UPS (27+ years as a driver). I have never had a lost time injury.

It is not surprising that working so many hours for so many years would leave a person exhausted.

I need survival tips so that I can hang on another 5 years.

With 27 years in as a driver you should bid a better run. I stayed on a metro run (same one) for almost 27 years . Only reason I got off of it was because of a knee injury. I finally wised up and bid a country run, the difference is day and night .I still had to work but I did a lot more riding than working .

 

[burrheadd]

Who is working 55 hours a week?

Money grubbers and folks with a big alimony and child support payment

 

[Red Devil]

With 27 years in as a driver you should bid a better run. I stayed on a metro run (same one) for almost 27 years . Only reason I got off of it was because of a knee injury. I finally wised up and bid a country run, the difference is day and night .I still had to work but I did a lot more riding than working .

The guy has a country route but he does 11+ hour days every day and the dirt roads are killing his back.

 

[CHEMA-DELMA]

Injuries and vacations, along along with the company hiring no one this this year has been a disaster. Feeder drivers, love mileage runs. we have a couple that work barely 9 hours make $3000 a week

$600.00 per day seems a little far fetched??