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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 5331434" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Consider the time it takes to get those off and that most building have a dedicated Surepost/smalls setup. And it takes quite a while to process those at some of the bigger stations. Not to mention the fact that many routes have to break trace to get those off. Particularly the rule routes with stations with crazy hours. Not having to do all that would save a substantial amount of fuel costs plus time/labor in processing. That is what many of us have been trying to show them for years now. Management knows it but their hands are tied because of Atlanta. The cost for Surepost is nowmore than if we just kept the damn pieces on the trucks and delivered them as we are driving by. There is more than enough “close proximity“ pieces now that e-commerce has skyrocketed. Fiber Internet is spreading into the rural areas rapidly. Out of the way stops are rare now. The rates could stay the same under the condition that should a package be one of those rare “rural remote” types they would be held until delivering them would be more practical. The only potential problem I see with this is many shippers realizing they don’t need to pay normal rates if Surepoat packages are being delivered along with the others at essentially a discount. Losing the guaranteed time in transit guarantee might help alleviate that though.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 5331434, member: 198"] Consider the time it takes to get those off and that most building have a dedicated Surepost/smalls setup. And it takes quite a while to process those at some of the bigger stations. Not to mention the fact that many routes have to break trace to get those off. Particularly the rule routes with stations with crazy hours. Not having to do all that would save a substantial amount of fuel costs plus time/labor in processing. That is what many of us have been trying to show them for years now. Management knows it but their hands are tied because of Atlanta. The cost for Surepost is nowmore than if we just kept the damn pieces on the trucks and delivered them as we are driving by. There is more than enough “close proximity“ pieces now that e-commerce has skyrocketed. Fiber Internet is spreading into the rural areas rapidly. Out of the way stops are rare now. The rates could stay the same under the condition that should a package be one of those rare “rural remote” types they would be held until delivering them would be more practical. The only potential problem I see with this is many shippers realizing they don’t need to pay normal rates if Surepoat packages are being delivered along with the others at essentially a discount. Losing the guaranteed time in transit guarantee might help alleviate that though. [/QUOTE]

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