What light do you use?

[JL 0513]

The flashlight built into the diad. Lol.

If UPS wanted me to have a flashlight, they'd give me one.

These arguments are silly. Do you work barefoot too? I provide myself anything that makes my job better for me.

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

These arguments are silly. Do you work barefoot too? I provide myself anything that makes my job better for me.

So if UPS did not provide handcarts, are you saying you would bring your own?
Tape guns?

 

[Est.1998]

Never used a light before.

 

[Est.1998]

So if UPS did not provide handcarts, are you saying you would bring your own?
Tape guns?

@quad decade guy purchased his own handtruck.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Fenix UC35 2.0.

inb4 everyone comes in to beat their chest over stumbling through the dark and tripping over tomato wire and busting their legs on tow motor forks like a tough guy.

I don’t believe we have tomato wire or tow motor forks in NJ. What are these contraptions?

 

[Wally]

Delivering in the pitch black, in my very limited experience, is something that one has to address before one has to deliver after 5 or so. The neighborhoods I deliver to have zero street lighting.
I've used head mounted type lights for other jobs in the past and was never happy with them.
I recently purchased a "chest" light and it doesn't impress me. It has the batteries and a flashing red light in the back. This doesn't work well in a passenger vehicle. I ordered a cap light that looks really promising. It's rechargeable and only weighs a few ounces PLUS it pivots so I can clip it to my UPS vest.
I also made my own chest light but I haven't tested it yet.
What do ya'll use?

Diad light and truck headlights. That's it.

 

[BlackFriday]

We get better time allowances after dark.

Seriously?

To the poster who mentioned purchasing their own tape gun and hand truck. Yes. I have my own tape gun. I feel, if I tape up an open, or busted up package, the chance it will be returned/refused is much less than if I didn't tape it up. My feeling is that it would result in fewer complaints and a faster delivery service without having to deal with a customer complaint. I have a an old used UPS hand cart I could use but have yet to do so.
I'm not too proud to use methods that make my life easier.

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

Seriously?

To the poster who mentioned purchasing their own tape gun and hand truck. Yes. I have my own tape gun. I feel, if I tape up an open, or busted up package, the chance it will be returned/refused is much less than if I didn't tape it up. My feeling is that it would result in fewer complaints and a faster delivery service without having to deal with a customer complaint. I have a an old used UPS hand cart I could use but have yet to do so.
I'm not too proud to use methods that make my life easier.

That was me.

You're free to do what you want with your money.
UPS will pay for any tools they tell me to use.

 

[Brownslave688]

These arguments are silly. Do you work barefoot too? I provide myself anything that makes my job better for me.

I simply figure if someone wants their stuff they’ll make their address easily visible.

 

[Brownslave688]

Seriously?

To the poster who mentioned purchasing their own tape gun and hand truck. Yes. I have my own tape gun. I feel, if I tape up an open, or busted up package, the chance it will be returned/refused is much less than if I didn't tape it up. My feeling is that it would result in fewer complaints and a faster delivery service without having to deal with a customer complaint. I have a an old used UPS hand cart I could use but have yet to do so.
I'm not too proud to use methods that make my life easier.

You strap the hand cart to the top of your Subaru?

 

[Red Devil]

NO SUCH NUMBER

 

[Iamsomebody]

Seriously?

To the poster who mentioned purchasing their own tape gun and hand truck. Yes. I have my own tape gun. I feel, if I tape up an open, or busted up package, the chance it will be returned/refused is much less than if I didn't tape it up. My feeling is that it would result in fewer complaints and a faster delivery service without having to deal with a customer complaint. I have a an old used UPS hand cart I could use but have yet to do so.
I'm not too proud to use methods that make my life easier.

Ups policy according to the diad training is to not deliver open and busted up packages. That's a lot easier than taping them

 

[burrheadd]

So if UPS did not provide handcarts, are you saying you would bring your own?
Tape guns?

Quad girl does

 

[burrheadd]

I don’t believe we have tomato wire or tow motor forks in NJ. What are these contraptions?

Thinking about ordering some new tow motor forks

 

[MyTripisCut]

Thinking about ordering some new tow motor forks

Good luck pal. I’m thinking about motor boating the new Helper Coordinator.

 

[sailfish]

I don’t believe we have tomato wire or tow motor forks in NJ. What are these contraptions?

Those forks can be wicked.

 

[Brownslave688]

Those forks can be wicked.

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Ummmm


That’s chicken wire and a forklift

 

[sailfish]

How many guys who scoff at buying a light so they can see bought UPS socks?

 

[sailfish]

Ummmm


That’s chicken wire and a forklift

Don't you have some Shiba Inu to farm?

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

Ummmm


That’s chicken wire and a forklift

I was just marveling at someone putting up chicken wire without any stakes.

I guess the moral of the story is don’t hire a plumber to build a garden.