burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
COD tag wedged in the bulkhead door would keep it open all day
What was driving like back when...
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oldngray
nowhere special
A rubber band over the latch so it would close but not lock.
Packmule
Well-Known Member
Agreed. My son blacked out once and by the time the manager found me I had only one stop left. TGFCP! That's cell phones. Don't need any of their other stuff.
728ups
All Trash No Trailer
Everything was loaded in the same place every day,and customers could set their watches as to when we'd deliver. When i was on preload we used charts to load the trucks,and had to know street names,as well as the streets that ran off the main streets. We had to hit a stop counter and woe be the loader who couldnt get the stop count right: he'd be put back to unloading the trailers until he quit.
Unless it was peak season it was VERY uncommon to work past 6-630,and Driver Supes werent allowed to leave until all of the drivers were in.
Unless it was peak season it was VERY uncommon to work past 6-630,and Driver Supes werent allowed to leave until all of the drivers were in.
OVERBOARD
Don't believe everything you think
Where I first started there was no preload, had to load your own pkg car then go out and del for 6 hrs and you didn't have to clean, there was no customer sitting on his laptop tracking their deliveries.
Start my day at 7 and be done by 1600. Info notice had the center number on them. The first two years it was a great job.
Start my day at 7 and be done by 1600. Info notice had the center number on them. The first two years it was a great job.
OVERBOARD
Don't believe everything you think
In the morning I would put my things in my pkg car and on my way out I would hit the stop counter a couple of times.
A delivery notice folded and crammed into the bulkhead door lock did the same thing, most of us just used rewrap tape and taped the door open on area. If the car was 100% blown out, sometimes we left the building with the cab crammed full. Those P-600s were a trip to drive, I was thrilled when I got a P-500. Power Steering and Brakes??? lol
The Milkman
Well-Known Member
Gee you must be a real old timer............
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
2 wheeler sittin on the step slam on brakes 2wheeler cracks window tell mechanic nobody says a word
Ahh the good old days
The Milkman
Well-Known Member
Just make sure you play the game wisely. CYA at all times..otherwise things could backfire on you somewhere down the road..I saw a lot of losers of "BROWNOPOLY"
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OLDMAN3
Guest
Wow you must be one of those new drivers who started after they started installing core locks in the bulkhead.
clarnzz
Well-Known Member
Not new.. We can do it "my way", reasonable amount of work, work safe, take care of customers, do the things they really want me to do, get off in time a few days a week to make it to my kids activities, or we can do it "their way", so much work I can't make it to my kids activities, work super safe, do everything they tell me to do and attempt to bankrupt the company. We both seem much happier with "my way", but they do still insist on having it "their way" at times.
OVERBOARD
Don't believe everything you think
No, I just started at a small satellite center with 7 drivers
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OLDMAN3
Guest
If you try that you will soon learn that the air streaming by the side doors sucks the air in from the back and fills the cab with dirt/dust and anything else in back... Not that I have ever tried it.
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
9.5 was strictly adhered to. Drivers seldom missed cut-off. It was rare to ever work past 8pm except during peak. On-car sups had to stay until all their drivers were back in the center. You could "teach your sup a lesson" by staying out late when dispatched heavy and you were almost always guaranteed an easy day the day after.
If you were light, sups would tell you to "make sure you have enough work", which translated to "run your miles up".
If you were light, sups would tell you to "make sure you have enough work", which translated to "run your miles up".
I called it "Taking the scenic route back in". Running up miles was a good way to makeup the magical "Planned Day" numbers. Opposite of the present day.
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
Yep, I had a route back then that took 115 residential stops and 85 miles to make 8 hours. The same route now goes out with 180+ stops daily and only 60 miles!
rod
Retired 23 years
we had a couple of high mileage routes (300+) that were dispatched at no more than 25 stops per day.
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
Those days are definitely gone!
