brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
Back to normal today. 76 stops 200 miles. On a barstool by 6.
Whats the "lightest" route in your center?
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Back to normal today. 76 stops 200 miles. On a barstool by 6.
rod
Retired 23 years
Johney
Pineapple King
I'm shocked!
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
I should be sleeping right now...
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
People shouldn't have to take allergy medicine every night just to be able to fall asleep. Definitely a sign of chemical dependence.
scooby0048
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Been running an extended that should have its own satellite...25-40 stops, 325-405 miles a day and was lucky enough to run out of gas only 36 miles from home! Good times!
brownstreak86
Active Member
I've been running my first extended route all week. 286 miles on Monday, 72 stops, 1 pickup. Tuesday 274 miles, 67 stops, 1 pickup. Today I ran 284 miles, 62 stops, 1 pickup. UPS has to lose money on these routes right? All I can think is that the price is absorbed by other routes in the larger towns.
Its nice delivering to the middle of nowhere, people don't care when you show up, they are just happy that you show up. Saw more elk and antelope than people.
Its nice delivering to the middle of nowhere, people don't care when you show up, they are just happy that you show up. Saw more elk and antelope than people.
someone pays.....
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
What do you do about fuel? No package car that I am aware of can go 280 miles on a tank...the one I am in right now is sucking fumes at 150...
dookie stain
Cornfed whiteboy
God that sounds amazing...ill do 260 stops but only drive about 45-50 miles
bottomups
Bad Moon Risen'
We are issued fuel cards. Lots of perks that come with filling up on area. Free gas, carwashes, coffee & donuts, etc.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I have a Plenti card and would use that whenever filling up. I made sure to ask my center manager first to make sure that it was OK.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
Fast forward to post Orion. Had over 130 stops and 210+ miles 4 times last week with a high of 140/228.
barnyard
KTM rider
We have several cars in my center that will do at least 280 miles to the tank. We have fuel cards for all the diesels and fill on route. I prefer to fill every other day, so I reset the odo and watch the miles and the fuel, so I have an idea at the end of the day if I have to fuel then or it can wait till sometime the next.
DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
Ran 250 miles yesterday in my gas 57, and still had a quarter tank when I filled up (using Plenti card).
brownstreak86
Active Member
I wish this was my route. I am not physically exhausted at the end of the day after running it... Yeah we use a fuel card. The first day on this route I filled up twice on route as I wasn't sure how far it was to the next station. And 286 miles and only 70 stops sounds good, but in the dark in the winter this route in Montana could be a real bear. This route belongs to someone who has had it for 20+ years though and knows his customers well. He has pretty good arrangements with places to leave packages and knows what cars his customers drive. I saved myself about 30 minutes of dirt road driving yesterday because someone told me to look for a red pickup truck with some three large German shepherds in the back. Sure enough I found this person in town.
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