Will UPS ever do away with preloaders?

[illegalcourier]

Just a question I'm posing. Do you think robots, or some future organizing system would be put in place that loads the trucks for drivers every morning? Do you think you'd like it better that way without human input?

Or what about drivers being replaced with self-driving delivery vehicles?

 

[Brownslave688]

I see drivers being replaced before preloaders and That isn't happening anytime soon.

 

[BrownTexas]

I see drivers being replaced before preloaders and That isn't happening anytime soon.

I'll have a flying car before drivers are replaced.

 

[BrownTexas]

Their best plan would be to circle packages around allowing a loader to load only 1 car at a time, Minimizing misloads. Once car A is loaded, he moves to car B and starts the process all over again. Still doing 3-4 cars.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

Their best plan would be to circle packages around allowing a loader to load only 1 car at a time, Minimizing misloads. Once car A is loaded, he moves to car B and starts the process all over again. Still doing 3-4 cars.

Do you know how long that would take?

 

[Brownslave688]

I'll have a flying car before drivers are replaced.

No like someone delivering the package but they would just be jumpers.

Cars will pretty much be driving themselves by 2020.

 

[Brownslave688]

Their best plan would be to circle packages around allowing a loader to load only 1 car at a time, Minimizing misloads. Once car A is loaded, he moves to car B and starts the process all over again. Still doing 3-4 cars.

That would be a complete nightmare.

 

[mixyo]

Not if the system has as many errors as it does now.

 

[rod]

They got along without pre-loaders for years so someday some desk jockey will come up with the brilliant idea to go that route again----only because they have to come up with "brilliant ideas" to justify their existence.

 

[oldngray]

The whole idea of preloaders is to pay part timers less than it would cost to pay drivers to load. Preloaders aren't going anywhere.

 

[HardknocksUPSer]

If preloaders were done away with, there would be no way to gain seniority to drive, if no drivers, no packages are delivered, the union wouldn't let that fly, even if it were CLOSE to being possible, I can't imagine it being possible, so many things that only a human being can do that a robot or machine will never be able to do.

 

[clean hairy]

Just a question I'm posing. Do you think robots, or some future organizing system would be put in place that loads the trucks for drivers every morning? Do you think you'd like it better that way without human input?

Or what about drivers being replaced with self-driving delivery vehicles?

How would these self driving delivery vehicles get the boxes out of the truck and to the recipient??

 

[imwell]

Just a question I'm posing. Do you think robots, or some future organizing system would be put in place that loads the trucks for drivers every morning? Do you think you'd like it better that way without human input?
Or what about drivers being replaced with self-driving delivery vehicles?

Many processes at UPS have, can, and will be automated. However, packages can not load themselves, and packages can not deliver themselves. Preloaders and Drivers will still be around much longer than anyone old enough to read this post.

Just my firm belief.

 

[selfcancelsignal]

How would these self driving delivery vehicles get the boxes out of the truck and to the recipient??

The yardapult from an old SNL comes to mind.

 

[Brownslave688]

How would these self driving delivery vehicles get the boxes out of the truck and to the recipient??

A driver helper essentially. Someone that makes a whole lot less than us drivers currently make.

 

[ManInBrown]

At some point, yes. But we will all be long gone

 

[Brownslave688]

At some point, yes. But we will all be long gone

You all may really be underestimating how fast technology is moving.

If you're not already a driver I would say the chances of you making it 30+ years to retirement is pretty slim.

 

[theslinger]

Orion is really Skynet. Orion will build the terminators to kill the humans, er, I mean to load the trucks and deliver the packages.

 

[Mugarolla]

Just a question I'm posing. Do you think robots, or some future organizing system would be put in place that loads the trucks for drivers every morning? Do you think you'd like it better that way without human input?

Or what about drivers being replaced with self-driving delivery vehicles?

Maybe 100 years in the future.

But we would then have technology to 3D print anything we ever needed and the delivery companies would be out of business.

 

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I can see in a small center. (Like mine) . The drivers load and go. 8 hr dispatches. Just like a satellite area. Come back unload and fuel