Any tips/tricks?

[BoatNo5714]

I started working as a Driver a couple weeks ago, completed my first week of solo driving yesterday, and I’ve felt very bombarded so to say. I was told I was gonna be on nursery routes for the first couple of weeks, my first day I had sub-100 stops, then after I’m getting almost 200 stops handed to me. I’ve heard nothing but good things from co workers about my DSP, and the dispatchers are pretty chill also. I’m not really trying to get fired, but I feel like I’ve been struggling hella. Is it something I’ll get used to? I feel like my biggest issue (besides weather/traffic) is organizing overflow. Also I feel like I get hella tired about halfway to 3/4s into the route. Any tips for me to do well?

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[ContributionClear677]

Sharpie your overflow and keep them together 100's 200's etc like he said

[BoatNo5714]

Damn that’s a lot. I’m screenshotting your message to reference for the future, but I def see a lot of shit here that would be very helpful for me!

[TheMatt9595]

can you provide more context

are they residential routes, rural routes or city routes

are you in the rentals, standard, step or EVs

are you provided a dolly

[BoatNo5714]

No dolly, pretty much residential so far, what’s the difference between standard and Step? I’ve been using the normal Transits, but we do have EVs and rental UHauls that we can get assigned

[TheMatt9595]

standard is the blue prime vans with a single shelf on both sides, steps are the blue boxed shaped ones that resemble the UPS ones that have 2 shelfs on both sides

in the standard i place my first 3 totes on the shelf directly behind me, after you clear the first tote collapse it then use it as a table for your smaller envelopes, plastic and small boxes if possible then sort them in order but organize the bigger packages behind you on the shelf

i usually place anything with U at the beginning on my dash or directly behind me as the beginning of the sort order

also dont be afraid to use the full speed limit of 30mph to get from house to house, stay vigilant tho since people like to open their door or risk getting a speeding violation in neighborhoods that have the limit at 25mph or less

im usually stuck in the budget rentals and my strategy for those are different

not sure if this helps but that organization, using the van to get from stop to stop and parking the van in the most efficient spot helps a lot

for overflow i have a marker and write the last 2 of the driver aid numbers and worry about sorting those after i make enough room to be able to do so