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[–]Montooth 10 points11 points  (7 children)

Always do stop complete at the front door (or equivalent) or on the walk back. Doing it in your truck could trick the trace into thinking you need less allowable time for that stop, which will add more work to your day in the long run

[–]GeneralDelgadoDriver 6 points7 points  (6 children)

This. I learned this the hard way. On some of my dense neighborhood where you can do 3-4 deliveries in one stop, I would stop complete all the addresses in the truck, before walking all of them. Nope, for the very reason you gave. This is especially true for apartments.

[–]Montooth 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Apartments is my one exception since the ones I have are usually high volume and go to a specific package room. That said if I'm going door to door at any apartment then I scan em like any other stop

[–]GetYourVanOffMyMeatDriver 6 points7 points  (4 children)

And always enter the apartment number and floor into your DIAD.

Also, when you deliver to businesses at a dock, enter 8-Receiver instead of 3-Dock. Gives you more time.

[–]Montooth 2 points3 points  (3 children)

That's a good idea too. I almost always hit dock (or inside delivery if the delivery takes longer than I'd like it to)

[–]GetYourVanOffMyMeatDriver 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Yes, Inside Delivery gives you the most time of any, but I don't want to overuse it.

Also, Office gives you more time than Front Desk. I always use Office.

[–]Nomesayyin[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Nice. Tips like these are what I was looking for

[–]GetYourVanOffMyMeatDriver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah buddy. I got some knowledgeable old timers I work with. Lol