Moultonborough Post Office doesn't have enough people to deliver the mail

TiltonBB · 08-19-2023, 01:07 PM

You are correct on the $170,000 per year. I misremembered. My apology

Efficiency? I knew someone who drove a "Brownie" package delivery truck. He said that they had to keep the truck door key in their left pocket so when they unlocked the sliding door they could be sliding the door to the right with their right hand as they put the key back in their left pocket, saving time. I would have liked to see the math on that, saving say 1.5 seconds per stop times the number of stops made by all UPS trucks across the country.

UPS estimates they save 10 million gallons of fuel each year by avoiding left hand turns. “A left-hand turn is also less fuel efficient,” said Jack Levis, UPS Senior Director of Process Management, “because your car’s idling longer, which is also not good for your vehicle.”

A company with a decent size fleet would be wise to hire someone who has worked in management at UPS just to learn all the efficiency steps.

John Mercier · 08-19-2023, 01:43 PM

I think it cost us more to ship UPS/FedEx than USPS.
To hire more drivers, they will probably have to pay more... and move their rates up.

But Amazon is catching UPS. Amazon is at a 22% market share with UPS being at 24%... that also seems to be a function of pricing.

08-19-2023, 01:07 PM	#1
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 3,025 Thanks: 705 Thanked 2,208 Times in 940 Posts	You are correct on the $170,000 per year. I misremembered. My apology Efficiency? I knew someone who drove a "Brownie" package delivery truck. He said that they had to keep the truck door key in their left pocket so when they unlocked the sliding door they could be sliding the door to the right with their right hand as they put the key back in their left pocket, saving time. I would have liked to see the math on that, saving say 1.5 seconds per stop times the number of stops made by all UPS trucks across the country. UPS estimates they save 10 million gallons of fuel each year by avoiding left hand turns. “A left-hand turn is also less fuel efficient,” said Jack Levis, UPS Senior Director of Process Management, “because your car’s idling longer, which is also not good for your vehicle.” A company with a decent size fleet would be wise to hire someone who has worked in management at UPS just to learn all the efficiency steps.

08-19-2023, 01:43 PM	#2
John Mercier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 3,466 Thanks: 3 Thanked 609 Times in 503 Posts	I think it cost us more to ship UPS/FedEx than USPS. To hire more drivers, they will probably have to pay more... and move their rates up. But Amazon is catching UPS. Amazon is at a 22% market share with UPS being at 24%... that also seems to be a function of pricing.