GeoffDiamond
LawnSite Bronze Member
- Location
- Maine
Just have a few quesions to ask everyone.
1. When you rout trucks with jobs, do you have one truck do all the jobs in one area? Or do you send a bigger or smaller truck over to the location, if the bigger or smaller truck is better for the job?
Me: I will send a truck out of it's way. Like if i have a good sized lot, and a pick up is the only thing in the area, then i will send a F 350 or bigger over to the lot. However is there is a drive near by a bunch of lots, i don't have a problem sending a dump body to most drives.
2. As we all know some drives get done quicker than others. So do you provide your drivers with a Master list, that gives the location of where every truck has to be. And do you allow your drivers to change the order of their route for reasons, like more cars in one lot than others.
Me: Every driver has a list of his locations and directions to get there, on a plastic coated sheet. This way they can check them off as their done, so that not one account is forgotten.
I have also found that generally this is the order of who gets done first.
Loader and Equipment operators ( to you have to start haulling snow or pushing it back.
Residential trucks
Lot Trucks F 350-F550
Road Trucks also doing lots
shovelers.
The equipment operators are the first to go back to the shop. The other trucks jump around to help the others finish up. Some drivers even help the shovel crew.
Geoff
[Edited by GeoffDiamond on 09-11-2000 at 12:55 AM]
1. When you rout trucks with jobs, do you have one truck do all the jobs in one area? Or do you send a bigger or smaller truck over to the location, if the bigger or smaller truck is better for the job?
Me: I will send a truck out of it's way. Like if i have a good sized lot, and a pick up is the only thing in the area, then i will send a F 350 or bigger over to the lot. However is there is a drive near by a bunch of lots, i don't have a problem sending a dump body to most drives.
2. As we all know some drives get done quicker than others. So do you provide your drivers with a Master list, that gives the location of where every truck has to be. And do you allow your drivers to change the order of their route for reasons, like more cars in one lot than others.
Me: Every driver has a list of his locations and directions to get there, on a plastic coated sheet. This way they can check them off as their done, so that not one account is forgotten.
I have also found that generally this is the order of who gets done first.
Loader and Equipment operators ( to you have to start haulling snow or pushing it back.
Residential trucks
Lot Trucks F 350-F550
Road Trucks also doing lots
shovelers.
The equipment operators are the first to go back to the shop. The other trucks jump around to help the others finish up. Some drivers even help the shovel crew.
Geoff
[Edited by GeoffDiamond on 09-11-2000 at 12:55 AM]