Hi guys,
Today I had a pretty hard route for me in the city and I thought about it more and to all you guys in New York City and Boston, I don't know how you do it, I honestly don't know, but you get all the credit in the world from me that's for sure.
for a few weeks, leading up to my injury, i had to make a regular nightly delivery in the south end of Boston, known as "Southie".....(delivered to the same place each night)
narrow streets, and a 53 foot trailer. many one way streets, many "no trucks over 2 tons allowed" streets.
oh yeah, and when in Boston, and "they" decide to do road work or utility work of any kind..??
the detour signs are sometimes out, sometimes not.....and when they are out..??
let's just say that for a 53 foot trailer...and you drive up to the construction and have virtually no way out....
you wish at that point and time...
you were a bingo hall ball caller....
glad i'm out for a while.
I'd have a melt down, I don't know how you do it in Boston, I really don't know how you do it.
oh and by the way, i forgot to mention in my above posting...
in Boston, street parking IS allowed, on BOTH sides...
rememeber what i said about winter and the lousy plowing.>??
add into the fray parked cars...
i know i didn't, but can you imagine the side swiping that can happen on such a narrow street(s).....??
trust me, i was literally burried in my mirrors each and every night during the winter..
first of all, i have to ask...
why on God's good earth, did our customer move there..????
simple (perhaps), bigger building, but no one EVER thinks about the trucks.
oh sure the dumbass warehouse manager said, "we can get our trucks in and out of there....
yeah...ready for this one..??
all class B,, 6 or 8 wheelers......
Those old docks and cities are all built for Class B trucks. In fact where I live (Cleveland,Ohio) some of the companies have slightly started to give up I think. I see more and more 10 wheelers out on the road everyday. In fact the state liquor warehouse has a few 10 wheelers, because they have stores where it's easier to just take a 10 wheeler to it and unload then even attempt to take a tractor trailer to. Coca Cola here has quite a few side loader straight trucks. The route I had today I was in a 16 bay and it was okay, however Budweiser pulled up behind me in a 20 bay and I thought in my head "no thank you." Not for where we were and where we have to go.
Exactly a 20 bay is the only tandem axle side loader trailer there is. Trust me it's a tight squeeze in some of these gas stations and convenient stores. That Pepsi truck is pulling a 16 bay 8 bays on each side those are a tad easier to get around.
we have a huge pharmaceutical company here, CVS....they are always hiring...(what does that tell you)...anyway's.....yeah, driving into strip malls, downtown areas with again...53 footers.....no convenience stores, or gas stations, but strip malls are a nightmare as well.
store deliveries: you know there is trouble when the back door has no door bell and the door is full of black marks from drivers kicking it...
Pittsburgh, is no joke either, that's a hard place to drive in.
How DARE you include my favorite Yuengling in the A-B brand mix!!!!
Lagers are much better than that!!
I believe you work for a wholesale distributor that handles the Bud brand as well as others.
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