We didn’t have that capability where I worked as a carrier for my local post office. There are only three of us at the post office; the post master, assistant post master and the rural route carrier.
We don’t deliver in town, the boxes are free at the post office here because we do not deliver in town. We don’t even have an LLV.
The main truck comes from the hub and delivers to the smaller towns. In our case it arrived by 7:45 am, and we are the last stop on its route. The driver has a camper in our town that he stayed in until time to pick up the outgoing mail at 3pm and then made the circle back through all the smaller towns and then on to the hub.
Fed-ex showed up about 10am, after I’d already left on my route to deliver the mail and UPS showed up around noon. Those packages were delivered the next day.
So, in my case, if any pics were done, it was done at the hub. All we had were scanners for the bar codes on packages or registered letters.
Although, when I retired 5 years ago, the new scanners could do a lot more than just scan the packages. They could talk to you thru them, video you while you were doing your route (that’s why I kept it turned upside down, all they could see was the seat), track exactly where you were located, and more.
My last straw was when they decided to require that my personal vehicle that I used to deliver mail in could not be over 3 years old and had to have less than 80,000 miles on it; and it had to be a van with sliding doors.
My route was 118 miles a day. I drove that route for 18 years in my full size pickup. I still have that truck today and she’s got 338,000 miles on her now. Still runs like a champ. I still drive her everywhere I go.
My route was 118 miles a day. I drove that route for 18 years in my full size pickup. I still have that truck today and she’s got 338,000 miles on her now. Still runs like a champ. I still drive her everywhere I go.
I need to know the year and model of your truck! I've got almost 90k on my 2012 Silverado Hybrid.
I’m a stickler for maintenance schedules. She made all her appointments for oil, filters, transmission maintenance. My dad taught me to keep up the maintenance on my vehicles and they last forever.
I’ve had to have one tie rod replaced, and the brakes had to be done every six months while running the mail. I’ve had the rear end rebuilt twice. Engine and transmission are original and haven’t had any problems there so far.
We didn’t have that capability where I worked as a carrier for my local post office. There are only three of us at the post office; the post master, assistant post master and the rural route carrier.
We don’t deliver in town, the boxes are free at the post office here because we do not deliver in town. We don’t even have an LLV.
The main truck comes from the hub and delivers to the smaller towns. In our case it arrived by 7:45 am, and we are the last stop on its route. The driver has a camper in our town that he stayed in until time to pick up the outgoing mail at 3pm and then made the circle back through all the smaller towns and then on to the hub.
Fed-ex showed up about 10am, after I’d already left on my route to deliver the mail and UPS showed up around noon. Those packages were delivered the next day.
So, in my case, if any pics were done, it was done at the hub. All we had were scanners for the bar codes on packages or registered letters.
Although, when I retired 5 years ago, the new scanners could do a lot more than just scan the packages. They could talk to you thru them, video you while you were doing your route (that’s why I kept it turned upside down, all they could see was the seat), track exactly where you were located, and more.
My last straw was when they decided to require that my personal vehicle that I used to deliver mail in could not be over 3 years old and had to have less than 80,000 miles on it; and it had to be a van with sliding doors.
My route was 118 miles a day. I drove that route for 18 years in my full size pickup. I still have that truck today and she’s got 338,000 miles on her now. Still runs like a champ. I still drive her everywhere I go.
I need to know the year and model of your truck! I've got almost 90k on my 2012 Silverado Hybrid.
2002 Dodge Quad Cab Pickup.
I’m a stickler for maintenance schedules. She made all her appointments for oil, filters, transmission maintenance. My dad taught me to keep up the maintenance on my vehicles and they last forever.
Nice! I've already had to replace my front transfer case and had to have the front suspension rebuilt. Engine has been great so far, though.
I’ve had to have one tie rod replaced, and the brakes had to be done every six months while running the mail. I’ve had the rear end rebuilt twice. Engine and transmission are original and haven’t had any problems there so far.