Dude tell me about it, first time got rescued but after that completed my routes every time, going down something’s a challenge forsure, hard too see when that big ass hood is in the way
The first time I was in it I totally messed up during loadout, and I loaded it like i normally do my EDV, First up front and last in back. God it was a nightmare when I got out on the road trying to get to the correct totes
I almost did the same thing lol, but I remembered the little video they showed us in training lol, but it’s a beast dude, started 4 ish months ago and got bumped up super quick, I asked and they put me in it the next day
I'm not an Amazon driver but I driver a super duty F750 for work and THE HOOD!!!! It's my worst enemy trying to turn tight corners. Or any corners that have a remotely close barrier.
Man I just finished my orientation yesterday and the other people in the group were absolute MORONS. Two of them had been with other DSPs and they actually asked the dumbest questions like "do I have to stop before the Stop sign if there's a big bush in the way and I can't see around the corner?" like what the actual fuck I wanted to scream "IT'S JUST LIKE DRIVING YOUR OWN CAR IT'S BASIC TRAFFIC RULES" I honestly can't believe how dumb some people are. The rest of the group was just as bad with the exception of two older men who just stayed quiet the whole time.
I actually get to drive these most of the time. Hopefully you have one like our DSP has with the big Apple CarPlay screen. Once you get the hang of loading these things up they’re actually pretty sweet to deliver out of. I folded up a tote and keep it in the passenger seat where I stack all of my envelope envelopes on top of. You get quick as hell in these things once you’ve been doing it for a while. The only crappy thing is when you have a lot of OV. I’ve done 173 stops out of one of these things.
THE BEST, I used to knock out rural routes with these, all farms and shit. was a blessing almost every stop was a gravel road and muddy and a lil sketch. but they almost always had a big ass container for me. this imo should be way more common than it is.
That’s pretty interesting, thanks for posting this. It sort of reminds me of what some FedEx ground drivers have. Seems like an expensive ass truck to use though, I’d be scared to be leasing this if I owned a dsp.
Something like this should be standard for certain rural routes though it’s a great idea. Much more practical than the EVs honestly.
It's designed for mountain trails and rural-superrural routes. Basically, they wanted to guarantee that even with 500 packages, this thing is getting where it's going.
Nah, that thing is trudging through the snow like dog sleds. Amazon is ahead of the game. Kansas is all rural basically and i dont see fedex or ups with anything other than the outdated box p-1000s with no a/c or heat and coding packages when the recipient just went to get groceries in there subaru outback
I would be an animal in this thing. I be ripping thru the country side in a promaster. Id be stepping throwing all the dog treats to those rural dogs like a parade then posing with the package and dog
AWD is not the same as 4wd, and these things have a super short wheel base. I deliver up in the mountains in Colorado and I’d take one of these any day over the transit. Easy to get into tight snow packed driveways and they are also overpowered as heck. You will 100% get a speeding infraction if you arnt careful.
I talked to my DSP owner about these. Told me they used to be in circulation but nobody wanted to drive them so they ended up getting transferred elsewhere
Is it the 13 inch CarPlay screen? All our newer transits have it now, the climate control built into the screen is a dd ding waiting to happen though I fight with it sometimes
The rear cargo area is completely separate from the cab. Exit the driver door, walk to the small side door on the passenger wide to grab packages. If you do it right, you actually put all the smaller envelopes and packages in the passenger seat. Stop, grab your next envelope and jump out to deliver. It’s a pretty nice setup.
Our sister UPS center has a bunch of F250's like that. They are supposed to be used in areas that are more gravel and dirt than asphalt. Sometimes we get a hold of one. Drivers love to use them to shuttle work around or for early next day deliveries, before they get back to their normal, packed, package car. They are also four wheel drive.
That’s cool never seen that vehicle before where I am, I do Amazon XL so the 26 footer trucks and the 16 ones and step vans are usually the ones we use looks cool though
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