All Aux routes getting the new Mercedes vans

[Sandygirl]

How long is the wait for a f/t route ?

My Reg waited 15 years.....

 

[DB.Cooper]

my thoughts exactly when i heard our auxie AND the longest route in the office was getting the vans....... so i enquired and was told a possible scenerio......IF the Auxie has the van and completes their routes early the van AND the Auxie RCA can be used on any route with POV that breaks down...???? what yall think?

Yes, the Auxy is done early, and then will likely be used for parcel help and so forth....

 

[Wilco183]

This propaganda piece claims 186 cubic feet for Metris, versus LLV 121.... ? ?

https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/4-643x1024.jpg

Propaganda for sure. The bid specs for the NGDV was set at a minimum 155.

 

[Wilco183]

Here they are saying over about 110 and below 30 miles....

We maxed out here at 20+ vans. Criteria was all routes below 36 miles, all are K routes...District assigned them.

 

[DB.Cooper]

We maxed out here at 20+ vans. Criteria was all routes below 36 miles, all are K routes...District assigned them.

Is your brand damned new Mercedes-Benz growing on you yet???

 

[PostalServiceEmployeeNewman]

I still dont have a $&@^#*$ VAN yet!!!

 

[Wilco183]

Is your brand damned new Mercedes-Benz growing on you yet???

I'd give half my EMA back to stay POV, but I'm in the minority. The office peeps love 'em, especially the subs as you can imagine...will be good for retention.

 

[stillfirstclass]

We were told the metris was to go to aux routes and POV routes, somehow the pov route in my office gets skipped (still has to use his pov) and the metris van that my office got went to our union steward who has an llv route. ?

who you know..

 

[DB.Cooper]

my thoughts exactly when i heard our auxie AND the longest route in the office was getting the vans....... so i enquired and was told a possible scenerio......IF the Auxie has the van and completes their routes early the van AND the Auxie RCA can be used on any route with POV that breaks down...???? what yall think?

None of our Regs are being trained and/or certified to drive the new van, so it'd have to be one of the subs that would have to help after a POV breakdown....

 

[FrozenToes]

None of our Regs are being trained and/or certified to drive the new van, so it'd have to be one of the subs that would have to help after a POV breakdown....

Haha.
The training was in the parking lot. Explained operation, features etc..
No one drove.

 

[NicoleMail]

The vans have significantly larger cargo area than do LLVs....

I get that they are larger than the LLV's, but thats why we don't use LLV's because they can't accommodate our routes. My POV has 135 cubic ft and I can fill that 3 times a day on my k route. These vehicles are still not big enough to help regulars on k routes.

 

[csparks]

I still dont have a $&@^#*$ VAN yet!!!

Neither does our Aux route. I don't expect it will, either. We're out in Hicksville with horrible roads. It is a testament to the toughness of the LLV, though.
I've run that route a handful of times, and it feels like that LLV is going to bust into a jillion pieces. It keeps ticking, though. Would really like to see how the Mercedes handles it.

 

[DB.Cooper]

Haha.
The training was in the parking lot. Explained operation, features etc..
No one drove.

Lol... They sent our RCAs over 80 miles away and paid them mileage... js.... they shelled some cash here....

Far as I know, no Reg here can drive the vans without the training...

 

[DB.Cooper]

I get that they are larger than the LLV's, but thats why we don't use LLV's because they can't accommodate our routes. My POV has 135 cubic ft and I can fill that 3 times a day on my k route. These vehicles are still not big enough to help regulars on k routes.

3 x 135 = 405 cubic feet.... js.... what kinda vehicle is gonna handle that???

 

[DB.Cooper]

We maxed out here at 20+ vans. Criteria was all routes below 36 miles, all are K routes...District assigned them.

I heard the reason why only Aux routes are getting the new vans is because they were designed to small for regular routes. The PO invested all that money and it does not accommodate the size of a K route. This is why they are throwing them at aux routes. Once again RCR 's are not getting any breaks.

Seems some offices are assigning the vans to K Routes.....

 

[DB.Cooper]

my thoughts exactly when i heard our auxie AND the longest route in the office was getting the vans....... so i enquired and was told a possible scenerio......IF the Auxie has the van and completes their routes early the van AND the Auxie RCA can be used on any route with POV that breaks down...???? what yall think?

Another thought I've had..... by introducing a Gov't vehicle in to all offices, even all POV offices.... it allows them to train all the RCAs, thereby making it easier to farm them out to other offices and for AMAZON Sunday's and so forth....

 

[hockey94]

The "aux route" in the sh*(hole I work in was informed approx 3 months ago that the route was getting a van, no van yet. Someone finally input the new houses and it is now between 9-10 hrs instead of barely 5. We were both trained on it, and of course, I am not scheduled to get one. Typical PO BS !!

 

[DB.Cooper]

The "aux route" in the sh*(hole I work in was informed approx 3 months ago that the route was getting a van, no van yet. Someone finally input the new houses and it is now between 9-10 hrs instead of barely 5. We were both trained on it, and of course, I am not scheduled to get one. Typical PO BS !!

Are you a Reg???

Our Auxy got the van, but they trained all RCAs in the office on LLV & Metris.... other than the van, it's a all POV office....

 

[hockey94]

Yes, I am. My route is approx 75-85 miles. Well, I do not know if I am scheduled to get one. Its hard to get info due to incompetent mgt person.

 

[Twingrlie]

I figure they'll closely be watching for damage on these shiny new objects.... ?

The A/C knob came off mine after two days. It’s been at Mercedes for three weeks now. They couldn’t get it back in and had to replace the whole console and reprogram it.