Comments By Coby M.

A back in from the street. you gotta get over far left (oncoming traffic) and when it's clear angle out, and back in. It's not like doing a 45 set up to get between 2 trailers. You just want to get in there. Cars are gonna hate you, I've had them honk and flip me off. But yo gotta get the job done. Seems like there's hardly any cars around when you set up to back, but as soon as you start, cars come out of no where LOL.

This one was tough. Had to pull in wide (still bumped curb) turn left then right to side. Back straight up, turn sharp right, to drive out of pkng lot. Then back the truck around corner.

Don't let any of that scare ya. Most of the stores are fairly easy. I would say 80% are, pull up front and back up around side, or uturn on the side. At least once a month, you'll see something tough. This one is a pull through. Gotta love those.

One more tough one LOL. This one would have been easy, but it was busy with a pkng lot full of cars. So back in from a busy street. Once you do that a few times, it's just a routine.

To better answer your question, a trailer holds usually 2 to 4 stores. You will unload 2 to 5 trailers a week. I've only done 5 once. 3 or 4 trailers a week is the norm. On average, I spent about 6 hours unloading a trailer (all stops factored in).

Sometimes at front store deliveries (Made around 4 or 5 AM) you gotta remember how to parrallel park

Unloading of groceries and loading of empty rolltainers and rolltainers with cardboard or plastic.

Sometimes they fall over or fly off the liftgate.

Google maps will give you an idea on how to get into the parking lot. This is a DG store, but the strip malls are fairly easy, drive around back. Just walk around to make sure you don't get stuck. This store, you can pull a uturn (with no cars on the side) or pull up front, then back around side.

I drove for Werner. Usually 3 stores a day. Sometimes 2 or 4. Unload using a lift gate. You start your trip from the Distribution Center, then to the store. Depending on how many miles to your first stop, determins how long your gone. You could be back to the DC the same day, or up to 4 days later. With unloading, you get real close to your 70 hours.

I did that out of Ardmore, OK. Some of those stores were scary, like the one in Bonham, TX. True alley dock from the street, between 2 buildings. I never had an accident, but I got nervous. Especially every time I had to back in from the street. Google Earth and maps (satellite view) is your best friend. If there was no cars on the side, you could pull in and do a u turn. (As long as you turn towards the building, don't want to tail swing into the wall). Unloading wasn't that bad, except pushing water rolltainers uphill (sometimes you gotta take half off, so heavy). The stores NOT BEING READY, is the worst part.