My cousin retired from there. Has a pretty good pension, but he ran every step. UPS never sells their vehicles. They eventually end up in a graveyard, according to a local firefighter who teaches hazmat to local cops. His theory is, they transport illegal drugs for millions a year. They don’t sell off their old trucks, because cops could examine them to find the secret compartments. we had to endure that every year for mandatory training. I spent the time doodling a UPS truck running him over, and driverstelling him snitches get stitches
on average the gassers used about 20 gallons a day some a little more, the diesels would take about 12 -15 gallons a day some would get up closer to 20. I think the most I ever filled a truck was at 30 gallons, someone forgot to fill it the day before. They only get filled once a day. Obviously the trucks that went to the limits of the DC routes used more fuel. I can't recall how large the tanks in the ground was but we'd have a fuel truck delivery once a week at least. Mostly they run hard because when they are done with their deliveries, they are done for the day. Some guys play the system, some just want out of there. UPS knows how or thinks they know how long a route should take with X amount of stops, sometimes traffic says otherwise. They do get the riot act if they take longer than it's been predicted up to being removed from the route. sort of off topic about the operating costs. UPS trucks are required to run their flashers when they are on the property up until they are parked for the night. We had the head of maintenance yell at us because we would leave the flashers on and it was "destroying" batteries. Good ole corporate environment..
