How does ground transport for packages work?

[Deleted member 4644]

So I have a package coming 2000 miles to me. Is DHL going to use multiple drivers like the pony express, or do they put it on a truck and have one driver who takes it the entire route, while sleeping?

 

[SpunkyJones]

Throw package in semi, drive to local center, move package to delivery truck.

 

[KeithTalent]

Navitron Autodrive system.

KT

 

[imported_LoKe]

They'll make a few stops and switch drivers. If I order something from BC, it'll come down to the Toronto sorting center, then Mississauga, then over to the depot in my city.

 

[GMI]

say you're shipping something from LA to Seattle, depending on the priority of your package, they might put it on a direct truck to Seattle or the closest hub and have the delivery driver pick up from there. Or they might pack it with packages going to the bay area, and the hub in the bay area would either manage to fit a full truck to Seattle with your package, or they might send it further down the line to somewhere say Sacramento and hope they can fill up a truck up to Seattle.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Lot's of coffee and Depends.

 

[Pugnax]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Lot's of coffee and Depends.

Hahaha!

 

[intogamer]

Sounds like it is coming from the northeast?

It might stop at the OH hub. But being California is a pretty major, I've had a plenty of direct connections(semi) from more local points.

 

[warmodder]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
So I have a package coming 2000 miles to me. Is DHL going to use multiple drivers like the pony express, or do they put it on a truck and have one driver who takes it the entire route, while sleeping?

Yea, DHL is a little behind UPS and Fedex in transport technology--they still use horses.

 

[iamwiz82]

DHL doesn't use trucks. They use a system of catapults and trebuchets to get it reasonably* close to your doorstep. That is why every package you ever receive from them looks so beaten up.





*Reasonable as defined by DHL is same zip code.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
DHL doesn't use trucks. They use a system of catapults and trebuchets to get it reasonably* close to your doorstep. That is why every package you ever receive from them looks so beaten up.





*Reasonable as defined by DHL is same zip code.

Very true. I can tell UPS uses trucks by the tire tracks that were on the box of prints I had shipped that were marked "Fragile".

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: warmodder

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
So I have a package coming 2000 miles to me. Is DHL going to use multiple drivers like the pony express, or do they put it on a truck and have one driver who takes it the entire route, while sleeping?

Yea, DHL is a little behind UPS and Fedex in transport technology--they still use horses.

The pony express was claimed to be faster than UPS' inter-continental ground service...

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
DHL doesn't use trucks. They use a system of catapults and trebuchets to get it reasonably* close to your doorstep. That is why every package you ever receive from them looks so beaten up.





*Reasonable as defined by DHL is same zip code.

Very true. I can tell UPS uses trucks by the tire tracks that were on the box of prints I had shipped that were marked "Fragile".

And Fedex , with their massive network of airplanes, randomly drops them from 35,000 feet around the country. Eventually the right one will fall close enough.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
DHL doesn't use trucks. They use a system of catapults and trebuchets to get it reasonably* close to your doorstep. That is why every package you ever receive from them looks so beaten up.





*Reasonable as defined by DHL is same zip code.

Very true. I can tell UPS uses trucks by the tire tracks that were on the box of prints I had shipped that were marked "Fragile".

And Fedex , with their massive network of airplanes, randomly drops them from 35,000 feet around the country. Eventually the right one will fall close enough.

The USPS just ships packages by handing them to homeless people. If the bum ever gets near your house he just leaves it on the porch after peeing on it.

(btw, the part about me getting a box marked fragile with tire tracks is true)