How To Deal With UPS?

blooba · #41 02/14/10, 11:44 AM

Not really pertaining to your problem Rockpile but my dad has a mile long drive at better that 30% grade, with a gate at the bottom. One day i was visiting and saw the UPS driver walking the package up to the house. Thats dedication, or just crazy.

**highlands** · #42 02/14/10, 12:45 PM

We tell the UPS and FedEx drivers to just leave packages down at the general store in the valley if the weather is bad or the roads are muddy. We emphasize we're never in a rush and don't want them getting hurt or stuck. They give us a call on the phone and leave a message or email us.

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big rockpile · #43 02/14/10, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rambler

'Here' UPS is A#1 terriffic, bend over backwards to work with you. FedEx is barely fair, and Speedee is terrible.

I've heard it different in other areas,s o I assume the local area group of workers & local management determines your service level.

Rock, your big problem is the shared private road with a group of neighbors that appear to all be terribly private hermits that don't get along at all.

Really, the drive is private & don't know who 'owns' it, but the delivery guys are 'tresspassing' on someone's property to get to you.... So leaving it at the end of the public road is probably as good as they legally can do if push comes to shove.

Seems odd the one neighbor can build a shelter on private land, must have an agreement with that landowner. If I were a delivery person & my GPS said the road ended, that shelter would look to be the actual delivery point for any of those addresses.... Understandable.

'Here' they would be very easy to work with, you could get someplace assigned for simple drop offs, or set up a bin for your drop offs. Some of the things that need signing they can't do that, has to be delivered to the person more or less with good signature. 'Here' have had the same driver for 10 years or so, he'd let things work out here on signatures because he knows people & the situation.

Poster situation for _Not_ getting onto one of these private road situations, a little extra taxes for public road access direct to the driveway seems a wonderful thing.

--->Paul

Thing with this road the Guy we bought the property from has it wrote up in the Contract the road is open to the Public,plus it is passable by Passenger Car.

But the guy we bought off of has been on this Forum and has sold Property to people on this Forum.I will not lie the property is there.Thing is this road was never really taken care of all he would do was run Grader over it every few years when people would complain,after awhile if it rains it has water running on it like a river.Bad thing is on his Web Site he tells how to build a Proper Road.Now that nobody owes on their property he is no longer respondsible.There was nothing ever set up in the Contracts as far as taking care of the road now.

Now you have problem with nobody wanting to do anything,plus have people putting up Gates across the road.I was driving on the Best Part yesterday and got completly sideways,plus in my Full Size Pickup I drag.

big rockpile

Mel- · #44 03/03/10, 04:32 PM

that truck box attached to a big landscape timber or something heavy sounds like the ticket. talk to that neighbor who let the other guy build a shed and see if you can work something out (hope you get along with him or else you're screwed!).

definitely going to cross off property on private roads from my list, seems like a real headache!

HermitJohn · #45 03/04/10, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mel-

that truck box attached to a big landscape timber or something heavy sounds like the ticket. talk to that neighbor who let the other guy build a shed and see if you can work something out (hope you get along with him or else you're screwed!).

definitely going to cross off property on private roads from my list, seems like a real headache!

"Sharing" a private road sucks. Having a private "PRIVATE" road with you the only user only sucks if you have to use it everyday and dont have enough money to maintain it or to have enough money to own a vehicle that can navigate it without digging ruts. My road stays pretty good long term when I am only one using it. Its been when I had neighbors with 2wd and marginal tires that just take a running start and go as far as they can (too lazy to use chains). My road requires either 4wd with good tires or 2wd with chains when wet. Otherwise you just dig it up and rain washes big ruts in it. Luckily havent had anybody living at properties sharing it for few years, though I get idiot sightseers wondering whats up that road and they seem to have the most time to do this when the road is wet and can easily be damaged. I could gate the entire road, but then have to track all the owners down and provide a key plus the electric company. They of course wont bother to close and lock the gate. And when metal was at its highest, there were people stealing gates....

Ken Scharabok · #46 03/04/10, 03:23 AM

Locally if three or more residences are on a road it can be taken into the county road system for maintenance.

greenacresusa · #47 03/04/10, 06:34 AM

We've thought about this same thing. We have land that when we move out there our mailbox will be between a 1/2 - 3/4 mile from our house (down a longgg private lane). We will be doing even more internet/mail order ordering once we get there. We do a lot now but we'll be in a more rural area then. Sooo we'll have packages coming to us from USPS, UPS, FexEx, etc. We've thought about buying/building a large drop off box that has a lock on it to open it to get stuff out but a swinging door/opening to drop the stuff in. There is very little theft down that way but if someone wants to steal stuff they will steal it but we aren't too worried about that. It's more for dropping stuff off so it doesn't get wet.

Teri · #48 03/04/10, 06:47 AM

We have a long, hilly driveway that is hard to negotiate in the winter. We have an old outbuilding (unused chicken coop) down by the road that the UPS man puts the packages in in the winter.
We have a good relationship with our delivery people. My husband is a writer and orders a lot of books online as part of his business. Whenever the UPS man delivers to our door (in good weather) or we see him in town, Ben will make a point to talk to him and be friendly. You can tell he really appreciates it. It pays to be nice to people.

Bandit · #49 03/04/10, 06:48 AM

At home here in Mass. We have an Awesome UPS Driver . But what really blows My mind is that in Az. , at the campground of the gold mining club We belong too , that is 9 1/2 mi. from the pavement.
You have to have a P.O Box in town , but UPS Delivers ,one land scraped road , down a Dry Wash across the Desert . ( You see a BIG Cloud of Dust coming , when You meet , You sort of decide who can pull off where , He started too , but We backed up the last time )
Bob

johng · #50 03/04/10, 11:20 AM

put you a small shed beside the neibors. Or somekind of big container for them to put your package in.