Delivery Drivers

[Industrial Toys]

I responded to an alarm at a local residence last week. Their roundabout is so small, you can't turn a truck in there. Plus there are tree branches to contend with. It was all done, by the deceased Mother to be Oh so Quaint. I don't give a #$#t. I just drive on the lawn. I'm not doing a thousand point turn or drive back and forth through the branches!

 

[Kentuckyfarmer]

I know your drive is wide enough just joking people cant drive at all i see it all day long, She says to me I back up I say get the f*** out of the car no drivers license View attachment 535096

That's funny. Yup it's wider than the pictures let on. Wouldn't matter if I made it 40 feet wide they would still drive off the edge. Bought this place a few years ago and had a place that me and the X had that was 18 acres. I had thousands of tons of rock hauled there and here. Have lots of places to park and probably be in the neighbor hood of 25 vehicles and never block me from getting to any building or anyone getting out. But if empty there is always the idiot that would park in the yard or turn around in it no matter what the weather.

 

[Kentuckyfarmer]

I responded to an alarm at a local residence last week. Their roundabout is so small, you can't turn a truck in there. Plus there are tree branches to contend with. It was all done, by the deceased Mother to be Oh so Quaint. I don't give a #$#t. I just drive on the lawn. I'm not doing a thousand point turn or drive back and forth through the branches!

So you get mad when someone drives in your yard but don't care when you drive in theirs? Why didn't you back out if you couldn't make the turn.

 

[coobie]

About everyone now days orders parts and other things online and we rely on mainly the two big delivery services to bring our goodies. I just wish one time in my life the little I have left one would come and go and the only reason I knew they were there was my order would be by the back door. I have never had one come and go that there weren't signs they were there. This isn't the worst but it's aggravating.

More important things in life to worry about.Lawn roller in the spring should flatten that out.

 

[Ortimber]

More important things in life to worry about.Lawn roller in the spring should flatten that out.

Very wise statement.

 

[TnAndy]

Oh it's nice having delivered to the door but having to fix what is messed up after it gets dropped at the door I would rather pick it up at the end of the drive. I don't think they would drop it in a drop box at the end of the drive here. Never heard of it being done around here.

You can register online with both FedEx and UPS and specific where you want the packages delivered, and in the case of FedEx, you get an automated call or text or email (you choose) within a minute or two of when the driver sets the package off. UPS is text or email only. We have ours set behind the rock wall of the gate.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I never said I cared about people driving in my yard. If people's drive can't accomodate anything larger then a Toyota Prius, maybe a sign should indicate that.

I have a rather large professional reflective sign indicating possible winter conditions and possibly no turn-around. For Winter only. I think that shows some caring for others.

As far as backing up. The driveway was quite long, and equally quaint and stupidly narrow. I saw where someone else had driven off it into grief leaving a big mess.

 

[3Ts]

I know your drive is wide enough just joking people cant drive at all i see it all day long, She says to me I back up I say get the f*** out of the car no drivers license

I saw something similar. A local 2 lane highway was being changed and all the side roads had been blocked. The 2 lane road was getting an elevation change to improve drainage. One side of the road at a time, so there was an 18" drop at one point between the opposing lanes. Even thou it was marked as no turn, a driver decided to do it anyway and got hung up on the drop off. The road construction guys were just shaking their heads.

 

[Kentuckyfarmer]

I never said I cared about people driving in my yard. If people's drive can't accomodate anything larger then a Toyota Prius, maybe a sign should indicate that.

I have a rather large professional reflective sign indicating possible winter conditions and possibly no turn-around. For Winter only. I think that shows some caring for others.

As far as backing up. The driveway was quite long, and equally quaint and stupidly narrow. I saw where someone else had driven off it into grief leaving a big mess.

I guess I now have to put up signs for people that have large trucks and drivers of delivery services that can't drive or back up.

Last fall I hooked up to 16 ft gn livestock trailer and went about 80 miles to pick up a few bull calves. I had the address in the phone and it took me to a small road (no wider than my drive) that turned off the main road. I thought as soon as I turned on it I don't think this is the right road. No signs, a fence on the right side not a foot of the road. Left side was mostly mobile homes with drives just wide enough to pull a car in just to get off the road and the rest was banked at least 2 to 4 ft high. Road was about 1/4 mile and dead ended in a drive. No where along the road to turn around, was hilly, and curves. So I backed out to the main road. Not in anyone's yard or ditch(like if there was one) and never got off the road. Point is if you drive a truck for a employment meaning you should be a professional. Maybe I'm not like most but I would never think of driving in someone's yard. Respect for someone's property and being considerate.

 

[Industrial Toys]

It goes both ways. But it is a pet peeve of mine. Like people that make utility rooms and spaces as small as possible. It's all about their "GREAT" room! No thought or consideration for the tradesman.

Maybe a sign. No delivery vehicles. Just throw packages in the ditch. I actually saw some You tube video of pretty much that behavior.

Oh, And people that don't trim their driveway branches! Like driving through a not-so-soft touch carwash.