Very few vending companies know how to plan and then design their vending machine route trucks, it is a monkey look, monkeys are indeed world sellers when it comes to this subject. If you are in the sales route business and you understand how to design the right route truck, let me congratulate you now.
Some Questions To Ask Yourself About This
Are your truck suspensions designed for the seller?
What is your daily expenditure each year for the maintenance of your route trucks?
Have you noticed those improvements?
Is your route driver hoping to drive the route truck?
How much additional time does it take for the vending route driver to pull out each location inventory?
Has your driver sustained injuries related to their vending route trucks?
Do any of your drivers apply for workers compensation?
One of the most common problems faced by vending machine companies with their vending route trucks is the problem of vehicle suspension; off-showroom-floor-truck is not designed to take on everyday types of abuse.
The vending machine providers always stack cold drinks on one side or the other and then their snacks on the opposite side of the truck-route. The truck's side of the route with cold drinks slowly starts to decline and all products will shift when the vehicle stops or turns a corner.
I am sure all of you have seen smaller vending machine vehicles with rollable side doors and separate cabin areas; This seller vehicle was built with the seller's vehicle suspension and driver comfort, that is the reason why there are so many seller trucks on the road today.
Our favorite silly seller vehicles are 6-box wheels with separate cabin areas, large box storage areas, step-up bumpers in the back, with roll-up doors and heavy metal slides that must be constantly pulled out by the driver on a bad route the very time they make service call. This truck looks very similar to a vehicle that is rented to the public to move their furniture. There is no truck that is designed worse to do route work on the planet.
If you see that the driver of the poor seller's route is less fortunate to work for the company that rents the seller's vehicle, you will see that they are working on the tired butts simply by trying to roll the heavy door and then pull the heavy one. steel climbs out so they can drag themselves up the incline to the seller's truck product storage area. At the end of their workday; route drivers really hate their jobs.
When it came time to rent our first vending vehicle, we took a lot of time to overcome clear and not-so-obvious obstacles. We don't want our route drivers to hate their work with our company and we don't want them to call in sick at 5 a.m. Oh, and by the way, do you want to guess who should drive their route that day at their place if one of them calls in sick?
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