Mailbox at T.A.

aquitted · Jul 19, 2012

Do not use the mailbox at the T.A. in laredo the mailman coes not pick it up I put mail in it monday and today (Thurs) it h as not been picked up. So I took my mail out walked to the pilot and put it in the regular U.S.P.S. big blue box for pick up.

Turtle · Jul 19, 2012

Good tip. Thanks.

cranis · Jul 20, 2012

I would like to see maybe mini postoffice in these ruck stops. Maybe like a mailbix express or the like. that way we could have regular service. You all know what I talking about because even a straight truck has trouble parking in some PO locations.
This would rsolve a lot of issues.

scottm4211 · Jul 20, 2012

How do you remove mail from a post office box? Is it just left in the open? That alone is reason to avoid it.

Tennesseahawk · Jul 20, 2012

What are you still doing in Laredo? Extended vacation?

OntarioVanMan · Jul 20, 2012

Tennesseahawk said:
What are you still doing in Laredo? Extended vacation?

a dispatcher friend of mine at another carrier says Laredo has cooled off again.....they are backed up to San Antonio down there...and the cheap freight is back!! Unless your carrier actually has some customers there.....

aquitted · Jul 20, 2012

scottm4211 said:
How do you remove mail from a post office box? Is it just left in the open? That alone is reason to avoid it.

Mailbox at the ta is like one you wuld have in front of your house. pilot mailbox is put there by usps

aquitted · Jul 20, 2012

Tennesseahawk said:
What are you still doing in Laredo? Extended vacation?

yeah john said if i dont get anything today he will deadhead me out.

scottm4211 · Jul 20, 2012

aquitted said:
Mailbox at the ta is like one you wuld have in front of your house. pilot mailbox is put there by usps

Ok gotcha. I'd never trust leaving anything in that.

jjoerger · Jul 20, 2012

We were told by the manager at a Flying J that the postal service was removing the blue mailboxes from the truck stops. The reason: Too much transient traffic. ?????

ATeam · Jul 20, 2012

The USPS has been removing mail boxes all over because of budget constraints. We discovered yesterday that the one that used to be at the Pilot in Memphis is no longer there.

Rocketman · Jul 20, 2012

jjoerger said:
We were told by the manager at a Flying J that the postal service was removing the blue mailboxes from the truck stops. The reason: Too much transient traffic. ?????

Im fairly convinced that asking any truckstop employee about stuff like this...even the manager...is a waist of time. You can probably get just as accurate info at the liars table in the restaraunt.

zorry · Jul 20, 2012

We generally look up Post Offices on our GPS. One driver may drive around the block.
If two laning overnight its still easy to find the PO in a small town.