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Parcel Post
612
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Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Update With Postal Bulletin Revisions
Through April 5, 2001
612
612.1
Recording Time for Each
Trip
612.2
Recording Type of Service
Enter the type of service performed,
such as C for collection, R for relays, RC
for relay and collection, and PP for
parcel post. (When more than one
collection run is made or the tour
consists of a series of collection runs and
there is little or no office time
before or after each run, only two recordings --
leaving and returning -- are necessary
for each run.)
613
(See part 833.)
621
621.1
The manager in charge or the dispatcher
will indicate the vehicle to be used
when he/she assigns the route to be
served (see part 831).
621.2
Check trucks for defects. See part 832
for inspection procedures and part
842 for reporting defects.
622
622.1
Hamper System
Parcels are distributed into hampers.
Each hamper covers a prescribed area.
The delivery employee sets up the
parcels in order of delivery as he/she
loads the truck.
622.2
Sack System
622.21
Sacks are numbered consecutively in
order of delivery, and each sack
contains all sackable parcels for a
prescribed area.