igor wrote:

Since you are a truck driver, could you tell me if the truck typically
used for this would have a slot at the back edge into which I might hook a
ramp
-- like U-haul trucks have? Maybe not for this delivery, but if I get
any heavier stuff coming and I do rig up a ramp.

No. The only trucks that typically have something like that are household
goods trailers and some reefers. Some trucks used for local P&D stuff
(pickup and delivery) have lift gates. Some do not. YMMV.

Also, I noticed that no one in this thread suggested a tip -- dollars,
that
is. Coffee, cookies, but no cash. Maybe it's because I live in a large
metro area.

Cash is cool. I used to have a regular stop where the guy would do seven
kinds of dicking me around before finally getting the truck unloaded. He
would slip me $25, and I would smile and go on my merry way behind schedule
but somehow in a good mood anyway.

Having shapely women loitering around is a bonus too.

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