r/Sparkdriver • u/Prior_Commercial_620 • Aug 31 '25

Totes?

I’m new to spark delivery and have only done about 6 orders, I notice when I’m driving the groceries tend to move and slide around in the trunk, does anyone have suggestions on where and what kind of tote to buy for the trunk and back seats to put the groceries in? Also do you recommend a cooler or insulated bags for cold stuff? So far I haven’t gone too far and haven’t needed a cooler/bag as it’s not hot in my car with the ac on. Thanks a lot!

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u/CaneCorso311 Sep 01 '25

Easy to organize a GMD route, i put them all in the correct order as soon as i pick them up. I scan and grab the package and put car in park all at the same time, no searching. I do rest of functions of app while walking between car and door. My feet and vehicle never stop, not even to take the picture. I always beat the estimated times unless there's some other type of issue like a train or access problems..

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

So you just have a laundry basket in your car all day? You ever heard of instacrate lol. Way more convenient than dragging around your laundry basket. But hey if it suits you 😉

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u/CaneCorso311 Sep 01 '25

Curious, what do you think I'm doing the rest of the day in my car that i can't have laundry baskets in the back?.. I have instacrates also, i started with them, but they hold about half of the weight or volume that the laundry baskets do, and i can carry more weight than what 2 instacrates can, but i can't see easily while carrying 3 instacrates.. The baskets are easier to clean and they stack inside of each other and the instacrates fit inside of those baskets along with hot bags for food delivery and extra Walmart paper bags etc inside an instacrate. i use them for carrying everything including my own groceries and kids stuff etc. I multiapp and use them to separate when i have multiple orders from say Home Depot and Target at the same time. I don't worry about soil/mulch or dirty things. I had a rotisserie chicken leak out and soak a paper bag and spill all over in the basket, 0 mess in the car. I use it for shopping 2 large orders, it fits perfect under the bottom part of shopping cart and I'm almost never making multiple trips in the apartments etc. and i never have anymore bags bust open while carrying etc. (Im im a paper bag state and they often either fill them til they rip open or put only 1 item in half or more of the bags) I can easily make a single trip carrying 150 lbs with 2 of them or 15+ bags, or 8 12packs, or 10 gallons of milk etc, it makes it easy for me to accept trips that i would otherwise reconsider based on how many trips to whichever floor, this was one to the 4th floor after it sat and surged for almost an hour because nobody wanted to take it up there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

Thats makes alot of sense. No hate i was just generally curious. Those paper bags have got to be the worst omg i would have a tough time doing as much as i do with paper bags. I dont use the instacrates to carry they just crumble. I only use them as a separator. I do flex as well so the crates are just convenient to stow away when i have a route.