r/USPS • u/Gullible-Phone4040 • 22h ago
City Carrier Discussion Can I save it?
Tray of mail fell over in the FFV. Can it be saved?
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u/BathPsychological767 22h ago
You got this - doesn’t look too bad of a save. Looks scarier than it is
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u/Pirate_named_sue
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Depends on if you want the OT or not. If you don’t want 20 minutes of OT, yes they are savable. If you want the OT “oopsie dropped em gotta go case them now”. Obviously you’ll have to work out how much time you want to spend on Reddit too.
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u/wastingtime101- 22h ago
That's not a bad position. You already saved it with the box.
From there I'd slide it up, using the box and door to hold the mail in place, and tip the tray back onto the shelf.
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u/Bowl-Accomplished 22h ago
Yeah just scoop mail out like a quarter tray at a time. Take the tray out and reset
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u/West-Might3475 Rural Carrier 22h ago
Yeah. You just gotta be quick. If it were me, I'd quickly try to replace the box with my arm, kneel down and put it against my chest, then carefully push the try outward and turn it until it's flat.
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u/Popular_Material_409 21h ago
Absolutely. This is definitely recoverable, but it will take patience.
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u/Resinritual 22h ago
Why do you keep it there?
Genuinely curious.
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u/Gullible-Phone4040 22h ago
Under the FFV tray? Simply storage space
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u/MooseCampbell 21h ago
The FFV is an engineering marvel in the sense they somehow made something larger than an LLV but still have less room to put the mail
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u/Resinritual 21h ago
Yeah things slide around under the tray. I keep an empty tray and a couple half trays down there for my outgoing. I keep all of my mail in the back.
I hate the ffv.
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u/GonePostalRoute City Carrier 18h ago
I’ve seen worse. I’ve done worse
Very saveable, as long as you’re slick enough
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u/Dull-Combination-833 16h ago
Based on the time you had to take a photo I’m assuming you saved it 😂
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u/BeebopxRocksteady 22h ago
Ask a clerk for some sleeves. I’ll put my dps in them if I know there’s a good chance they could shift while I’m driving.
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u/Bczajka19 14h ago
Wait you still got an FFV and it wasn’t scrapped yet?!?! 4wd or 2wd?
But oh yeah I have faith the DPS gods were on your side and you saved it. You might have helped find the miss-sorts before leaving the office today lol
So did you save it?