The UPS delivery center in Peachtree City has adapted to its unique surroundings, using two golf carts for deliveries in nearby neighborhoods.

The carts make between 50 and 100 stops a day, helping relieve the regular “brown” UPS trucks, said Rodney Hill, business manager for the facility. The carts are located at the homes of UPS employees where regular UPS trucks unload packages for delivery, Hill said. That way, the packages are kept in a secure location, he added.

The carts, leased from a local golf cart establishment, have a flatbed area on the rear and both also tow trailers to carry more packages. The carts are generally driven by part-time or seasonal personnel such as college students looking for work over the holidays, Hill said.

The extra delivery help is especially needed during the holiday season when the facility will handle upwards of 20,000 packages per day delivered to all of Fayette County, part of Coweta and part of south Fulton, Hill said.

The holidays get so busy that the UPS facility expands its routes from 52 to 67 to accommodate the extra packages, Hill said.

The golf carts have been beneficial to the company, Hill said. And appropriate too, given the availability of golf cart paths nearby, he added.

“Peachtree City is ‘golfcartville,’” Hill added.

UPS also uses golf carts in the Summergrove subdivision in Coweta County which also features golf cart paths, Hill said.

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