When You Get The Shipping/Receiving..

All of the above. If I am in any doubt. I park on the side of the road, turn on the 4 ways and take a little walk! I haven't had to back out of a bad situation........... yet. But I would have several times if I didn't take that walk. Google Satellite view is your friend.

I did that today!! Parked on the street and walked over to the consignee to ask them what to do. Glad I did, because they told me exactly what to do. I had to go down to a specific lot and turn around, then come back and back in off the street.

I'll use my gps to get me close, then ill use Google maps to see they layout of where I'm going, and if I have issues, then I can call the customer for more detailed directions.

Googe Satellite view can give you a good idea. But whaever GPS you use, like Sue says, look for signs, as soon as you arrive at the address. You should see things like

TRUCK ENTRANCE

DRIVERS CHECK IN AT SHIPPING/RECEIVING DOOR

SHIPPING CLOSED 15 MINUTES BEFORE YOU GOT HERE

And, of course, there's the guard shack, and you should be able to see this in Google Satellite.

If I pull into a particularly large shipper/receiver, I will pull to the side and get out my binoculars to read the signs to find the drivers door. Then I can read instructions ahead of time also. Saves me time running back and forth.

I always always look at Satellite view before heading to a shipper or reciever. Every since I upgraded to this Garmin (we don't use Qualcomms) I've had so much trouble with directions.

A lot of the time the directions are flat out wrong or send me to the front door or employee entrance. I always send dispatch a message with the correct directions so someone else doesn't get lost.

Just a few minutes ago I turned on the wrong street in a small town in MO. Pulled off to the side and hubby went over to ask someone how to get out of there or if we needed to get the police to block traffic so I could back out. Luckily the guy he asked has 53' trailers deliver to him so he knew exactly how to get out of the jam. It took going really slow around a couple of tight turns but I got to where I was supposed to be!