Waiting On Load
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I was suppose to pick up a pre-load at 1300 today. It has now turned into a 7 hour live load. This is crazy. Lol.
First time I've had to wait more than 2 hours to get loaded in the short time I've been solo. How often has this happened to you?
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Now that there is just plain FUNNY!!
I was suppose to pick up a pre-load at 1300 today. It has now turned into a 7 hour live load. This is crazy. Lol.
First time I've had to wait more than 2 hours to get loaded in the short time I've been solo. How often has this happened to you?
Meat loads, in my experience, have a high chance of being delayed, whether live load or drop and hook.
Smithfield is terrible about it, especially at the Tarheel, NC facility. If you have an appointment time of X, figure on leaving the plant at X + 12 hours. That's a good thing if you roll in at the end of a day on the road, but not so hot if you only drove a few miles that day before arriving.
Tyson's done it to me a couple times like that. Delaying me so long I can get a full 10 hour break in.
Perdue did it to my second trainer and I three times in two weeks, and he was dedicated Perdue.
National Beef has never made me wait for a load, but they did cancel a load out from underneath me without telling my company, once.
In my experience, most produce gets loaded in decent timeframes, though Taylor farms in Salinas, CA is almost never on time for loading.
So, in short, it's fairly common in my experience.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
It has happened fairly often. More times then I care to count. The best one I had was I think it was 32 or 35 hour wait for a preloaded trailer. If I am Delaid I just put my self in sleeper and try to sleep. Lots of time I can get an 8 hours in and get an 8/2. Did this at the port yesterday waiting on a container from a ship.
Spent 11 hours at tyson valley distribution center in russellville, ar. A couple days ago. Took them 5 hours to get me in a door, then they unloaded me, and I had to sit there for several more hours. I asked the guy in the truck next to me and he said it was because they were so busy, they didn't have anyone to come out and take the glad hand lock off the truck.
I was suppose to pick up a pre-load at 1300 today. It has now turned into a 7 hour live load. This is crazy. Lol.
First time I've had to wait more than 2 hours to get loaded in the short time I've been solo. How often has this happened to you?
In seven months about five times or so. The worst was a bakery in Atlanta. Appt was for 0600/with second pickup at 0900. I go there and the women checking me in said "were way behind. There are 27 trucks ahead of you. I'm going home now and you'll still be here when I get back tonight." I left at 2200. When to the second pick up who LOADED a trailer for me... Uh I had product already. They made me back both trailers into the doors so they could swap. ;(
First place said I'd lose my place in line if I left so didn't leave.
The next most memorable was in PA. I left our terminal with full tanks of fuel. It was 60 mikes away and I was told to precool. I get there for a drop and hook and the guard gets mad the reefer is "slightly under full". Then tells me I have to wait for a door. Took them 10 hours to load me for a drop n hook that was supposed to be ready two hours before I got there. Smh
On a lighter note... I got SWEET detention pay for layi g in bed watching movies.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
I was suppose to pick up a pre-load at 1300 today. It has now turned into a 7 hour live load. This is crazy. Lol.
First time I've had to wait more than 2 hours to get loaded in the short time I've been solo. How often has this happened to you?
In seven months about five times or so. The worst was a bakery in Atlanta. Appt was for 0600/with second pickup at 0900. I go there and the women checking me in said "were way behind. There are 27 trucks ahead of you. I'm going home now and you'll still be here when I get back tonight." I left at 2200. When to the second pick up who LOADED a trailer for me... Uh I had product already. They made me back both trailers into the doors so they could swap. ;(
First place said I'd lose my place in line if I left so didn't leave.
The next most memorable was in PA. I left our terminal with full tanks of fuel. It was 60 mikes away and I was told to precool. I get there for a drop and hook and the guard gets mad the reefer is "slightly under full". Then tells me I have to wait for a door. Took them 10 hours to load me for a drop n hook that was supposed to be ready two hours before I got there. Smh
On a lighter note... I got SWEET detention pay for layi g in bed watching movies.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
Worst places ive been are RSI (Makes cabinets for Lowes) and Combined Express in Bensalem PA. THAT place is a real piece of work with 12รท hour live loads. We told our DM we would prefer to not return there to Combined.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.New Reply:
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I was suppose to pick up a pre-load at 1300 today. It has now turned into a 7 hour live load. This is crazy. Lol.
First time I've had to wait more than 2 hours to get loaded in the short time I've been solo. How often has this happened to you?