OMG My Current Load Is Soo
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Yeah Kurt...I just re read it myself. Now Im understanding a local driver picked it up and dropped it at the terminal so no way was it my scenario.
Because she was just at that customer she knows they are closed so no way for them to fix it.
Ahhh the joys of trucking.
Sorry. I wouldn't stress about it. Its someone else's problem. They need to change the appt.
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.
That Target made me wait 12 hours to get unloaded!
They actually gave me a slip when I got there. "Here's a number to call with your appt number estimate unload time 12 hours". Wtf?
Is it possible like sambo said that it was already delivered? When we have multi stops, then repower /tcall it, the final.driver scans in the BOL for all the stops. So it could appear to one driver that the stop was t delivered if the driver didn't get the BOL signed properly.
I'm hoping as far as dropping it that the driver slid the tandems out of force of habit. I actually did that once cause our customers make us slide when ever when we drop. I wasn't thinking and pulled the pin then Was like..." Oh crap...long day...I'm at our yard" lol
LOL! Maybe they just like LTL better :)
I've never been in this facility more than an hour.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
That's one of the things i like about my dedicated account. You don't have to deal with all the other hacks.
The last load i swapped with someone after i was about to leave he tells me, by the way... This trailer is overweight. Oh, really, thanks.
Good luck on your load i know how you feel with a bunch of preassigned piled on to you. Lol.
Lol. Target in chambersburg PA says I'm probably going to Phoenix AZ. Theyre hoping its a paperwork error on Gatorade DC in Columbus OHs part.
I had just delivered another load to gatorade and then had to go to our terminal 12 miles away to pick ip THIS. I'm docked and they are inventorying my trailer and will let me know. They say this has happened numerous times.. east/west shipments in same freaking trailer.
The guard here was scratching his head as I attempted to explain why I was in P.A. with an AZ load, then he stamped to WRONG bills lol.
At least the target folks here are super nice as it looks like it will take them a while to figure out if its all their stuff and was merely a paperwork error or if most of the load indeed goes to Phoenix.
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.
Well...at least you are getting decent miles to phoneix if it's true lol.
I'm happy today cause I got a load from NE to FL. I'm heading to warm weather for the first time since before Thanksgiving!
Not fair, Rainy. I have been running up and down 94 last 2 days. Will be playing with 94 tomorrow some more as I take it around Chicago and into Michigan.
Well...at least you are getting decent miles to phoneix if it's true lol.
I'm happy today cause I got a load from NE to FL. I'm heading to warm weather for the first time since before Thanksgiving!
How far down you coming?
Rick
Supposed to be going to pompano beach. But not sure I'll make it with my 70.
They did actually route.me the turnpike this time though lol
Well it apparently was only a paperwork screwup. After 9 hours to unload the 90k+ items in the trailer, it all belonged to Target.
They let me get 5 hours of sleep since I'd been up most of the day and then headed to my next shipper. Oh and it won't be ready til after 10am lol.
I headed to the Kylertown KwikFill for an awesome meal. I'm now going to bed to get some uninterrupted sleep. I was hoping to really rack up the miles this week, but at least 3k is still doable.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
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Yeah, we call that a relay. But I guess the thing that confused me was the part about delivering to the same consignee. Doesn't matter, I was just curious.
Consignee:
The customer the freight is being delivered to. Also referred to as "the receiver". The shipper is the customer that is shipping the goods, the consignee is the customer receiving the goods.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
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.