Dispatch From Start To Finish?

Dear drivers, I'm looking for reliable source someone who can explain to me the process of accepting a load picking up the trailer with macros involved, load being over weight do you go to the shipper to have them rework it? What happens if it's late at night no ones there? Do you wait until someone comes to rework the load? What to do when you arrive at the destination how do you know what bay or dock to back it into? What to do with the paper work once at your place to deliver? There's so many scenarios that can take place. I'm a new driver with no experience, willing to learn the correct way! Thank you kindly :)

Hi Timothy. Here is what I can give you:

The macros you use, I believe, will vary from company to company. With mine, it goes like... Send mac for pretrip, send mac to accept load, (drive to shipper) send mac saying arrived at shipper , send mac saying loaded at shipper, (drive to consignee) send mac saying arrived at consignee then send mac empty at consignee...Repeat for next load. There are other macs that you will be made aware of too.

If the load is overweight, the very first thing you do is notify your DM , FM , or dispatch. If after hours, let them know that too and ask what your next move should be.

When you arrive at the consignee (delivery), you will either have to stop at a guard shack (just do what they say) or you will pull in and locate then go to the receiving office with the paperwork. Either the guard or the receiving office will tell you what dock to bump. When you are unloaded, they will sign the paperwork and give a copy back to you. This is typical, but, with everything else in trucking, things will vary.

Make sure you keep a notebook. I bought a pack of cheap ones from the dollar tree and they work just as good as the load book you can buy at the truckstops lol. The reason for it is you usually have a pickup numbet or load number or PO number or confirmation number or all of the above lol.

What rolling thunder said is a perfect breakdown of it. But I wouldn't sweat trying to learn this info from here. When you go out with your trainer you'll learn how everything works with respect to your company.

Happy Friday drivers, thank you for all of your responses it makes me understanding it better, but your right situations can vary at times. Any stores that are known to be slow and which stores get you in & out? Many thanks Make it a safe day

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