Average Wait
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Does anyone know if dedicated routes make you wait...
Sometimes, certainly. Maybe the product isn't ready yet, maybe you were given the wrong pickup/delivery time by dispatch, maybe the power goes out five minutes after you arrive there - could be all sorts of reasons you have to wait a while.
Dedicated Route:
A driver or carrier who transports cargo between regular, prescribed routes. Normally it means a driver will be dedicated to working for one particular customer like Walmart or Home Depot and they will only haul freight for that customer. You'll often hear drivers say something like, "I'm on the Walmart dedicated account."
Just last week I checked in at a shipper at 4pm they have a lot to park and wait for a call to get loaded. Well I found a spot with at least 25 trucks already parked ahead of me. I received a call at 11pm saying that they wouldn't get to me tonight and to check in again at 0630am. I wasn't really upset as I been running pretty hard and was sleep deprived so I was happy to get a full nights sleep. I still got over 2900 miles that week. I had porkchops on the George Forman grill and rice and watched some TV and got a good nights sleep. Try not to get worked up over things out of your control, just make the best of it.
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.
Thank you so It pretty much depends
Yeah, there are so many factors that it is very difficult to put solid time down. For me, being loaded/unloaded (live) in 45 min is awesome. My company allows 2 hrs before detention pay kicks in, so, I guess that is their average. The reality is you can have a drop and hook which is quick, or run across a shipper that just does not give a s**t about you and you sit for hours.
Thank you for responding. That sucks when the shipper doesn't give a darn & let's you sit for hours? That must be hard
It is, but, that is when the mental toughness kicks in and you realize you can use the time creatively. Pay some bills, plan your next trip, talk to the family, or my favorite, take a nap. I have noticed though that some of these shippers/receivers will react kindly to a good professional attitude and miraculously find a way to get you rolling sooner than others.
I agree it's about how you treat each other. What's your favorite place to deliver to?
and the worst part about it that unless you at the end of you day ,,you eating on your 14 hr clock . even if you put you self on off duty status ,, I used to go off duty then If i was detained 6- 8 hrs the I'd take the additional 2 hrs ( weither it was before the change to 10 hrs or before ) and that would give me 10 or 11 for my next days run ..
back in the 80's we'd have to wait 30 hrs in produce houses for a load"the product wouldn't be in from fields " ..or 4 hrs for frozen meat ,going east from west coast ..( before the 14 hr clock rules ) yeah ,I started driving in 1980 ...totally different world then ...now you must shut down @ 14 hrs now ..
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.
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.
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Thank you for responding, wow 10 hours? Does anyone know if dedicated routes make you wait since your day often? Thanks
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.
Dedicated Route:
A driver or carrier who transports cargo between regular, prescribed routes. Normally it means a driver will be dedicated to working for one particular customer like Walmart or Home Depot and they will only haul freight for that customer. You'll often hear drivers say something like, "I'm on the Walmart dedicated account."