More beer delivery missadventures

Just think you have 1 less day this week to deliver product and be home with family. Then again maybe 1 less day of pay?

The more I hear about the day you had and your other post it is all the more reason I DO NOT want to get into beverage trucking but because I have to stay in state, medical waiver, I may be stuck doing it?

Hope you have better days
Dave ----

 

Hey Mike, don't think that is limited to beverage or wholesale food, because it isn't. I've had a lot of days like that in LTL, and not necessarily on holiday weeks, though those were always fun too.

We could tell just by the looks of the line haul loads as they came in, what kind of a day the other docks had. I swear they would shove stuff in the trailer, then when they couldn't get the last stack on, they'd back across the dock and get a run at it, and slam it in there. Of course, our guys did the same thing with outbound.

Frankly, it is a wonder that ANYTHING gets from the shipper to the consignee in one piece when it is shipped LTL and has to go through several docks and trailer changes!

Personally, I can't imagine doing a beverage route, no matter what kind it was.

 

Got to find a better gig man, that place sounds like a ulser factory. To much stress. Hell sounds like almost any bevrage service would be better than that. Best of luck just remember as long as your safe and dont steal a driver can ALWAYS find a job. Might not always be happy but aways have work till you find a better gig.

 

Thanks for the insight mike ,sounds like a fast paste day ,but alittle too much heat ....i hate appointments & window times especially in the city .....i pull auto frght here in Detroit ,but im getting too old to hang around with auto frght trucking companies ( here today ,still here tomorrow ,jus lower pay ) i can honestly say I've helped build four of these auto frght trucking companies here in the motor city ,it's takes about 4yrs and then they get stuck in "la la land"
And turn into a back stabbing ,blood bath .....I've learned that when O/Os are working along side with company driver it's not good for all drivers involved .....we are hrly , they are flat rate ....they cut our hrs ,while they cut their rates
They are ready leave and so are we , ....i need something more solid like : UPSF or ABF ...I've got super clean track records ,.....don't want to waste any more time pulling auto frght

 

Yeah mike alot of those companies you mentioned are owned by our favorite clown mr maroon , he has been like a cancer to the trucking industry for yrs now ,pro logistics is now called universal , they finally got rid of those pee yellow internationals ,I've managed to stay away from any of those companies ....right now im with a kindve new company called EHS ,been here going on 5 yrs but it looks like another dead end job and don't see them in business long , we pull primarily Chrysler frt. And yes we are up chryslers butt , so any mis haps with Chrysler and we all are out of a job , ive seen this too many times ....the owners usually get comfortable and put all their eggs in one basket

 

I have a friend that recently quit EHS trucking ,Romulus ,mi ....because of bad policies ,we got this company on it's feet and it seems that management has forgotten those of us ,who put in those 16 hr days ,getting the company on it's feet
....so my friend hired on with sysco , he works a 4 day week at flat rate $ 300 a day , he seems to be happy
.....think im gonna research some companies and bust a move in 2015 ....thank god we can now take a good look at trucking companies before applying and find out it's a waste of job history & time

 

I've seen this as well. I just can't understand what these idiot owners, CEOs or whatever are thinking when they allow this to happen. It is TERRIBLE BUSINESS PLANNING!

I'd say you would do well to stick with your plans to find another job, doing your "due diligence" first!