A question for MBM drivers

I've never worked for MBM but pulling the pallet to the door is dependant on if the truck is liftgate equipped the unload method depends on the customer. I always see chic fil a and golden corral using the launch the product done the ramp method but other customers require you to tun it all in .

 

MBM driver here to save the day.

All of the distro centers are different, hell until someone said something I didn't realize some centers still did the roller thing.

Most centers are liftgate oriented and the reason is that some of the chains (some you mentioned) we don't roll it in, THEY (the restaurant) contract is that they are to come and get it from the liftgate. It doesn't actually work this way in practice, basically you roll the whole pallet to their back door or something inside (as you've seen, I've done one or two that way) and the restaurant breaks down the pallet. You make less money per case but you don't do much work. Some of the chains are you roll it in on a two wheeler to whereever they want it. Pays more, but more work. At our center all our trailers are liftgate and I move EVERY pallet as close as i can to the door. The only ramps we have are for the side doors (not side up just to slide out the back like most food service trailers), they take forever to unfold and hook up and basically they suck. I try to never use one.

The slowest thing is someone counting in.
the 2nd slowest thing is you walking back and forth with a two wheeler, so the shorter that distance, the quicker you can unload the whole load.

why do you think I wanted to go with MBM? No running of ramps. I'm old, my knees can't take that. It's still hard work, but no ramp running.

 

Did I mention that the pallet jacks are electric? so you can actually move 2000lb pallets up curbs and such? (when they work). Some runs have to take a manual jack because their backhaul is so heavy, it puts them overweight.

 

the really strange part is some places can really move product (when the restaurant does the unloading). Mind you, it's all THEIR product, they don't have to learn 6 or 8 different chains and they know (or should) where it all goes.

Some places can knock down 400 cases an hour without thinking about it. I did one that ordered 710 cases (13 pallets) and I could barely keep up with them, took them 1 hour 10 minutes.

But most places, 3 guys unloading and one manager person counting and they still barely move 250 cases an hour. Heck I can move 250 cases an hour.

I really dislike the places where I don't get to wheel it in. Doesn't pay enough for the annoyance (and slowness) factor.