What is a T-Call

God forbid a newbie should be thankful for some helpful information that might save his life someday...

BTW, I've never heard it called that...

 

That's real good! It's been quite some time since I've pulled a reefer. This can come in handy for some future point!

I've had loads that have been T-called at the terminal, but don't believe I've seen this in reference to reefers.

Thanks for helping an old dry van puller like me.

Chompi, do you pull a reefer?


Thanks,
Mike

 

I used to. I'm currently retired from driving.

 

If you're talking about Swift, a T-call is a transfer. The driver with the load will take the load to terminal/drop yard, drop the load. The load will then be assigned to another truck for the delivery. Hence T-call (transfer).

 

When I did the big company thing, I T-called many loads at truck stops when a driver ran outta hours or had a break down.

 

I ran reefer for KLLM and “T-Call” and/or “Re-Power” at that company meant transfer the load to another truck for a variety of reasons including solo driver out of HOS or break down, etc. A temperature check was just called Temp Check or whatever the Macro number was at the time. They used “L-call” but, I honestly can’t remember exactly what that was. Possibly checking locks and seals on HV (high value) loads???

 

in 35 yrs driving, never heard of "T call".lol.

never drove for a mega either.

 

You said it before me.

I have even transferred (t-called) a load at a truck stop.