Originally Posted by lilillill

I drove for them from 1995 to 1997. I NEVER got a drop and hook out of Kal-Kan... always a live load.

This particular incident was more than just the 12 hour wait. I had been running for 3 days straight and it was my time to go home. I was tired as hell and the security guard said the load wasn't ready—told me to park over on the side. I told the guard that I hadn't had very much sleep, that I had hoped to grab this load and get home and that if they didn't have it ready, I was just going to park and sleep for four hours. I also told him DO NOT WAKE ME UP.

Maybe 45 minutes went by and he was banging on my door to tell me they wanted the trailer put in the dock. I asked him, "what part of don't wake me up did you not understand?" So now I'm pissed off about having been woken up... I go put the trailer in the door.

I walk inside, check in and they want me to stand by the door to count the freight. So I do... for the first pallet.

Thirty minutes, or so, go by before the next pallet shows up and I realize... this crap is coming hot off the line! Oh noooo noooo noooo, I am not freakin waiting 30 minutes in between pallets to count freight. I went out to my truck and went to sleep.

Midnight rolls around and they have me loaded. I call into dispatch and talk to a newbie at the dispatcher desk, tell him I'm loaded and on my way.

He says, "We need you to give that load to another driver and wait on another one." Um... excuse me? I just waited 12 hours for this one and I sure as hell ain't giving it up to another driver so I can wait 12 more hours for another load!

So after going round and round with the new dispatcher about bobtailing home (he threatened to report the truck stolen), I did give up the load. I did wait for the next one and it did take 12 hours.

I dropped that load at the DC in Newport, and got a load from there going home. When I arrived back at the terminal, I walked up stairs and handed yet another newbie dispatcher the keys to my truck, and my green book.

He said, "What's that?"

I told him, "It's a green book... I quit." And then added, "You better get used to it, I think you'll see a lot of this."

Now don't get me wrong, it wasn't just this incident that made me quit. There were numerous other things that I wasn't happy with—the major one being that I really hated doing short-haul. Too monotonous, and talk about an exercise in sleep deprivation... the only thing I could do on my 24 hours off was to sleep. Not very much of a life.

In hindsight, I should have went back to doing 48 state OTR—but I didn't—I tried to do the local thing and ended up jobless and living in my car for a while. 1997 wasn't a very good year for me.

As far as NTB, I knew quite a few drivers that had been there for years and were happy with it. I guess it just wasn't my cup of tea.

Originally Posted by RoadRocket

Im sorry you feel that way Luv. I didnt feel bad for even the slightest second and i never will!!!! Im in this business to make money and nothing else. A contract is a contract and i met my end of it and they didnt. As it stands with all the miles and time that i put in to it all the only thing recived was getting a decent wage that i could have made hauling other freight rather than screwing around with these idiots. That truck and trailer sat for 3 weeks with a load on it (i was only reimbursed in storage fees that a warehouse would charge) I kept fuel in the reefer to keep the product from going bad ( which cost me money) Lawyers aint cheap ( he cost me money ) Spent 2 days in court ( which cost me money). The point is when i showed up at my appointment time and backed up to the dock. My job was done and my contract was met. These people brought this on themselves (by broker not wanting to pay the lumper fee and by wal mart for even trying to charge to unload their own freight) ...........

If your hubby went out and spent just under a million dollars on equipment, signed a contract to do a job with it with one person or company. Completed that job, and was then told by another person from another company that he had to give them a cut of that money. Would he pay it like the rest of the sheep or would he fight to keep what is rightfulley his??????????????

If these wanna be supertrucking low freight rate grocery haulers dont grow any balls and stand up for themselves all they are ever gonna be is a sheep and they are gonna do what everyone else does. Which is mostly whine about how much it cost them to unload , how long they had to wait , how they aint making any money( because they leased on to someone who only pays so much a mile) , How long they have to be away from home just to make a little money, Etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.


Im sorry but i cant be a sheep and i learned long time ago that i have to fight for what is mine and after that fight im gonna keep it!!!!!!!!

And by the way that broker is out of business ( probably back in business under another name jacking someone else around) And im still here doing it my way and charging more money than ever.....

Originally Posted by YbeLegal

Kmart Store in Fairfield,Ca.
do not park in " their parking lot" as the store manager has put notes on all trucks that park there.he will have you towed, even if you are delevering to that store or any of the other stores in the complex.
just getting the word out before someone gets towed while you are sleeping.....

Originally Posted by YbeLegal

It has taken many hours on the phone, But here is what has come from it..
Kmart is owned by sears, They do not own the whole parking lot.
I called the mayors office about the truck parking problems in his town.
He said that he never thought about it His father was a otr driver for many years an had the same problem,A member of his staff has a sister
who drives and has the same problems with parking in town. They say they will fix the problem. They will give me a list of streets we can park on and i will pass them on to all here

Originally Posted by YbeLegal

Here is and update of the streets on which we may park and have No Hassels.. KEEP IN MIND THERE IS A 72 hour law on these streets...

Huntington ct; from highway 12 take Walters rd (north) to Air Base parkway, Cross over air base parkway trun left on to Huntngton court,There is a burger king on the corner and down on walters rd there is a quickie mart not much else..
Stanford Ct; Take huntington drive east about 1 1/2 miles it will be on the right, there is not much room or much around..
Industrial Drive & Industrial Court; Take Air base parkway east to pea body (turn North ) Take the first right (DOBE) go down about 1/2mile to Industrial drive... there is no stores or restrooms in these area....

the streets I have listed here came to me from city hall and the police cheif has oked these streets for big truck parking. The local P D have been seen checking out the areas listed above... If any more streets come my way I will pass this info on to all here...

Originally Posted by northstarfire0693

Thats good on the streets. But like I said if you park at tt he strip mall the Kmart manager has NO CONTROL over the lot on the strip mall. ONLY THE PROPERTY OWNER can have you truck towed. If you have a delivery there you have a right to be there. If Kmart gives you any crap I would contact the owner of the strip mall.