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truckntim80 · **^ Top** #1 02.04.2007

Lowe’s RDC in Minersvile, PA

When I drove for Western Express, We did a lot ‘drop and hooks’ here and never had any empties available at THIS RDC, so after you dropped your loaded one, you had to wait for an empty to become available, so a live unload was out of the question.

I am not saying ‘avoid shopping at Lowes’

Lowe’s was courteous about this and worked quickly to get an empty for me.

The only downfall was you couldn’t be on their property for more then an hour. I just bobtailed off the property, down the street aound the corner and pulled off a ‘dead end’ street and waited there.

nghthwk · **^ Top** #2 02.05.2007

I worked for Lowes for a time at one of there stores. Now imagine if you will, taking a trailer and holding it so the doors faced the sky. Dump the whole load into it shut the doors and place it on the ground , hook it to a truck and take it to a store where when the doors are opened, all the friegth at the back dumps out. The whole trailer is unloaded by hand at the point except the heavy stuff that was placed for weight distrubution in the trailer . So at the DC's they are loaded by hand as well. Just for some insight on how they do it.

truckntim80 · **^ Top** #3 02.24.2007

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Originally Posted by nghthwk

I worked for Lowes for a time at one of there stores. Now imagine if you will, taking a trailer and holding it so the doors faced the sky. Dump the whole load into it shut the doors and place it on the ground , hook it to a truck and take it to a store where when the doors are opened, all the friegth at the back dumps out. The whole trailer is unloaded by hand at the point except the heavy stuff that was placed for weight distrubution in the trailer . So at the DC's they are loaded by hand as well. Just for some insight on how they do it.

I work at one in Jacksonville for over a year now. It is the same thing here. (like you said) We sometimes get 2 trucks a night.

Once a truck driver backed over some freight (caulking, air filters and some other items) He said he didn’t feel anything. I would think you would have felt a little when you ran over the big box of caulking with like 40 tubes in it, I know you wouldn’t feel the air filters.

I wonder how they load the trucks at the DC?

ForeverFreeW900 · **^ Top** #4 02.24.2007

TruckinTim,

I know the feeling when i worked for werner they would say no emptys try going to sears dc down the road and thats when you would get the same anwser no emptys why don't you try lowes lol!

I wish they would call and see if they have any emptys before sending a driver.

truckntim80 · **^ Top** #5 02.27.2007

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Originally Posted by ForeverFreeW900

TruckinTim,

I know the feeling when i worked for werner they would say no emptys try going to sears dc down the road and thats when you would get the same anwser no emptys why don't you try lowes lol!

I wish they would call and see if they have any emptys before sending a driver.

I work at one of the stores - Not the DC. We always unloaded at least one truck a night, sometimes 2 a night, so an empty was available for the driver dropping off the next nights truck for us. [drop n hook]

slopoke1966 · **^ Top** #6 09.11.2008

Since when did lowes start unloading thier own freight?

lookingup · **^ Top** #7 09.11.2008

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Originally Posted by nghthwk

I worked for Lowes for a time at one of there stores. Now imagine if you will, taking a trailer and holding it so the doors faced the sky. Dump the whole load into it shut the doors and place it on the ground , hook it to a truck and take it to a store where when the doors are opened, all the friegth at the back dumps out. The whole trailer is unloaded by hand at the point except the heavy stuff that was placed for weight distrubution in the trailer . So at the DC's they are loaded by hand as well. Just for some insight on how they do it.

working for UPS it was the same way, pry open the doors carefully....somehow boxes get jammed in the hinges

something about trucks breaking while going uphill

lookingup · **^ Top** #8 09.11.2008

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Originally Posted by slopoke1966

Since when did lowes start unloading thier own freight?

since the price of gas went up probably

MO family man · **^ Top** #9 09.12.2008

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Originally Posted by nghthwk

I worked for Lowes for a time at one of there stores. Now imagine if you will, taking a trailer and holding it so the doors faced the sky. Dump the whole load into it shut the doors and place it on the ground , hook it to a truck and take it to a store where when the doors are opened, all the friegth at the back dumps out. The whole trailer is unloaded by hand at the point except the heavy stuff that was placed for weight distrubution in the trailer . So at the DC's they are loaded by hand as well. Just for some insight on how they do it.

I used to say it looked like they ripped the top off and dumped the stuff in that way. Used to do two stop loads from Sandersville GA down through FL. The two stop's stuff would all be mixed together so the first delivery had to sort through their junk and reload the seconds junk. Dang loads took forever.

HardlyWorkingNeverHome · **^ Top** #10 09.28.2008

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Originally Posted by ForeverFreeW900

TruckinTim,

I know the feeling when i worked for werner they would say no emptys try going to sears dc down the road and thats when you would get the same anwser no emptys why don't you try lowes lol!

I wish they would call and see if they have any emptys before sending a driver.

This never happened when I worked for Heartland express at this location. I guess it just matters who you work for. Schnieder also had a trailer problem when trying to drop and hook, when I worked for them 11 years ago. These carriers pull for so cheap and barely pay their rookie drivers, that shippers tend to load the big three first if ontime delivery is not the first priority.

On the other end, they tend to unload other companies first because they get billed for holding trailers were as say, a Walmart will use Werners or Schnieders as storage trailers till someone catches on. Who gets screwed at the end? The driver of course.

I haven't been bounced around averaging $4 an hour looking for an mt in quite a while now and don't miss it!

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