The WORST Shippers and Receivers - Truckers WILL NOT Buy Their Products!

That's Pitt(University of Pittsburgh), not Penn State. And ####, your brave. I hate taking a 28' trailer into Oakland(city of Pittsburgh) to make a delivery.

 

Yeah the company said that drop(3 drops btw from Harlingen, TX to Richmond, VA, State College, PA, and Pittsburgh, PA) was hot. But did not get extra pay, gotta love it . Theres better places to p/u or deliver but again theres worst huh?

 

EVERY time my company says the load is "HOT" i get there and they could care less about the load.
On most "hot" loads i arrive at the final, and they still make me wait 2 hours before backing me into a door.

 

I dont have true experience driving but i can tell you that they love throwing the load "crums" to their most despised drivers. I agree that there is a lot of favoritism in alot of carriers.

 

BOYCOTT

My husband was told by the Management here at the Phoenix, AZ. D/C that it is acceptable practice for them to over order, claim to NOT have room in their warehouse for the product and then make delivering trucks wait, in some cases more than 24 hours to unload (and still requiring the drivers to pay a lumper service to unload the trailer - between $150 to $250+). Right now there is 5 trucks that have been waiting for more than 12 hours to unload. We got here at 10:30am for a 3:00pm appointment. At 2:00pm we were told that "they" were not going to unload us till 4:00am tomorrow.

I would like to show "management" that it is NOT acceptable... But then again, they don't care...

Even when we told them about the family emergency... Just blank stares... So we got here at 1030... Appt for 1500... Still here and not to door at 0600 the NEXT day!! Detention ... Yeah, we only get 8 hrs worth even though there are two people and we've been here WAY longer!! TOTAL FRUSTRATION!!

 

I know it's easier said than done, especially in this economy, but it's time for people to vote with their feet in cases of abuse like this. Time is money, and your time spent not earning money should be yours to enjoy instead of sitting idle in some parking lot at Kroger.

Just in time warehousing has gotten very popular in the last decade. Especially if it involves cold storage. The concept is to not have to use floor space as little as possible.

So what happens is the greedy buyers who want a good deal on product deliberately over-order and then wait for warehouse space to clear. In the mean time, they are getting "free storage" while the truck sits idle on the lot. Usually, they do not pay for it. Or in certain cases, cap the detention to a set amount - and you get paid your measly 8 hours when you sit for 24.

I've hauled groceries over the years, my last stint doing so was LTL, and we typically had to leave if a receiver jerked us around, or the other stops didn't come off. After doing that a few times, and stalling on the redelivery, they would be a little more responsive the next time we needed a door.

If you are on time for your appointment, your detention time should start immediately. Do you give up the first 2 hours and then the 8 hour clock starts ticking? I'm just curious.

 

I am sure he changed the name of the city and of the actual product in order to keep it a secret.

 

Company we drive for (Central Refrigerated).. Their policy is 2 hours after the 'appt' time and then only for 8 hours... And we have now been here for 22 hours and 16 of them is after our appt time!!

 

Paul mitchell design, santa clairita,Ca, pick up 7am I Checked in at 6:30 am on dock at 6:45 i asked the counter to wake mewhen loaded, woke up at 3pm wth counter said they canceled load at 7:30 lost second load waiting, they forgot to tell me,no pay.

 

Here is an interesting article that was posted on The Lockridge Report about a driver a customer. Please read and follow his methods. Maybe if more drivers would do things this way, more receivers would get the message that keeping drivers waiting just because they can is wrong.

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