Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Spot on Mack. It's a fine line, Many customers take advantage of the driver and have ego of bought the services, Try to dictate the convenience.

Many of us outside Food & Beverage do not operate that way. It's a situation by situation call by the driver.

 

same crappy equipment, different day

Remember all the ryder "mechanics" on deck on saturday, pulling equipment out etc? (and almost nothing leaves on sunday)

I get in this morning (monday) for my route, hook up the tractor, check the lights on the trailer, Lower left marker light is out
the tandem air lines aren't supported (hang too low)
no seal on the tailgate door
the cable that holds the tailgate door (like a garage door) is all frayed and is going to fail soon.

yeah, typical stuff.

actions speak louder than words

 

Yup. The one exception that I've seen is if you show up with a chick (we have one female driver). Show up with her to a job site for a delivery and every guy comes out of the woodwork to "help," lol.

 

Not a rant, just an observation. Pitt Ohio drivers get really mad when you call them coneheads.

 

Don't know what bug is up their butt. Majority is un-friendly. Sister Truckload side ECM good dang guys.

 

If anyone is driving on I80 west xit 215-210 in PA and you see a grey clip board with alot of important looking paper with it on the side of the road.......Its mine,lol.There will be a finders fee.

 

ouch, dude. That sucks. When I first started driving I had a bad habit of setting things down on the catwalk or on the trailer deck (flatbed) and then forgetting about them. I lost a really nice aluminum storage clipboard, and the bills inside, that way. Another time I left my company issued phone on the catwalk, and to my surprise it was still there when I made my next stop 50 miles later. I got lucky on that one, that would have been an expensive replacement. I lost ink pens, jackets, gloves, you name it, until I finally realized it might be a good idea to do a walkaround and pick up my crap before I took off.

 

so, not much to do with trucking or LTL or food service after a crazy last route, but I drove both a first gen and second gen Cadillac CTS-V and ##### now I want one.

any thoughts? i did see there were some vette heads on here.

 

* LSx heads

Great cars for it's class. Frankly, just not a fan of anything Cadillac. Dislike the looks and added $ because of the name.

 

Hey Shaggy, first 3 days with YRC not impressed! I thought NEMF had crappy equipment, and cheap freight! Holy sheet! Can't beleive this company is still in business! Wow. Was thrown to the wolves basically, so short on drivers it ain't funny! Report more next week!