Appointment

Why is it only the drivers who are expected to keep their appointment times and not the shippers and receivers?

 

Cause shippers and receivers order trucks. The one who is paying is the boss

 

Ya,it's the ole "customer is always right"

 

Driver.
Driver.
Driver.
Please.
Have you not yet realized that if you had anything on the ball you'd be working in dispatch?
Please except that you are a sub human and move forward.

Does your company have detention pay?

 

Only 15 bucks and that comes after 2 hours

 

There are always a lot of variables in that equation, are you a shippers truck or a customer truck? Customer trucks get kicked to the back of the line in a lot of instances. Food warehouses always seem to take forever no matter what...it's just the way it has been forever. If you really like waiting around forever, go to a produce house, they seem to know how to back trucks up in big lines waiting for loading. I went to a place that ships canned goods the other day and sat there for about 10 hours after my appointment time before they called me to the door to load. If you don't have good patience, trucking is not the business to be in.

 

Tell the shipper or receiver you make a pledge all detention money to pay to Trump or Hilly campaign. Rate is $200.00 /hour after one hour on the property. They installed tracking device on your truck to collect money afterward.

 

If you were driving a Volvo the detention pay increases so they will get you out quick if it meets their standards.

 

Don't be too quick to blame shippers and receivers,dispatchers and load planners know when loading and unloading times are are many times will route you there way ahead of schedule to make sure you get there.I've had more customers or forklift drivers say to me,i don't know why your company always sends you here early.they know it'll be a long wait.

 

Well that's better than nothing. I'm assuming you are new to the trade. It is difficult when you first start as your options are very limited.
No matter what though drivers take it in the ### from time to time at shippers / receivers.

I did a load around New Years that was the most F UP load in a long time. Took the clerk 3 hours to print the BOL's. There were like 20 drivers behind me too.
Same load, dispatch got the appointment time wrong. Sat on it for a day. Lucky this is in Phoenix where I delivered and at least got to stay at the house. So then the c*** lies to me, and I knew she was lieing, tells me I have appointment at 4PM. Well, 1 AM that night I was finally empty. Sat over at the receiver all day.
0 compensation, and lost an awesome load that was next to boot.
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