How's Everyone Doing in LTL Right Now?

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by Mike2633, Aug 23, 2022.

  1. Digman943

    Digman943 Medium Load Member

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    Was pretty busy the week. Had a couple good vias, my run got cancelled tonight and I could of jumped on a better one for the night but I couldn’t resist the option of taking Friday off.
     
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  3. road_runner

    road_runner Road Train Member

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    I see your chunk and will raise you my coworker's crank handle. Our vendor made an attempt to "fix" it but his repair didn't last long.

    On a side note, my coworker is still looking for that mechanic so he can use the handle to beat h.. .. I mean he wants to talk to him about the repairs.

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  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    What kind of an idiot puts duct tape on a rusted out landing gear handle like that’s going to do diddly squat?
     
  5. road_runner

    road_runner Road Train Member

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    Oh, you haven't seen anything yet. It gets much worse.
     
  6. FLHT

    FLHT Heavy Load Member

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    Keeps your hand or gloves from getting torn up from the rusted out sharp edges.
    Cheaper than fixing it right... For the budget minded shop supervisor.
     
  7. mickeyrat

    mickeyrat Road Train Member

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    also stated it was a vendor. would assume operating from a truck , perhaps was out of stock on handles
     
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  8. basedinMN_

    basedinMN_ Medium Load Member

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    I think we found the '"vendor!"
     
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  9. road_runner

    road_runner Road Train Member

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    The vendor is so bad that we've made memes out of them.

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  10. basedinMN_

    basedinMN_ Medium Load Member

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    Here's a question.
    I'm the new guy at my terminal, on my 11th week doing linehaul. They've been using me as the "bubble guy." Meaning, the senior drivers get out the door first, which is understandable, then the outside contractors, then I get the last run of the night usually. My question is, is it usual for contract carriers to get sent out the door before company drivers? At my last gig, outside carriers were always lower priority than the company guys, but I have no idea how these contracts work.
     
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  11. brtecson

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    When I was at con-way, cr england, swift, ad express and the rest of them were loaded before any extra board guys were sent out. Often times we would grab a penske lease truck to pull the swift van for swift when they wouldn't show up 2 hours after their gate time. That was over 10 years and two jobs ago and I'm still bitter about it. I need to learn to let things go lol
     
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