So how does Crete handle loading and unloading and drop and hook. Where I came from we were pretty much no touch and what we did unload was almost always done with a forklift. Helping unload was something we did as a favor to the stores but they were expected to assist if they could not pull the freight off themselves. Now each driver was different and some did more than others. Most of the time I could pull 28 boards of groceries off in half the time it would take a store employee but that was because I had been doing it for years. There is a big difference between helping and being used as cheap labor by a shipper or reciever.
The industry as a whole is doing much better than it was 20 years ago when it comes to drivers lumping freight. I can remember many times where I drove all night then spent hours on a floor load then ran another 500 miles. Of course the 14 clock and electronic logging put an end to most of that. OTR companies seem to advertise that they are in the 90% range when in comes to not touching freight,and many seem to be moving to drop and hook where its applicable.
Loading and unloading.
Discussion in 'Crete' started by Desert_Skies, Aug 31, 2012.
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