Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

holy crap, I just found my tomorrow route (nebraska) has almost 1000 cases over 5 stops. That's all hand wheeled in, PLUS 500 miles. A month ago this was a cake walk at 600 cases. ugh, i'm going to be whipped.

 

I don't miss those days. 1k cases ain't no joke. At least it's only 5 stops. 1k cases with 10-15 stops in city is a bee och.

 

it's the 500 miles that kills me. That's 9 hours or so of driving. I usually (600-700 cases) get it done in about 13 hours (taking my half hour while the "magic elves" unload the trailer). That's a third again as many cases, I get what, one more hour total before i"m boned? As long as I make my last stop by 13:55 I"m ok, it's a hotel, unload, drive the truck to the street (about 100 feet) and go get my room.

 

Cowboy? Is MBM still using sleeper cabs it's been a while since I've seen and MBM sleeper cab.
1000 that's a bit last Thursday I had 934 and I was going "gee why is this day taking so long." Then I looked on my load sheet and went "Oh 934 cases that's the reason."

 

LIke I said, each terminal is different. We have a whole mix of crap (and I do mean crap). From volvo day cabs to mid roof sleepers (48inch, pretty tight) to dual bunk condo's freightliners, volvos and occasionally some internationals. They run a lot of team out of my terminal and thus the condo's. But if I were king, i'd be running a lot more day cabs. Save 2000lbs, way easier to maneuver and most hotels (CLC card) are cheaper than idling all night. My routes are almost always assigned a sleeper cab (heck last week I even got one of the condo's) despite the fact I stay in a hotel. ($30 room vs 13 hour layover at $3/gallon if the truck even manages to run that long without blowing up). And they know that. It just is. But yes, i've seen sleepers from other terminals too.

 

no way....i guess somebody has to do it.

 

Your math is right on the money. I said the same thing when I worked at mbm. Also, a lot of the time they expected me to sleep in the sleeper behind my last delivery of the day when it's 90F out and I've been throwing boxes all day... uhh no thanks, I'm going to the hotel to hit the showers.

 

I never got that about MBM and McLane, they have all these sleeper cab trucks and everyone is using motels why bother with sleeper cabs then? Plus sleepers are hard to manuver harder to do everything in because you're totally dependent on you're mirrors I've been driving day cabs for so long that going over to a sleeper would be a challenge.

 

So one driver can stay on the sleeper on the way down and back to save hours.

 

Cuz Mbm = stupidest company ever