Walmart Detention

Was that the DC in Olney?

When you say you thought you died and went to he11...What happened?

Lemme guess... You Arrived, With 48 other Carriers waiting in Line just to get in...Then you are told to Wait until power is on..

iN the Meantime...You See Uniformed "Wal-Mart" Drivers pulling in n out with their Roll--up Doored Trucks Droppin n hookin in the lot then Leave With a huge smile on their faces..


Yet, All these New Regs are out But Nothing to get you guys unloaded promptly, Or Guaranteed Rates- Or representation.. Nope

Same Unloading scenarios since the 1970's....... You Van-Reefer guys outta be ready to Kill someone by now.

 

Yep
It sure was olney
Everyone was paralyzed
No one knew what to do
Somehow I got out of there by 4pm
But nothing happened until the power came back on.

 

I feel for the folks pulling doors of any kind, but especially reefers.

I had an experience last week that was literally an "all hands on deck" situation you described (albeit tongue in cheek I presume). I pulled into an oil rig with ONE 30' long specialized drilling tool. They needed it to bypass a broken bit in the hole, and if THAT didn't work it would be three weeks of drilling a new hole. At $10K an hour to have the entire rig sit around with their collective thumbs up their orifi, they were ANXIOUS to get that tool off my deck.

As I pulled onto the pad, looking for the best place to park and check in with the company man, the skyjack forklift driver was raising a cloud of dust racing over to me, honking his horn and giving me the thumbs up to signal I was good where I was.

He had his forks under the tool and three rig hands were unstrapping the tool before I could set the parking brakes, put on my H2S monitor, and get out of the cab.

All I had to do was wind my straps as the forklift raced over to the rig with the tool. I believe I heard a cheer over the roar of the 6000 HP diesel engines. 10 minutes from arrival to departure.

I'll never swing doors again.

 

Awesome ^^^ Great job all around

 

Here's another reason why I far prefer flatbed: respect.

It's unusual to not be addressed as "sir" or "boss", as in, "How do you want this generator positioned on your deck, Boss?"

I can't recall ever getting that level of respect swinging doors. If I am delayed they come out and apologize.

 

I hear what you are saying. I had to "narrow my profile" so I wouldn't get blown off the top of a load. A tad over a year on the deck, sixty years old, and looking forward to at least another decade of fun.

 

that hard work will keep you around a while......Back in 1993 I was waiting in line here in Chicago to dump a coil- I Start Chitt-chatting with the guy in front of me....

He tells me he was 91 Years Old- I COULDN"T BEL:IEVE IT- Didn't look a day over 60- He showed me his License- I About Fell over- He Looked good.

Still throwing chains at 91

 

I flatbedded 12 years
One day I was trying to tarp lime as they loaded it in what I recall as a hurricane in Montgomery AL
When it was over I looked like the Pillsbury dough boy and my blue KW was three inches of white
I said, never again will I tarp a load.

 

But just THINK about it...

... when you are sitting in the truckers lounge waiting for a shower to become available you at least know there's a good reason why there's a buffer of three empty chairs in all directions.