Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

I've chocked wheels, had airlines locked out, and if that's the policy I'm fine with it. I won't give away my keys though. When I did p&d I carried an old International key I didn't need anymore. Anyone that asked got that one instead.

I'm lucky now. Any city work I do is just a switch out. If my load is still in a door, It's ready to go.

 

On of our customers will not enter our trailer if we have a lift gate. Even though both sides are chocked, gland hand locked out, and keys turned in. They say since the dock lock will not engage, they cannot drive inside of the trailer.

One time I had a skid I couldn’t get under to move to the tail, even after explaining to the supervisor that the truck is not going anywhere, they didn’t want to drive in and grab it. (Even though they admitted it was hot product they needed for production). Ended up going to a customer across the street and getting them to set the pallet of product on a normal pallet so I could back across the street and move it to the tail for them to grab off.

Now I know anytime I have a lift gate and that customer, if I can’t move it, I try to solve it ahead of time.

 

when I did food, we had lift gates and it wouldn't lock up to most backhaul places.

but that worked good, because we had electric pallet jacks, so the place would bring it to the lift gate (which was always extended, cuz you couldn't get close enough for the plate to go over, and there's no way an extended lift gate supports a forklift) and drop it on the lift gate and i would grab it, turn it around and put it like i wanted it.

It always went faster than other trailers that they were loading by themselves. (probably because I was there doing the work.

 

Many years ago, was picking up a dropped trailer . Green light was on, saw forklift driver and went to the office , he did the paperwork. Office was no where near the dock. "You are good to go " . Walk out , hook up , pull the wheel chocks , dock door down. Pull out , dork is recessed into the building , so you need to pull fully out side to shut the doors. Get back to my place, boss comes out , cust says you pulled out with the forklift in the trailer. No way! If I did it's still inside ! Nope! So we ride back over there, forklift is sitting on top of the dock door! Start comparing stories, who signed your bills? The lift driver. Which one ? The guy who drives that one (one out side sitting on your dock door)! Forklift driver left his lift sitting on the dock leveler , parking brake not set. When I pulled out the leveler sank down to make a nice ramp, the lift decided to roll down , taking the door with it. But not till after I had left. Quickly went to being blamed for everything , to never hearing about it ever again.

 

that and $5 will buy you a cup of coffee

 

That's low for Starbucks, IIRC~!