How do these people slip thru the cracks ?

I agree Biomag...my first driving job 20 years ago was pulling Chemical Tankers, the God forsaken places I had to get into going forward and backing. No lines to guide you. Granted tanks aren't as long, and you can get a visual under the trailer to see the blind side, deicer to airlines, steel mills, never a dock. Eventually went to vans and it made me giggly, I was in heaven, didn't need lines anymore, and didn't have any surge. Vans were heaven.

 

More years ago, when leased to Landstar, I remember I was in in downtown Philadelphia, Picking up a load of chocolate Bunnies going to a Walmart DC in NY. There were a bunch of us Landstar guys trying to get into these inside Docks off a street designed back in the 30's for straight trucks and 45's. A Young new Swift driver broke into tears after trying to back in for about an hour. One of the old crusty Landstar Veterans backed his truck in for him and talked to him for a while to settle him down. Its hard to back in when your new, fatigued, and frustrated on top of it.

 

I basically accept the help. But I don’t want or need it. Even then I still get out and look. If they’re offended, that’s fine.

I learned this lesson the hard way. From a very polite guy that helped me hit another truck.

Some people can’t back, others can’t even help another driver back a truck it seems.

 

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This place is kinda tight for a sleeper truck and 48' trailer.

 

THIS is the very reason I don’t help drivers back up next to other trucks.

Buildings and poles are one thing, other owners equipment is another.

Some drivers aren’t skilled enough to read hand signals:

 

That's probably Greeley, Lamb shipped from there.

I never hauled Lamb. It's either Beef Cattle or Seafood on my end.

Ive got a couple of other spots around Greeley, I'll have to think on this a little bit. One employer had some doings up there.

 

That’s an odd one to me.

It’s rare I ever load/unload ANYWHERE, without being requested to back the puppy up.

 

Im usually the opposite. No tears here. (VERY rare, and MAYBE after a loss of a dear loved one...) Im usually told you caunt getr indar!

Oh I can't? I hate it when people tell me I can't

The last time I did something I can't some of the insulation on the inside of the reefer doors were peeled. That was not welcome because it's the thicker insulation and valued for certain hauls. I spent sometime explaining to the bossman 1- Why we can't haul anymore out of there (Concrete block building, bay doors about 40 feet ahead of recessed interior docks that slope down a little bit. Too narrow for the open trailer doors because the do (Run on time are we?) doors are not openable inside there.

2- the damaged doors probably ate into whatever profit and not worth the shipper there. And so it was. We were never back.