Anyone work for xpo logistics?

There's a Sub Thread in Motor Carriers, it's not very active though

Don't know how to do the Link thing so Pictures will hafta do

 

Good luck !

 

It's obviously ideal to be completely empty before making pickups but isn't always possible, in which case you have to juggle the freight with a pallet jack as you mentioned. Some companies will ship stuff with us as well as receive, so drivers with routes they know well might ask certain customers if they have anything shipping out when they make their delivery so they don't have to waste time later backtracking when they get dispatched with that pickup later on in the day.

It's all about efficiency, but there's a limit to this. There's a point at which moving freight around can start to be a waste of time. City drivers also need to know what all deliveries remain before they make the decision to pickup enroute. You don't want to find out your last stop is a 6 ft wide skid going to a place without a dock after you have blocked it with an earlier pickup. Similarly, you can't pick up something wide before finishing your deliveries. My dad would call that situation "painting yourself into a corner."

 

Or just go linehaul and the only thing you're picking up and dropping off is a set of trailers ... without the supervision and friendly advice of customers.

 

Slightly more active XPO board, and lots of other LTL boards there...XPO Logistics