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Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by kay_ray, Jan 29, 2022.

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  1. Jan 30, 2022 #11
    Goldenfan

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    Family Dollar in Maquokata Iowa by chance?
     
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  3. Jan 30, 2022 #12
    kay_ray

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    Yes sir
     
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  4. Jan 30, 2022 #13
    abyliks

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    For 200 miles I would of found a secure spot to leave the truck and rent a car home, or just waited until Monday, hard to get people to answer on weekends unfortunately but would of been less haste and you could of negotiated layover/return before wasting time/fuel doing it, part of the reason I park my truck weekends unless I’m doing something local
     
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  5. Jan 30, 2022 #14
    kay_ray

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    It was a kind of a local run .i dont think i will ever hold a load for 2 days if its not my mistake. My business is not charity . And waiting was not an option anyway while i got no reply from broker and they were in the office when i was emailing.
     
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  7. Jan 30, 2022 #15
    Allow Me.

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    this is family dollar DC right ? Not a retail store. Anyway, this is trucking, screw-ups happen. A simple phone call to the receiver would have made life simiplier.
     
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  8. Jan 30, 2022 #16
    kay_ray

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    Yes sir dc . I should ve called before i left the shipper .
     
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  9. Jan 30, 2022 #17
    JoeyJunk

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    Usually those DC’s are open 24/7. It would have been safe to assume that you could deliver IMO.
     
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  10. Jan 30, 2022 #18
    abyliks

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    And you still have no reply, with a load in the trailer, and 200 extra miles on the truck now…

    2 business days is one thing, weekend is different due to getting ahold of people
     
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  11. Jan 30, 2022 #19
    Brettj3876

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    I go a family dollar DC pretty often but I'd never do a store load.

    Had something similar happen OP. Load delivering 175 miles from the yard, I get up there and they say it was supposed to deliver yesterday and no spots open til Monday, this was on a Friday. If they would of took it the next day I would of camped out there but not all weekend. This was a smaller broker we work with all the time. They ate it and paid the same rate again to drag it back up.
     
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