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The problem with that is to many schedules.

Consignee wants 2800 cases of zipwidgets, calls shipper and he says well if you order 5600 I'll cut you a deal on the units(he has overstock) and on shipping. Consignee says good deal have them here friday. Shipper figures call for truck as product is ready and he needs it gone. Problem is it is Mon and only 900 miles to consignee. Trucking company takes it because he's a steady customer and plans to set it on a yard. Now the planners tell them no way possible 'til late Tues night. Shipper says alright but gotta get it asap.


Disp says yeah still setting it on yard? Planner now says local guy's booked up friday.........









Getting all 5 or 6 schedules to coincide is the problem. Really kind of impressive thT it works out at all.

 

Thats all well and good and all that but, its still the driver getting screwed since he's the one paying for all that incompetence. Unless said driver is really lucky and works for a company that will pay him for that time.

 

Agreed. And I would offer the advice of not working for a company that does not compensate that time. I do not feel luck has anything to do with it. If drivers would simply demand the pay for their labor instead of giving it away. Alas to many spend their labor without recompense.

 

Flash, you have to think on this, every driver runs differently (my style was balls to the wall then relax when I am done), other drivers are farting around all day. When those loads get booked they don't know for certain which driver will get them, they schedule it safely.

 

Fair point. Also what truck will be pulling it? O/O or company?

 

that is true and many times I have had a load that was real close and when ask they say you can do it we have faith in you!. so the scheduling runs both ways and many times it changes after its on the road.

 

I choose to get there early sometimes and just camp out and save my hours, a lot of times I have a preplan before I even get to the receiver. If Im lucky I get unloaded early, and Im off and running. Im a good sweet talker, I know which buttons to push.

 

Not true all the time. Take my current load for example. Due to the holiday weekend, I had 4 days to drive 600 miles.

Oh well, I needed a 34 hour reset anyway.

 

Being early usually IS good! Just be considerate and try to give the dock folks a few hours notice of your arrival so they can prepare and schedule as needed.