Excessive loading time!

My company gives the shipper 2 hours to load/unload. After that it costs them $100 an hour, and I get $12.50 an hour. Better than nothing, I suppose!

 

What is your job title? truck driver/volunteer?
Over 40 years trucking and have always been paid for any waiting/unloading/loading time. You guys must work for some cheap SOBS that your time is not compensated. I'm on duty when these activities are in progress whether I am involved in the process or not. Always paid hourly when backed to a dock.

 

I vastly prefer drop and hooks. Live loads I've had in my first few months driving are about 50/50 . Being about half the time they do it in about an hour or so and there's already an open dock for me. The other half of the time the shipper/receiver is overcrowded , takes HOURS just to get it a door , and then I can they take their Sweet ### time unloading . And possibly demand lumper fees at the end .

And it's the live loads that tend to have clutter in their yards like containers in their already limited space so it screws with your ability to back in . I've been todo many awkward docks it's not even funny

Alot of the time with drop and hook I'm going to some warehouse or large yard with generous space , you drop hook and out of there without wasting precious hours

 

You, my friend,are in the minority. The vast majority of OTR Drivers are paid by the mile. Just the way it is!