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How much for unloading and loading a trailer manually

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Zoombie, Dec 15, 2013.

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  1. Dec 15, 2013 #11
    PackRatTDI

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    I've only been to one place ever that charged to load the trailer. Van de kamps in Jackson, TN.
     
    PackRatTDI, Dec 15, 2013
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  3. Dec 16, 2013 #12
    snowwy

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    same here, i've only been to one place that charged to UNload my flat. onions in jacksonville. i don't know who ended up paying the fee though. as they didn't press the issue to collect from me.
     
    snowwy, Dec 16, 2013
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  4. Dec 16, 2013 #13
    Ruthless

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    I was looking at an "either or" situation not both.
     
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  5. Dec 16, 2013 #14
    JPenn

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    I'd charge detention on top of unload if the receiver took an unreasonable amount of time to check in the product. Grocery warehouses are the typical culprits here... I have been held up 4+ hours several times to check in a straight pull of identical product (1 line item). That's unreasonable during normal receiving hours and I would bill for it.
     
    JPenn, Dec 16, 2013
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    Cetane+ Thanks this.
  7. Dec 16, 2013 #15
    HalpinUout

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    Your getting raped if your an O/O and getting 18/hour detention...
     
    HalpinUout, Dec 16, 2013
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    losttrucker and Cetane+ Thank this.
  8. Dec 16, 2013 #16
    losttrucker

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    You are geting DRILLED with no lube!! I get $75/hour after 2 hours billed in 15 minute increments!!
     
    losttrucker, Dec 16, 2013
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    Cetane+ and HalpinUout Thank this.
  9. Dec 17, 2013 #17
    JPenn

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    I got those exact figures as a company driver. $100 for unload, $18/hr after 2 hours detention. And this was for FFE, who's never been known to pay well. I'm afraid you're priced miles under market as an O/O.
     
    JPenn, Dec 17, 2013
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  10. Dec 17, 2013 #18
    Allow Me.

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    You need to know how many product codes on these pallets. Also are the pallets straight in or turned ? Makes a difference if you're using a hand jack which won't fit under a turned pallet. Does consignee use the shippers pallets ? Grocery warehouses sometimes use their own little version of a pallet, so you have to transfer from the shippers pallet to their pallet. In a perfect world, you'd have about 22 pallets, loaded straight in, able to use an electric pallet jack at the consignee with boo-coo room on the dock to stage and one product code. Nice clean unload. Done in 30 min, right ? The checker slaps his tickets on the pallets as you unload them, signs your papers and you're out of there and at the local T/A eating bacon and eggs in no time !

    Then on the other hand, you might have turned pallets, a manuel pallet jack, product that needs to be transferred, a checker that disappears for 30 min at a time, a clerk behind the office window who is busy texting her stud and in no hurry to process your paperwork, a yard that is so congested it takes you 30 min to get out from the dock and off the premises and 8 trucks in line to clear the security shack.
     
    Allow Me., Dec 17, 2013
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