Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Used to be 15-25 minutes for doubles, then another 10 or so for triples for me.

It's super helpful if A. You can back a dolly attached to a trailer and B. Your landing gear, glad hands and electrical connections are in good working order. Seems like those things kept me on the yard longer than actually building my set.

 

It's a skill worth looking into. Especially if you are dealing with a yard filled with snow or potholes. Moving dollies around by hand is no fun.

Best advice I can give you is that you turn your wheel in the same direction you want your dolly to go. If you want your dolly to start turning left, you crank the wheel to the left. This pushes the trailer to the right and the trailer will push the dolly to the left.

It's also helpful to be not directly infront of your rear box. Like have a slight angle so you can see your rear trailer and also your converter dolly. It's obviously easier to do this angled slightly to the left so you can see everything out of your driver side window.

When I started, I practiced by just trying to back my dolly into a general area where we stored our equipment. Tried to see how far I could go before jackknifing, this helped me figure out how sensitive everything was and how to finesse my way to where I wanted my dolly to go.

It does take time to practice it. But it's worth the effort if you hook a lot of sets.

 

Ooof... I think I posted that on a Friday.

Usually when I get home those nights is when I do my exercise to stay in shape. Those exercises consist of 12 ounce curls.

Looking back at that comment, I think I've done too many reps that night and I reckon I was a bit too honest with my commentary.

Well dag-gum I stand behind what I said. I get sent out empty for P/U and by my second out of six stops I managed to completely fill an entire 53 ft trailer.

"Load till she can hold no more!" Is the battle cry from my costumer to his forklift operator as they load a mixture of Holland and YRC freight.

My dispatcher and outbound supervisor are conspiring my premature demise.