Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by road_runner, Jun 21, 2013.

  1. Mike2633

    Mike2633 Road Train Member

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    All we have is dear around here no tree stand needed.
    You sure were near my stomping ground. Did you see the GFS yard where I work. Were right around the corner from your terminal.
     
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  3. Naptown

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    On my way on to work tonight, I came up on a UPS set of doubles throwing a roostertail of sparks from his left rear. His inside tire was flat and beginning to come apart. The outside tire was gone, leaving just a bare rim dragging the road.

    I tried to get his attention, but he just flipped me off and kept going. How someone could not notice that, I don't know.
     
  4. 1catfish

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    you know those guys are too important to stop........:rolleyes:
     
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  5. Bob Dobalina

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    Mine this morning was a log hauler with a brake fire. Probably a wheel seal / bearing failure actually. I was smelling it for miles. Luckily I caught up to him and got him to pull over right as it developed into full-blown flames. His extinguisher took care of it despite multiple flare-ups, so I was able to save mine. That could've been real bad if the wood caught fire.

    My dash cam has been messing up lately and I have to return it for a warranty replacement, otherwise I might have gotten some decent footage!
     
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  6. Naptown

    Naptown Road Train Member

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    What dash cam do you have? I've been thinking it's a good idea to upgrade the cheap one I've been using. One of our guys has one with a second camera that he clips on the right mirror to watch that side as well as record the front. It saved his job a few months ago when a car coming off a ramp sideswiped him then ran.
     
  7. Bob Dobalina

    Bob Dobalina Road Train Member

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    I'd like to make sure they do the right thing before I officially "recommend" their product, but the one I got was the Zero Edge Z3 model recommended at the time by the product-review site called The Wirecutter. They have an updated recommendation there now due to new models continually coming out. There are just so many brands and models out there that it can be a really difficult subject to research. I just wanted someone to make the decision for me. They seem to do thorough testing, so you might wanna check out The Wirecutter site.

    One of the reasons I got the one I did was an 18-month warranty. These things just take so much abuse in big trucks; 18 months doing linehaul is the equivalent in miles to what many cars would travel in 10 or 15 years, not to mention all the extra vibration and such.

    Before it started getting glitchy, I thought mine worked well. You can see example videos (recorded at less than the highest video quality it's capable of) on these posts of mine:
    and here -
     
  8. MACK E-6

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    Our TM told us this morning in a meeting that we have a theft problem.

    I don’t know where that may be, but I certainly know where it’s not.
     
  9. Gearjammin' Penguin

    Gearjammin' Penguin "Ride Fast-Truck Safe"

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    Someone(s) in the billing department really need a short sharp shock.

    We get our Delivery Receipts in formats of 1-4 pages. It includes all the instructions such as DO NOT HOLD, ACCESSORY CHARGES MUST BE APPROVED BY SOANDSO, and a bunch of numbers and BS that are only of interest to some drone sitting in an office somewhere.

    Does it include the consignee's phone number, included on the original BOL? No.

    Does it include the full address, with unit/suite number, included on the original BOL? No.

    Do some of them even include the customer's actual name, included on the original BOL? No.

    Does it include anything, included on the original BOL, which would possibly be of relevance to the driver actually trying to deliver this crap? No.

    Seriously, would it be too much to ask that in this pile of dead trees, hidden among a million instructions that we already mostly know by heart anyway, there would be information that we, as drivers, might actually find useful??
     
  10. Cardfan89

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    I always like p.o. box addresses and when a company changes names and they don't change the name on invoices or my personal favorite a bill to ship to where you unload the stuff somewhere for some one else and the customer has no idea
     
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  11. Naptown

    Naptown Road Train Member

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    My favorite delivery story was a large bundle of steel tubing ordered by a contractor doing a construction project at a company that was also a customer of ours. Salesman took contractor's order but supplied delivery info for company's receiving dept.

    I'd show up, company would turn away delivery because they didn't place an order. Contractor would call up wanting to know why he didn't get his material, salesman would reissue the order with same delivery info, company would turn it away, and so on.

    This happened several days in a row. Contractor was pissed, company was too. I didn't care because I got paid for the stop. Eventually one of the adults in charge realized the sales guy was a dip#### and resolved the issue.
     
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