Shipper refusing you to take preload, temp lic registration

That’s messed up. Big well established company like Heartland. Chicago Ragtag I could see, probably the cause of the rule. Surprised Heartland couldn’t straighten it out for you. It’s ironic that had you been running illegally without the temp in the windshield, you wouldn’t have had a problem. I’d say the Guard needs to be disciplined for not doing his job.

 

Why is that the guards business? One time a guard refused to let me take a preload out of hersey but that was because the battery in the reefer wasn't working right and they left it in the door(which they opened from the inside), that way the warehouse temp circulated throughout the trailer. I would have just gone to Speedco down the street and got it fixed but I had to wait. Your situation doesn't make sense though. Trailer registration has nothing to do with the product and that isn't their problem.

 

Some gate guards think & act as if they're special forces for the CIA.

 

Next time call the dock or the logistics manager.

 

When I was with Tyson, we were allowed to bobtail to the house. I was once dispatched from home to a nearby plant to grab a customer preload. Mind you, I’m in a Tyson truck, at a Tyson plant, picking up a Tyson customer load, on a Tyson trailer, that was due to deliver in three hours.

The guard refused to allow the pickup because I was coming out of the house bobtail, and failed the load. Operations was less than impressed.

 

I heard one security guard saying, "If these truck drivers don't do what I say, I'm going to start kicking ass."

 

You probably rolled up on the guard while he was toking and made him lose half a joint.

 

I went to work for Heartland in the mid 90s. Delivered to Walmart in Seymour In. on a Saturday afternoon. Woke up, my empty was gone. Grabbed by another Driver. Tried to leave and gate was locked. No phones back then. Just a Qualcomm. Luckily I had some tools. Took the hinge off the gate, got out, put gate back together. Lol. Never heard anything about it.

 

Maybe the guard has some rule he has to follow to keep his job. Maybe the rule is stupid or maybe the guard misunderstood the rule.