Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

This is fun… They book a load in Bordentown New Jersey plan me on it… I do some googling and it looks like it comes back to an address of a local bricklayers union local number four somebody Messages CS yesterday CS doesn’t respond to anybody so today I decide to call the phone number and the phone number is disconnected… Oh, how fun… I would think when booking a load you might want to verify the information that would be correct before putting it all through the system… customer service reps are singlehandedly a problem that needs to be addressed and reformed here more than anything else…

 

Its the warehouse next door. Premier Warehousing. 3275 us-206. Bordentown. Look it up on Maps.

Did that shipper last week. Pull in the gates and go in man door 14 on the corner by the truck gate. There's no office. There is no phone. Check in with the loader. Quick loader. Its about 1.5 miles south of the Loves on the right.

 

Oh you mean like cs sending a load that I find out is hazmat only after I accept the load...... that's pretty important to know before I take it...good thing I'm certified

 

I'm not sure that excuse works...

 

Crete…7Days out (sat-Fri) 3452 miles

 

On the topic of "lazy drivers only want to drive 400 miles a day" - 400 miles a day, 25 days a month is 10,000 miles. Which gets them into bonus territory.

I think it's less about the miles per day and more about making appointment times. IE being willing to start early or end late to make that O'Dark-Thirty appointment. I also hypothesize that appointment times are the culprit behind SSB's 'lack of miles'. In my experience it can be cheaper/more beneficial to have a truck sit for an extra 10 hours on a load and ensure OTD than it is to try and relay it. It's counterintuitive until you both dig down into the details and zoom out to see the big picture.

I also can't really blame drivers for wanting to shut down by 1700. Parking is beyond ridiculous. WI State Patrol and the Kenosha Sheriffs department can't kick out all the ramp parkers because there literally isn't any place for them to park. Sure there are a few pay spots open in the TA and the Petro (good luck backing into the open spots in the Petro), but not nearly enough to accommodate all the trucks on the ramps. The weigh station is full, every 'fake spot' is full. Even South Beloit has gotten crowded - 10 years ago you'd have a decent chance of finding a pull through at 2300.

 

I used to get those false alarms on Prime trailers all of the time. Pain in the rump.