The WORST Shippers and Receivers - Truckers WILL NOT Buy Their Products!

Sorry you had such a bad time. I went to Kal-Kan once and they wanted to live load me. I checked with shipping and they had a loaded trailer going to the same place so I had dispatch swtch loads. It wasn't a problem.

I understand why you didn't like shorthaul. A 200 mile run was a long one. It seemed like all you did was bump a dock. The longest run I had in eight years was from Cincinnati to Atlanta and I only got that because they were short of drivers.

I also know many drivers that have been there for years and they seem happy. Guess it all boils down to what you want.

I do know what you mean about getting you home on time. More than once, I didn't get home until 12 or more after I was supposed to. To their credit, they did change that. Around the late 90's, they got you home on time and they also fired a few dispatchers who tried to get you to run illegal.

All in all, not a bad company.

 

Justify it however you want, you're a crook and a fraud. Once you were compensated for your time, work and court costs, the contract was upheld and you were even. When you took it further by submitting a fraudulent claim, you crossed the line from righteous winner to vindictive felon.

When you crossed the line by submitting a fraudulent claim, you became no better than the people you were fighting against. It's never right to do something like that, and you should never lower yourself to their level, regardless of how "wronged" you felt.

 

Kmart Store in Fairfield,Ca.
do not park in " their parking lot" as the store manager has put notes on all trucks that park there.he will have you towed, even if you are delevering to that store or any of the other stores in the complex.
just getting the word out before someone gets towed while you are sleeping.....

 

You know it is bad all over. In S.C. the county's are trying to make it a ticketing offense to park in the city's. I am mainly speaking about dorchester and berkeley and charleston county's. The truckers got to gather and fought it and so far I think they have won. (I am not sure)But it just shows that the biggest amount of people want the stuff that we deliver but they don't want the trucks parked around anywhere they can see them.
I guess they think the good fairy is bring in all the stuff that they use.
The best thing to do is to ask for the manager of the store where you want to park and get their permission. I tried to do that when I was out there.
A lot of the asphalt parking lots are just not thick enough to hold a tractor and trailer and you could be in for a huge wrecker bill to pull you out.

 

Hell if you cant park in the lot then how are you going to delever to them ? As far as the parking lot goes does K-Mart own the complex if they dont and they are just renting and the manager should not have any say on what goes on in the lot. That is up to the owner of the property. If you have a delevery for them or any store in that complex then you have every right to be on the property. Me.... I would ask the Kmart manager or one from the other stores on who ownes the property. If its not Kmart and that manager comes out and says move I would tell him to go burn in hell !!!!! FYI they cant tow a truck with you in it. So a little info for the next driver who has to go there.

 

It has taken many hours on the phone, But here is what has come from it..
Kmart is owned by sears, They do not own the whole parking lot.
I called the mayors office about the truck parking problems in his town.
He said that he never thought about it His father was a otr driver for many years an had the same problem,A member of his staff has a sister
who drives and has the same problems with parking in town. They say they will fix the problem. They will give me a list of streets we can park on and i will pass them on to all here

 

That sounds sweet....but here is the deal....Kmart CAN NOT control the parking lot if they dont own the strip mall. As lond as you have a delivery there or the property owner does not whine on you parking in the lot then the Kmart manager can go burn in hell because he has no say so and can not tow your rig. I would love for him to try that with me, he wont do it twice.

 

Here is and update of the streets on which we may park and have No Hassels.. KEEP IN MIND THERE IS A 72 hour law on these streets...

Huntington ct; from highway 12 take Walters rd (north) to Air Base parkway, Cross over air base parkway trun left on to Huntngton court,There is a burger king on the corner and down on walters rd there is a quickie mart not much else..
Stanford Ct; Take huntington drive east about 1 1/2 miles it will be on the right, there is not much room or much around..
Industrial Drive & Industrial Court; Take Air base parkway east to pea body (turn North ) Take the first right (DOBE) go down about 1/2mile to Industrial drive... there is no stores or restrooms in these area....

the streets I have listed here came to me from city hall and the police cheif has oked these streets for big truck parking. The local P D have been seen checking out the areas listed above... If any more streets come my way I will pass this info on to all here...

 

Thats good on the streets. But like I said if you park at tt he strip mall the Kmart manager has NO CONTROL over the lot on the strip mall. ONLY THE PROPERTY OWNER can have you truck towed. If you have a delivery there you have a right to be there. If Kmart gives you any crap I would contact the owner of the strip mall.

 

Not necessarily true. When a company pays a lease they have the right as well as the property owner for the control of the parking area.