What makes "Driver Friendly Freight"?

To me its DROP / HOOK at both ends of the trip , no unloading or loading and no HAZMAT

 

plus no mountains, no Northeast, no extra stops, lots a miles and light load

 

For me it's $1000 for TONU, call it a day.

 

For us it is also drop and hook...light load in a trailer that pulls "True" and an open appointment on pickup and delivery. Driver friendly customers are hard to find but they do exist. We have found that Wal-Mart tends to be driver friendly, P&G can be a pain depending on location and Dollar General is a nightmare.

Just my opinion!

 

Schneider has an exclusive drop and hook agreement with Walmart, which makes going there great in that instance. But ask anyone that has to live unload at Walmart DC's what they think about them LOL

 

When trucking companies put the phrase "Driver friendly freight" in their recruitment ad's...they are saying they will not force the driver to load/unload the freight. That is all. No other meanings as pertained to recruitment ad's.

 

they are saying they will not force the driver to load/unload the freight. That is all. No other meanings as pertained to recruitment ad's. Unless its to drive the bus taking PROSPECTIVE BUNNIES to the PLAYBOY MANSION and then DRIVER FRIENDLY could have a WHOLE NEW MEANING

 

More baloney. How many driver's would they get if they said, "driver UNfriendly freight". No matter what they tell you, you can bet you'll do some unfriendly freight, "Just this one time".

 

your appt is a 9am, you get there at 5am and they are anxious to load you anyway (no walking 5mile to the shipper office, no standing behind a cage, they dont even ask for a pickup number, no talking into an intercom)

the guy say, there is coffee and the restroom the hall

you come out of the bathroom, have a friendly chat with the forkilft driver because has already finished loading you

you sign the bills, you brace your load and you are off

o yeah, the rate sheet said 35k and it only 5k

and on the other end,, NO LUMPERS and they unload you as soon as you arrive according to your scheduled delivery time, NO TWO FREE HOURS