Comments on: My Recent Trucking Adventures – Quite A Challenge http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/10/my-recent-trucking-adventures-quite-a-challenge Helping Those Who Are Considering A Career In The Truck Driving Industry Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rhonda http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/10/my-recent-trucking-adventures-quite-a-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-1184 Rhonda Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:28:30 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=1817#comment-1184 This brings back memories!! Every driver gets this and more often than you would care for. And the places we are sent to are not designed for the trucks of today. Meanwhile dispatch is thinking "get there at 9 and a dock right away and out by 10:30" Dispatch has no clue it just took you 45 minutes to back into this dock or where ever the trailer is needed. Now they want to know why you are "late" when all you are doing is your job and you have done your assignment, so how can you be "late" now????? Those enclosed docks are nice but they are a challenge to back into. Like in your story--no light,no markings of any kind to see so you need to stop and get out and keep looking at dock plate and other obsticles in the way. I seemed to get the enclosed dock with roof supports inches away from me!!!! Sure don't want to bump into that. This brings back memories!! Every driver gets this and more often than you would care for. And the places we are sent to are not designed for the trucks of today.

Meanwhile dispatch is thinking “get there at 9 and a dock right away and out by 10:30″ Dispatch has no clue it just took you 45 minutes to back into this dock or where ever the trailer is needed. Now they want to know why you are “late” when all you are doing is your job and you have done your assignment, so how can you be “late” now?????

Those enclosed docks are nice but they are a challenge to back into. Like in your story–no light,no markings of any kind to see so you need to stop and get out and keep looking at dock plate and other obsticles in the way. I seemed to get the enclosed dock with roof supports inches away from me!!!! Sure don’t want to bump into that.

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