Why Do Drivers Do This?
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I mostly drop and hook now, but not too long ago I had to live unload and I got in the dock beautifully. The guy inside came out and said they could unload the trailer easier if I would open the doors! Oops! 
As Rosanna Rosannadana says, it's always something! 
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
I mostly drop and hook now, but not too long ago I had to live unload and I got in the dock beautifully. The guy inside came out and said they could unload the trailer easier if I would open the doors! Oops!
I rolled back with doors open and the shipper wanted then closed and could open them from the inside lol
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
I mostly drop and hook now, but not too long ago I had to live unload and I got in the dock beautifully. The guy inside came out and said they could unload the trailer easier if I would open the doors! Oops!
I rolled back with doors open and the shipper wanted then closed and could open them from the inside lol
Believe it or not, I drove on the Nabisco account when I was with Roehl and I would drop trailers at the Love's Park plant in their docks with the doors closed and the seal intact. I am not sure how they opened them like that but since I was brand spankin' new as driver it was much easier for me to back with them closed than open so I didn't care! I have never been to another consignee since then either that had a set up like that!
Consignee:
The customer the freight is being delivered to. Also referred to as "the receiver". The shipper is the customer that is shipping the goods, the consignee is the customer receiving the goods.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
I doubt anyone under the age of 50 even knows who Rosanna Rosannadanna is. Thanks for reminding me of my misspent youth!
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I too preferred to have my tandems forward while backing when I first began driving, but now with some experience like to have them to the back. I deliver to a McDonald's distributorship daily and it is pretty tight. With them forward there is too much trailer swing to be able to get in a space without possibly bumping another trailer. I can also judge the pivot point of my tandems better with them back. It is amazing how preferences can change! Glad to hear your are doing well and figuring out what works best for you!
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".