Rejected Load
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Yeah, when that happens to us, we have to take it to a trailer repair facility. Fortunately, they will dispatch us to the repair facility to drop the trailer and move us onto another load.
What is kind of odd to me about the rejection is they're rejecting an incoming load. Chances are pretty good that trailer was damaged when it was loaded. And if that heavy-ass load made it this far, pretty good chance the trailer will hold up for unloading. But, yeah. I hope you get out of there quick and you can move on. I'm kind of surprised the shipper let it slide and loaded it anyway.
Good luck.
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.
Http://www.robsonforensic.com/articles/trailer-collapse-expert-investigates-semi-trailer-that-collapsed-under-weig
Might help you understand why they wouldn't drive a forklift on that trailer.
Hope you get this solved. Yesterday in Minnesota I went to a shipper and had the trailer rejected because it was too old (by a couple months). Large paper rolls naturally. Our oldest trailers are due to be sold as soon as our new ones are built.
I had to drive 120 miles r/t to our terminal in S St Paul to get a newer trailer to take back to the shipper. Fun times indeed.
Delivered that to cedar rapids this morning, got new steer tires on the truck and now almost to Columbus OH to drop the current load and hook to another to take to Baltimore for a morning delivery tomorrow, then we pick up another load going back to Iowa and will reload and head to Dallas next.
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.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
You didn't say it but I assume you sent in the macro 55 breakdown. (Your DM will see this) then get on the phone with your DM to discuss. You will have to take it to the nearest trailer repair, but I don't know about the load.
If anybody's going to get you out from under that trailer, it's your Driver Manager.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.Driver Manager:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Hmm, you picked that up in Toledo right? That mill is alleged to be picky about the trailers they load for the same reason. As for Salinas, I feel your pain. If you're at Rock-Tenn, they should let you park on their street for your reset if you need to.
I ended up driving back to lathrop to t call at the terminal. Sat all day yesterday to deliver today just to be rejected, ahhh the trucker life hahaha. On a side note, It's cool how the terminal here at lathrop is open door. You can just walk straight into the office no problem. Lost a load going to Calexico too.. Oh well on to the next adventure!
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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Sitting over here at the paper place in Salinas, CA. Finally get here and back into the dock. Come to find out they won't unload me because I am missing a cross beam on my trailer roof. They won't unload a trailer with damage like that because they have had several trailers collapse on them in the past. So now I am waiting to see what I have to do now in order to fix this. Hopefully I won't be stuck here too long as there is not really any parking here.