Noob Student wrote:
That beer distributor in Rochester didnt happen to be an indoor ridiculously tight dock did it?
Yes it's NAB luckily I did a drop and hook.
Ah yes, I’ve been there more than once....
Ive been there a few times in training so far. Had the absolute worst backing experience yet at this place. When you go there you are supposed to hit the door they give you then un hook and drive to the drop lot and wait for a call. Apparently the guy next to my dock didnt get the message so i had to work around his truck to hit that tight door. Must of had 30 pull ups, 40 goals, 1000 pulled out hairs.
I know this doeant sound difficult unless you know this place but packrat and pete will get it
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.
One down.., it's in the bag so relax... That said, next time you get to a maintenance shop. Get a bag of goodies. Extra lights, gladhand seals... Just tell them you want a couple of everything... Little stuff will cost you time. Sometimes you don't have extra trailers to swap or can't hang out till you get someone on the phone. If it's just a light... Swap it.
But it's the first day and you made it... It's in the bag. And you might have been told this once before... The easiest was yesterday.😎
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Ah yes, I’ve been there more than once....
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.