Who Holds The Longest Wait At Shipper/Receiver?

Thats bad !!!!!! for a drop and hook !!!!!!

Either the factory got behind producing the product or dispatch sent him there way ahead of time hoping it would be ready early.

I've been quite fortunate to not have experienced any of those kind of wait times. The longest was with a trainer in Detroit picking up at 2100 and delivering 30 miles away at 0300. Didn't get loaded till 0630. Like I said, I've been lucky but I'm sure my turn is coming.

That entire segment of the industry has always been the way it is now. The detention times have always been horrendous. There's no reason for it. That's just how things have been done forever it seems, especially at food and grocery warehouses. It's just commonplace to sit for 6-12 hours.

And there's no reason it has to be that way, because there are places that have it down to a science. Costco, for example. Pull into the guard shack, get assigned a door and handed a beeper. Break the seal, open the doors, back in, wait for the beeper to go off. When it does, pull out, pull around to the guard shack, given them back their beeper, get your bills, pull up, close your doors, and blow. All in usually under 2 hours. This is at the DC, mind, not the actual stores, but they're pretty fast in their own right. With that kind of performance not only theoretically possible but proven and effective, there is no good, sound, logical reason why delivering the exact same freight to Walmart should take 5 hours, or 6 hours at Safeway.

Hey Brett,

Have you ever thought about becoming a lobbyist for the trucking industry? You would make an excellent spokesman. Seriously! You viewpoints and assessments are always 'on point'! I'd vote for and support you in a heart beat!

Meper

That entire segment of the industry has always been the way it is now. The detention times have always been horrendous. There's no reason for it. That's just how things have been done forever it seems, especially at food and grocery warehouses. It's just commonplace to sit for 6-12 hours.

And there's no reason it has to be that way, because there are places that have it down to a science. Costco, for example. Pull into the guard shack, get assigned a door and handed a beeper. Break the seal, open the doors, back in, wait for the beeper to go off. When it does, pull out, pull around to the guard shack, given them back their beeper, get your bills, pull up, close your doors, and blow. All in usually under 2 hours. This is at the DC, mind, not the actual stores, but they're pretty fast in their own right. With that kind of performance not only theoretically possible but proven and effective, there is no good, sound, logical reason why delivering the exact same freight to Walmart should take 5 hours, or 6 hours at Safeway.

Got to love Wal-mart lol you get a appointment time can't be there more than a half hour early they take forever unloading you. But if your late for any reason they won't take you. Your company has to make a new appointment time which could be one to two days later. :)

Hey Brett,

Have you ever thought about becoming a lobbyist for the trucking industry? You would make an excellent spokesman. Seriously! You viewpoints and assessments are always 'on point'! I'd vote for and support you in a heart beat!

Meper

He has my Vote

Hey Brett,

Have you ever thought about becoming a lobbyist for the trucking industry? You would make an excellent spokesman. Seriously! You viewpoints and assessments are always 'on point'! I'd vote for and support you in a heart beat!

Meper

No way! The biggest hurdle you face is that any significant changes to the industry have to be done at the Federal level. And of course any change you propose will be opposed vehemently by 1000 people with special interests and big teams of lawyers.

Then you have meeting after meeting and wind up with things like a recent committee meeting they had regarding new drivers. They've been considering passing legislation defining what entry level driver need to be taught. They started the meeting with:

One key question it sought an answer to: What is an entry-level driver?

OMG. Then after haggling that out for a while they moved to the next big step:

Committee member David Heller, director of policy and safety for the Truckload Carriers Association, said the committee would need to produce a definition for “school,”

OMG.

So after years and years of debating the learning requirements for new drivers they've so far managed to define what a new driver is but not yet what a "school" is.

I literally wouldn't last until lunchtime on the first day dealing with people like that. No way.

I heard the other day that the government is trying to make it that everyone has to get a permit from your home state them transfer it to the state that the company sponsored program is in then to go back to your home state to take the skills test... Money racket

It wouldn't bother me to wait 48 hours to be unloaded. I would enjoy the downtime and rest from driving across country. Again, trucking is a lifestyle. Enjoy travelling. Take a nap when waiting. Surf the net. Call loved ones. Read a book. Eat and watch TV. Enjoy the freedom. If you think you want to get rich from trucking you are mistaken----there has been a cap on that for a long time.

Not trying to hijack the thread - I hear you Brett! If I tried to be a lobbyist I'd probably get arrested for punching some bureaucrat in the mouth.

Meper