Has Anyone Ever Picked Up The Wrong Load ?
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Got to the receiver at a job site and there was my trailer. The guy asked me if the third load was coming. Turns out he decided to take what was my load because "they're all going to the same place, what's it matter?" What mattered was that what was supposed to be my load was a bunch of crates with hardware - really easy to secure. He got there first and decided to take the easy one, even though it wasn't assigned to him.
To make it worse, he started to tell me about other times he'd done the same thing.
I have had the same thing happen to me. If I was you, report the driver (just because there obviously is a pattern here) to your FM. Sooner or later this will come back to bite this driver in the rear. But that's just me. Right is right, wrong is wrong, period. No gray area's for me on something like this.
Ernie
Yeah, I gave his name and truck number to my FM when I talked to him about the load after that. I don't know if anything happened after that, but it wouldn't be appropriate for me to know since he doesn't report to me.
And I'll never help him tarp if I run into him again lol.
Fm:
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.
I left the yard once to load, arrived at the loading facility, then realized I didn't have the trailer at all...I was in such a hurry to get rolling that I left the damn trailer. Doh!
Lesson learned: its never worth it to go THAT fast.
I left the yard once to load, arrived at the loading facility, then realized I didn't have the trailer at all...I was in such a hurry to get rolling that I left the damn trailer. Doh!
Lesson learned: its never worth it to go THAT fast.
Wow, that's pretty bad! How far did you drive? I would think that would be something you'd notice on the very first turn!
I left the yard once to load, arrived at the loading facility, then realized I didn't have the trailer at all...I was in such a hurry to get rolling that I left the damn trailer. Doh!
Lesson learned: its never worth it to go THAT fast.
Wow, that's pretty bad! How far did you drive? I would think that would be something you'd notice on the very first turn!
la da de da oh wow these turns certainly are easier to make than usual and wow look how much faster i can accelerate and stop... *looks in mirror* ****... I knew I forgot to do something...
yep I can see that being exactly what was happening haha.
LMAO yeah I remember thinking that too. Then it dawned on me. Ah, crap.
Fortunately I didn't go more than about a mile and a half. Loading site is very close to the terminal.
Now if it was like 200 miles...I probably wouldn't have posted that :p
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.
I pulled a trailer from Conover, NC to Sayreville, NJ. When I got there, I backed into the dock and took my paperwork in. They were pretty happy to see me. Seems the previous guy had pulled the wrong trailer (two numbers transposed on the trailer), EMPTY, all the way from Conover to Sayreville and didn't realize until he opened the doors at the destination.
The receiver said he was pretty proud of himself for making it on time until he opened the doors of the trailer....
I haven't hooked to a wrong trailer, but have been given a trailer number several times that were supposed to be empty, only to find they still contained freight.....learned to always open the doors and double check, loaded or empty to verify content. Have also been assigned a load going to say Chicago from my dispatch and when I get to the shipper , they say no, this goes to Memphis!
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.
I hooked the wrong trailer once (numbers were the same and in almost the same order); had everything ready to go, but caught my mistake when double-checking the trailer number. It was a bit of a wake up call to always, always double check everything. A fellow driver once picked up the wrong set of paperwork and drove 250 miles to destination; consignee refused the load; he had to pull the load all the way back. One whole day wasted, not to mention the embarrassment.
It's all good. I'm surprised the guard didn't catch it. Does your company do a live loaded call? Prime you have to every time you depart shipper. They ask trailer and address to where your heafef. Either way, even though I haven't yet and don't plan on it, I've for sure have made some mistakes. Trust me on 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.
Oh I should have read more carefully, you caught the mistake before leaving. Never mind
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I hooked the wrong trailer once (numbers were the same and in almost the same order); had everything ready to go, but caught my mistake when double-checking the trailer number. It was a bit of a wake up call to always, always double check everything. A fellow driver once picked up the wrong set of paperwork and drove 250 miles to destination; consignee refused the load; he had to pull the load all the way back. One whole day wasted, not to mention the embarrassment.
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.