Loading and unloading

[Morraco]

The other day I came across a statistics factoid (some federal transportation agency) about truckers spending on average of 33 hours idle by their trucks while their boxes are being loaded and unloaded, and these hours going unpaid. 33 hours is a lot of unpaid time, almost a full-time weekly job. I've also known truckers waiting shippers up to 8 hours while their loads are being checked, rechecked, loaded and a pound of paperwork filled; as to be expected, the guys at these warehouses, docks and so caring little about truckers wasting any number of hours. I surmise this combined with 10 hours of driving every day makes for a tired driver. Is there any way to lessen this?

[Rev.Vassago]

The other day I came across a statistics factoid (some federal transportation agency) about truckers spending on average of 33 hours idle by their trucks while their boxes are being loaded and unloaded, and these hours going unpaid. 33 hours is a lot of unpaid time, almost a full-time weekly job. I've also known truckers waiting shippers up to 8 hours while their loads are being checked, rechecked, loaded and a pound of paperwork filled; as to be expected, the guys at these warehouses, docks and so caring little about truckers wasting any number of hours.

Hence the old adage "Work 100, log 70, get paid for 50".

I surmise this combined with 10 hours of driving every day makes for a tired driver.

Many of us don't drive anywhere near 10 hours a day.

Is there any way to lessen this?

Make sure you are getting paid for waiting time, loading time, unloading time. For me, that is some of my most profitable time (especially waiting time). You'd be surprised how quickly people will move when they know it is costing them.