[2000Volvo770]

Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago

$924 for 756 miles is a lousy rate to start with, even without the wait.

yes it was but I had a great paying load back to Detroit to make up for it till it was canceled cause I wouldnt be empty in time to load it.

[TIM]

$924 for 756 miles is a lousy rate to start with, even without the wait.

I read that and re read it so I went to the load boards . I couldnt believe van /refer frieght could be that bad . Well it wasnt . I found as much as twice that .

Tim

[2000Volvo770]

where did ya mind that? I got this off Landstar's board.

[jroqueman]

Is is Landstar's policy to refuse to load you if you leave a shipper? Did u know that ahaed of time? When I was moving general freight, I would get very frustrated when loading at shippers that seemed to just sit around. The would not make thier job any kind of a priority. I would keep looking at the clock trying to figure out how late I would have to drive to make up for their laziness. I don't blame you for leaving.

I probably would have stayed if I knew that Landstar would refuse to load me after the fact. I would not go there again to load.

I am glad that I do not have to deal with such folks anymore.

I'm really confused about these loading docks. I hear this a lot and even about Walmart. Don't these places have a boss. Man, I would be all over the lazy bums and fire them. I pay you to work 8 hours and if not, I'll find someone else. At least that's the way it should work.

I would have left also!

[jroqueman]

Originally Posted by SteveBooth

I'm really confused about these loading docks. I hear this a lot and even about Walmart. Don't these places have a boss. Man, I would be all over the lazy bums and fire them. I pay you to work 8 hours and if not, I'll find someone else. At least that's the way it should work.

I would have left also!

A lot of the shippers and receivers a crazy. When I was doing reefer and general freight, you knew that you would be there all day if it was a union shop. The grocery receivers seemed to be the worst. You went to load the product at the shipper. You would sit there for hours. You go inside to inquire and they would tell you something like "The blueberry truck is not here yet, so we cannot finish making the muffins." So you sit there all day. They finally get you loaded. Your appointment time has not moved forward at all at the grocery receiver. You are supposed to deliver at 0500. Now it is at the point where you have to drive straight through the night to get there at 0500. You pull into the receiver 15 minutes late and you get a huge lecture from the receiver about how they should charge the drivers who cannot seem to deliver on time. Then they want to charge you to unload the freight onto their docks. Wal Mart does that. You have to pay to have their freight unloaded. It is total craziness, but such is the world. Reefer seems to be the worst for this type of behavior. I am glad I do not do that anymore. My hat's off to those who pull reefer. After all, we all have to eat.

[2000Volvo770]

this was plastic or rubber car bumpers. 10 box's and maybe at the most of 2500lbs. I was 1 of 2 trucks in the dock and even at this place. why would they take 2-3hrs to load this? :roll:

[lojak]

Something like that is totally your call. If I was in the same situation I expect I would have been bugging the agent frequently just to spread the pain around. But I expect I would have stayed and loaded. Once I left, the shipper (and maybe the agent depending on how they were) would go on my list of people not to deal with again.

[tumbo1]

i lived in monroe till i was 22 not a great place for a truck not a whole lot of places to park with a big truck. were was this place i dont recognize the name. :shock:

[2000Volvo770]

Originally Posted by tumbo1

i lived in monroe till i was 22 not a great place for a truck not a whole lot of places to park with a big truck. were was this place i dont recognize the name. :shock:

910 Detroit ave. the street next to the Pilot about 3 building on the left.