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Originally Posted by MichiganDriver
Words of wisdom to be sure. I didn't do a good job of that at first, but now that I've gotten stung a couple of times I'm making sure that the load fits my truck.
But let's talk about next week, shall we?  I booked a load going to WV. I pick up Monday, just outside of Detroit and I was told I could drop off Monday afternoon. Well the receiver doesn't want me there until Tuesday. Not a big deal. The load pays pretty well (for a straight truck load), and even though I figured I'd probably have to deadhead for the next one I ran the numbers and I'm okay. And then I found a load outside of Cincinnati that goes to eastern PA. Again, not a good place to end up loadwise, but the load pays pretty well (for a straight truck). But the guy that had booked the load was at lunch, and the guy I talked to seemed pretty disinterested. I asked what the freight was and he said "9 regular pallets, nothing special". I asked him about height later in the conversation, explaining that I had a roll up (overhead) door and again he said "regular pallets man, it's fine". Ok, so I booked it and got the confirmation. Wtf? High-cube? Food grade? I don't know what high-cube means exactly, but I can guess my straight truck isn't. And I don't know for sure about food grade. I'd guess my truck is borderline. It doesn't smell bad or anything but it's shiny days are long past.
So I called and some guy said he'd put my concerns into the computer so the salesman would check it out and call me. So far of course no call. I printed out a copy of the original load posting for my protection, but there isn't much else I can do until Monday. |
That sucks, refrigerated food is finicky.
Some meat plants REQUIRE a washout within MINUTES of arriving.
A degree off could mean a customer does not have to pay.
Rail reefer requires bracing and bagging...the list goes on.
A food grade, high cube would most likely be found on an inter-modal shipments.
