John not EVEN going to go there. This is a slow time of year for all of us. But got to hang in there with you. Load 1 is very driver friendly. John you really look out for the drivers. And I really do appreciate that.We are going to make it. 32 years and still trucking.
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John not EVEN going to go there. This is a slow time of year for all of us. But got to hang in there with you. Load 1 is very driver friendly. John you really look out for the drivers. And I really do appreciate that.We are going to make it. 32 years and still trucking.
CharlesD
Expert Expediter
There is similar advice regarding pet chickens.
LOL, YES there is.....
So you're saying Ken made another trip to where the monkeys are this year and sat in his sprinter just watching as them crazy monkeys peeled off the old Express-1 decals as he drove up to Load 1 orientation. lol! Nice!
jujubeans
OVM Project Manager
Yeah....something like that!
I'm just waiting a little bit longer for it to warm up enough to go snow blow again...gotta have that drive way clear soon!
Freightdawg
Expert Expediter
My father in law had a monkey years ago. He still has the scars from the bites. The monkey ate a package of Ex-Lax, crawled into a jacket pocket, and shat itself to death!
Freightdawg
Expert Expediter
Looks like I was just bantering on my last post! Sorry!
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Warren Mich to Pella IA....As TJP sayes, "Dolla's!!"
underdog777
Seasoned Expediter
sitting in nc.in the cold,im ready to get out of here if nothing tomorrow,i will go to mmmmm dont know yet!!
RoadKing06
Expert Expediter
Extremely frustrated here.
We are sitting in Kearny, Mo.
It has been a long week! we delivered load in Colstrip WI on Wed. afternoon which was due there Thursday Morning. Spent night there, then got carrier to pay to dead head us to Rapid City SD. Sat there a couple days asked them to dead head us out of there. No hang out a little longer. So from Thursday evening through Tuesday at 1:30 we wait for a load or to get dead headed out. Also was waiting for storms to pass, we had no weather issues in Rapid City.
Tuesday at 1:00pm we are called and asked to dead head to Grand Island NE so we do. We get 60 miles away and are called again.
They have a load for us now. It picks up at 10am CST in Wisconsin, LOL.
So we dead head 647 miles to the pick up site in Wisconsin, turn around drive it to the Ford Plant in Claycomo MO.
We arrive at 8pm tonight find out that it isn't due here until Friday the 17th at 10am CST. They won't take the load from us. We can try to deliver in the morning about 8:30 am but the people on the current shift don't handle the parts we have on the truck. So if we are lucky they will take them in the morning other wise we have to wait till Friday to deliver them.
We dead headed this week over 1400 miles and the last run was about 500 miles.
Which they said they would pay us $1.00 mile for all miles. But now we may be stuck for another day.
Dispatch wanted us to force Ford to take them off of our truck which is why they never told us they weren't due till Friday. This isn't the first time this has happened to us, that they wanted us to force the receiver to take the shipment early.
In fact they called us with another load that we could have picked up after dropping this load off (tonight) that was to be picked up 125 miles from here to take to Colorado by Friday the 17th at 5pm. What a joke!
We are seriously looking for another carrier that knows what they are doing. We were wondering how other straight rucks out there are doing. we read a lot of post on here from Sprinter or van deivers but nWt much from Straight Trucks. Although some of the Sprinters seem to be doing better than our Sraight Truck with some of your runs.
We are sitting in Kearny, Mo.
It has been a long week! we delivered load in Colstrip WI on Wed. afternoon which was due there Thursday Morning. Spent night there, then got carrier to pay to dead head us to Rapid City SD. Sat there a couple days asked them to dead head us out of there. No hang out a little longer. So from Thursday evening through Tuesday at 1:30 we wait for a load or to get dead headed out. Also was waiting for storms to pass, we had no weather issues in Rapid City.
Tuesday at 1:00pm we are called and asked to dead head to Grand Island NE so we do. We get 60 miles away and are called again.
They have a load for us now. It picks up at 10am CST in Wisconsin, LOL.
So we dead head 647 miles to the pick up site in Wisconsin, turn around drive it to the Ford Plant in Claycomo MO.
We arrive at 8pm tonight find out that it isn't due here until Friday the 17th at 10am CST. They won't take the load from us. We can try to deliver in the morning about 8:30 am but the people on the current shift don't handle the parts we have on the truck. So if we are lucky they will take them in the morning other wise we have to wait till Friday to deliver them.
We dead headed this week over 1400 miles and the last run was about 500 miles.
Which they said they would pay us $1.00 mile for all miles. But now we may be stuck for another day.
Dispatch wanted us to force Ford to take them off of our truck which is why they never told us they weren't due till Friday. This isn't the first time this has happened to us, that they wanted us to force the receiver to take the shipment early.
In fact they called us with another load that we could have picked up after dropping this load off (tonight) that was to be picked up 125 miles from here to take to Colorado by Friday the 17th at 5pm. What a joke!
We are seriously looking for another carrier that knows what they are doing. We were wondering how other straight rucks out there are doing. we read a lot of post on here from Sprinter or van deivers but nWt much from Straight Trucks. Although some of the Sprinters seem to be doing better than our Sraight Truck with some of your runs.
Did they have any suggestions as to how you would "force" them to take the freight? Claycomo is very well known for being strict on window times. I have heard of people delivering early, but it is the rare exception. Based on this story, I'd say you could blindly throw darts at a list of carriers and be better off than you are now.
"Force them..." That's just freakin' hilarious...
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
ntimevan, made it to Tulip town (Pella IA) about 0500 dropped at 0800 and ran to the local Wal-mart to get some sleep..i 80 wasa mess from Morris Ill all the way to exit 182 in IA...but the freight is at the consignee and i am now rested..not sure how long I will hang here waiting for a load, but I'll give dispatch a chance , they usually come through...
You would have thunk that they would have given you a delivery date. At least on the BOL. Going to MT and CO probably didn't help your cause either. Based on that and the "force a customer to take freight", I would say those are bigger issues than the carrier.
I agree! Try using force with a UAW dock stiff and they be spending Christmas and New Years in Claycomo.
Claycomo has an interesting history. Prior to 1959 the city was know as Pierinoville. On February 3, 1959 a small plane bound for Kansas City took off from Clear Lake, Iowa and crashed in a nearby field. The plane was transporting Buddy Holly and the Crickets to a show the next evening in Pierinoville (Claycomo) Missouri. All on board the plane died.
A young, unknown crooner named Clay was scheduled to open the show for the Crickets the next night. The owner of the ballroom in Pierinoville, who believed in the old adage "the show must go on" encouraged young Clay to not only be the opening act but to perform in the headliner slot.
Clay sang for 4 hours straight. The crowd loved him. He even sang a medley of Cricket's songs. There was not a dry eye in the house when Clay left the stage.
After the show while driving to his motel, Clay fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a tree and died instantly. Ironically Clay fell asleep while listening to his older brother's radio show "The Perry Como Radio Hour."
Two months after Clay's death the city of Pierinoville officially changed its name to Claycomo in honor of the deceased singer. And now you know the rest of the story.
Footnote: Clay Como's tragic death was the inspiration for the name of the country band formed by Ray Benson and Lucky Oceans in 1970.
nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
Only loads Claycomomwill take eaely are Haz Mat loads.I had a team sit there 3 days once,trying to get unloaded