March Banter and Location

[golfournut]

WOW Guy's...... We all know that everyone at Load-1 works hard. They work hard to keep us moving and they work twice as hard when its slow to try and get us moving. Nobody can predict when the next slow week is going to be. I'm pretty sure nobody wanted to see 10, 15, or 20 units sitting in one area. Freight is slow at the moment and van/sprinter freight is probobly the slowest.

Just last Wednesday after running with the afterburners on I had to turn a load down just to get some sleep. Those weeks and days will return just give it time. I kind of wish I wouldnt have said anything about having a slow week at this point. I surely didnt mean for this twist to come about..... One day I will learn hind sight is 20/20!

Don't beat yourself up over it. We've all had weeks where we wanted to scream "uncle".

I think tho, the discussion is more of a cart before the horse thing. It's exciting to be on the ground floor of a growing company. It can also be equally frustrating at times.

What gets missed in this shuffle is with this growth a lot of the o/os that are coming on, don't live in or near Michigan. When we ask for a load headn near home and get one goin the opposition direction, it makes you wonder. Because the mindset is all roads lead to Taylor, I think they think once that load delivers we can go home. Obviously that is not always the case.

Now I know they are not our personal travel agent, but they do see the loads. And in keeping with good relationships between all, I would think that would be something of a concern.

Panther, for example has a dept. that deals with "hometime" requests. Now I'm not saying we need to go down that road, but it does need to be addressed.

A dh of 600 miles is not a good solution to the overall issue.

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[OntarioVanMan]

What we can't put in print what we discuss on the phone or the yard...? gee whiz

as John would say...Thats the whacky world of Logistics

 

[Rocketman]

Constructive criticism can be a good thing. It can be the motivation for change. Ive been reading the L1 forum for months...long before I signed on. I have seen changes made that were directly associated with comments made here in this forum. As long as the conversation is respectful and productive, it doesnt hurt to get things out in the open.

This week looks like it will be far less than stellar for me also. My numbers for the week are close to Shadow's. I could complain, but being the new guy who signed on at a bad time...I won't.

I trust that John hears every word that you guys are saying and I trust that he is doing what he can to make those changes. I know that most of you feel the same. Progress never comes as fast as we would like to see it.

 

[golfournut]

Yeap Guido you got it !! But you really don't need to give out my fishin hole!! LOL, i always do good there, and if you are there on fri and sat nights, great little place called MICKEYS and a great BBQ place called 2 Purple Pigs...and the Pigs has free wifi and the owner is a great guy ..you can sleep in his lot all night no problem, even big rigs...oh and for sports on TV, they have a 24 ft screen!!!

Thanks for the tip. I may head there if this don't pan out.

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[OntarioVanMan]

Don't beat yourself up over it. We've all had weeks where we wanted to scream "uncle".

I think tho, the discussion is more of a cart before the horse thing. It's exciting to be on the ground floor of a growing company. It can also be equally frustrating at times.

What gets missed in this shuffle is with this growth a lot of the o/os that are coming on, don't live in or near Michigan. When we ask for a load headn near home and get one goin the opposition direction, it makes you wonder. Because the mindset is all roads lead to Taylor, I think they think once that load delivers we can go home. Obviously that is not always the case.

Now I know they are not our personal travel agent, but they do see the loads. And in keeping with good relationships between all, I would think that would be something of a concern.

Panther, for example has a dept. that deals with "hometime" requests. Now I'm not saying we need to go down that road, but it does need to be addressed.

A dh of 600 miles is not a good solution to the overall issue.

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I didn't want to tease you Ron..but about 4 hours after you headed out to go home, I got one going to Virginia.....sorry but just had to tell ya....LOL

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Constructive criticism can be a good thing. It can be the motivation for change. Ive been reading the L1 forum for months...long before I signed on. I have seen changes made that were directly associated with comments made here in this forum. As long as the conversation is respectful and productive, it doesnt hurt to get things out in the open.

This week looks like it will be far less than stellar for me also. My numbers for the week are close to Shadow's. I could complain, but being the new guy who signed on at a bad time...I won't.

I trust that John hears every word that you guys are saying and I trust that he is doing what he can to make those changes. I know that most of you feel the same. Progress never comes as fast as we would like to see it.

Well said, ole wise one....very well said....

 

[chefdennis]

I just noticed it Jason!!

Anyhow, just finished my 1st cup of coffee after a "late" night dinner and tryin to sleep in..got to 1030 est time and the phone rang..Load 1 ring tone..yes got a run...nope, it was "Fast Eddie"..we bs'd a while and i got back in bed just to chili and found a Nations driver next to me..Met Don of donaaddemt from EO..he came over did the "nickel" tour of the Cargo Max..to cold this morning for the $.10 tour...and i then made coffee and started readin here...

So i have to say like Jason said, we all know dispatch works hard, but as Turtle pointed out, i really think if is a mindset, nothing more then that..and as OVM said, it does need talked about and yes John is aware and its always a good thing to air "stuff"...

As OVM said, those of us that cam on a little over a yr ago i think were the 1st of the start of really hitting out of the regional expediting to runnin where ever the freight takes us..yea they did a little of back before us, but not on the level we are trying to break into....

John is working hard (another day another airplane) to build that customer base all the way across the company (not just expedite) and we will reap those benefits as the yr progresses...so at least for me, its all good, slow weeks come and go, but the quarter and the half and the yr end all take care of themselves...Like i said last week, just when you think its really bad, you run the numbers, and get a cold slap in the face..it really wasn't all that bad...

Ron, Olive Branch as always been good to me, even if i sat 2 days during the weel or over a weekend amking it 4 days, i get loaded out of there..this load that took me to el paso came from there and the load 2 weeks ago that Jason talked about if i remember right, took me to laredo...And the place across the street in the plaza facing the "J" has good food...and the BP down the road as GREAT DEEP FRIED Bologna sandwiches!!!

 

[xiggi]

I didn't want to tease you Ron..but about 4 hours after you headed out to go home, I got one going to Virginia.....sorry but just had to tell ya....LOL

Jeez, drop the sharp stick.

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[golfournut]

I didn't want to tease you Ron..but about 4 hours after you headed out to go home, I got one going to Virginia.....sorry but just had to tell ya....LOL

I swear i'm gonna shoot the messenger!

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[OntarioVanMan]

Jeez, drop the sharp stick.

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Noooo..I actually need to sharpen it some more....LOL

 

[xiggi]

Noooo..I actually need to sharpen it some more....LOL

Who needs enemies.

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[OntarioVanMan]

Who needs enemies.

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Jenny has the original Enemy!!! LOL

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Who needs enemies.

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I am aiming for Mr Popular of the year award....LOL

 

[Rocketman]

And the place across the street in the plaza facing the "J" has good food...and the BP down the road as GREAT DEEP FRIED Bologna sandwiches!!!

There is a nice little bbq joint right there also. Just on the other side of that little strip mall...same parking lot. I always parked at the J in my ST and walked over there for bbq.

 

[golfournut]

I just noticed it Jason!!

Anyhow, just finished my 1st cup of coffee after a "late" night dinner and tryin to sleep in..got to 1030 est time and the phone rang..Load 1 ring tone..yes got a run...nope, it was "Fast Eddie"..we bs'd a while and i got back in bed just to chili and found a Nations driver next to me..Met Don of donaaddemt from EO..he came over did the "nickel" tour of the Cargo Max..to cold this morning for the $.10 tour...and i then made coffee and started readin here...

So i have to say like Jason said, we all know dispatch works hard, but as Turtle pointed out, i really think if is a mindset, nothing more then that..and as OVM said, it does need talked about and yes John is aware and its always a good thing to air "stuff"...

As OVM said, those of us that cam on a little over a yr ago i think were the 1st of the start of really hitting out of the regional expediting to runnin where ever the freight takes us..yea they did a little of back before us, but not on the level we are trying to break into....

John is working hard (another day another airplane) to build that customer base all the way across the company (not just expedite) and we will reap those benefits as the yr progresses...so at least for me, its all good, slow weeks come and go, but the quarter and the half and the yr end all take care of themselves...Like i said last week, just when you think its really bad, you run the numbers, and get a cold slap in the face..it really wasn't all that bad...

Ron, Olive Branch as always been good to me, even if i sat 2 days during the weel or over a weekend amking it 4 days, i get loaded out of there..this load that took me to el paso came from there and the load 2 weeks ago that Jason talked about if i remember right, took me to laredo...And the place across the street in the plaza facing the "J" has good food...and the BP down the road as GREAT DEEP FRIED Bologna sandwiches!!!

I was wondering where you got the Bologna sandwich. I saw when you got the load to el paso. I didn't see Jason's. 2 nice runs.

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[golfournut]

There is a nice little bbq joint right there also. Just on the other side of that little strip mall...same parking lot. I always parked at the J in my ST and walked over there for bbq.

Thanks, had dinner there last night. Yum.

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[Turtle]

John's on a plane with no WiFi, so it's OK to talk about him now.

 

[golfournut]

Noooo..I actually need to sharpen it some more....LOL

See if I ever give you another load! *l*

Did you forget about Carlisle?

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[OntarioVanMan]

See if I ever give you another load! *l*

Did you forget about Carlisle?

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I could never forget that load..great freebies from Starbucks...and the hand load and off load was great money....and the load they dispatched around you with the next day was even better....LMAO...poke, poke.....

 

[golfournut]

I could never forget that load..great freebies from Starbucks...and the hand load and off load was great money....and the load they dispatched around you with the next day was even better....LMAO...poke, poke.....

Amazing how that happens!

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