Setting up a shipment with a carrier.

[Bruno]

Thanks for a good explanation there Dave.

Am I a perfect contractor? Heck no... but it seems common sense has gone out the door nowadays.

It's very simple to me. You either have your own authority as The Col and others have done, or you run for a company, as many of us do. Sure, there are loads we refuse, but if you choose to run for a company... you need to do things they want ya to do... now I"m not sayin screw yourself over for the benefit of the company... but do what they need! Big things, yeah.. fight over LOL... but little stuff? Come on.....

Oh I'm gonna get in trouble here... LOL.. but your relationship with a carrier is like a marriage. You gotta pick your battles, and don't sweat the small stuff!


Dale

Dale

Pookie just don't get it, made me think of Pookie from the movie New Jack City.
YouTube - How much for one rib

 

[bluejaybee]

So they call the customer up and tell them that the driver unit can't do the load and they are sending in another unit. So the Panther unit goes into the shipper and says he is here to pick the load going to the Gm Plant in Atlanta, Ga. The shipper says who is Panther Expedite because we have never heard of Panther. The driver gives the shipper a magnet with Panther phone number and info and saying " We can do your shipments cheaper than FedEx". Now the shipper has the number to another carrier to call. When I was on the road I would do this all the time. Cups, Hats, Magnets, Pens and so on. Your best sales force is your drivers, plus it's free. So the Panther driver picks up the freight and gets to the consignee on time.

This is a no-no with the company I work for. And I agree it is unethical and is cutting your own throat as to getting loads from the carrier who sent you there to start with. I think this is a poor business tatic. Trying to steal a customer would get me fired quicker than refusing the load.

 

[x06col]

There are some that care. Bob and Linda Caffee, and Ateam and his wife are people that share the same thoughts on this I hope.

I seem to remember tho, a post from the past, when Caffee refused a load at the shippers dock because of tape residue concerns. To me that is akin to the didn't wanna sitiuation that Pookie had.....only worse.

 

[highway star]

The Customer:

Well, we will have one skid 48X48X40 for sure at 800 lbs, but we may have a total of two at 1600 lbs.

FedEx Agent:

We can put this shipment on a B Unit to save you money. A B-unit floor space is up to 8.5 feet of space with up to 2500 lbs. Is this okay.

Good post Dave. The only thing I would question, why wouldn't they use the maximum weight and dims the customer talked about in the load offer? If it's less, so what, big deal. If it's more, you don't end up with some kind of Pookie having a hissy fit. I would think they'd use the larger figures.

 

[AMonger]

Any solo driver who can't regularly make that run after having proper rest needs to go flip burgers for a living. From the description, it sounded like the driver would. Any team that can't do it...I have no idea what they should (or even could) do for a living. Probably nothing.