I think this subject has probably come up a few times before...There are a lot of things to like about expediting. Perhaps for you it is the freedom. Maybe it's that you get to see parts of our great country that you never would have otherwise. Or is it the excitement of finding out what you will be hauling next?
My wife and I are pretty typical in that we are empty nesters and are both on our second career.
We started driving ten or twelve years ago and drove 18-wheelers. Most were reefers.
Near the top of my list of what I like most about expediting is that most of the time the people to whom you are delivering the freight are happy to see you (yes, I said MOST of the time). They will usually get the freight right off the truck.
For those of you who have never driven an 18-wheeler and perhaps delivered at a grocery warehouse, it goes something like this:
You get to your delivery time two hours early and line up with the trucks that are already there. At the time you were supposed to deliver the guard shows up and you sign in. You find out that ALL these trucks have the same appointment time. You are instructed to listen to channel whatever on the CB and they will call you when they have a door for you. You cannot sleep because you may miss the call with your dock number and someone else will replace you.
When you finally get a door and back in, you are expected to help unload and "break down" the load or hire a lumper to do it.
For those of you who started your trucking experience in expediting, you are very fortunate.
I ENJOY DELIVERING A LOAD WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO SEE ME AND GET THE PRODUCT!!! I know, you can give many examples where that is not true but most of the time it is.
Now, What do YOU like most??
Oh, by the way, we now drive a D unit and we can get into lots of places we couldn't get into before....Like Cracker Barrel, for instance.. :9 :9 :9
My wife and I are pretty typical in that we are empty nesters and are both on our second career.
We started driving ten or twelve years ago and drove 18-wheelers. Most were reefers.
Near the top of my list of what I like most about expediting is that most of the time the people to whom you are delivering the freight are happy to see you (yes, I said MOST of the time). They will usually get the freight right off the truck.
For those of you who have never driven an 18-wheeler and perhaps delivered at a grocery warehouse, it goes something like this:
You get to your delivery time two hours early and line up with the trucks that are already there. At the time you were supposed to deliver the guard shows up and you sign in. You find out that ALL these trucks have the same appointment time. You are instructed to listen to channel whatever on the CB and they will call you when they have a door for you. You cannot sleep because you may miss the call with your dock number and someone else will replace you.
When you finally get a door and back in, you are expected to help unload and "break down" the load or hire a lumper to do it.
For those of you who started your trucking experience in expediting, you are very fortunate.
I ENJOY DELIVERING A LOAD WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO SEE ME AND GET THE PRODUCT!!! I know, you can give many examples where that is not true but most of the time it is.
Now, What do YOU like most??
Oh, by the way, we now drive a D unit and we can get into lots of places we couldn't get into before....Like Cracker Barrel, for instance.. :9 :9 :9
