I didn't know BobTheKnight was a truck driver

[brahmanknight]

The IKEA location I work at, as well as the Tampa and Charlotte stores, use drop and hook for deliveries from our main, in company DC.

I assume the driver I'm going to talk about is new, because this is the way things have been done for years. One of our guys went out to park him for the next morning unload. "Pull the empty trailer out of door 3, and drop your full trailer in the same door."

He protested, claiming that was more work than he should have to do. An argument and a call to Equity's HQ ensued, and at the end, the driver said, "This is some Obama shit." :roll:

Personally, if I had been around for that, I would have told him if he didn't want to drop and hook that he could park his merry ass in a door and wait 14 hours to be unloaded and miss getting another run from the DC. I don't waste time arguing.

/csh

 

[KnighttimeJoe]

Did he stink like Miller Lite and pickles?

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

IDK, that seems pretty stupid to me. Disconnect a trailer, hook up to another trailer, wait for the lines to fill and move it, then hook back up to the original trailer, wait for the lines to fill and park it. Not to mention if he is doing it right he has to do an inspection on the empty trailer when he hooks up to it. I thought IKEA was all about efficiency?

 

[brahmanknight]

IDK, that seems pretty stupid to me. Disconnect a trailer, hook up to another trailer, wait for the lines to fill and move it, then hook back up to the original trailer, wait for the lines to fill and park it. Not to mention if he is doing it right he has to do an inspection on the empty trailer when he hooks up to it. I thought IKEA was all about efficiency?

For us, not the contractor.

Seriously tho, it takes about 10 minutes if you know the routine. We typically see the same 3 or so drivers everyday until they hit their driving limit

 

[jetsaholic]

Everybody does drop and hooks. Half our shipments are that way. Drivers just like to bitch because they're fat.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

Your company is stupid too. For the amount of time wasted you should just have an truck or tractor or fork lift there to move the trailers away from the dock when they are empty. How many deliveries do you get a day? This type of stuff aggravates me.

 

[brahmanknight]

Everybody does drop and hooks. Half our shipments are that way. Drivers just like to bitch because they're fat.

Yep. 4 out of 5 drivers are obese, 1 out of 5 morbidly obese ( but not too fat to squeez under the steering wheel.

And, yep, 50 or 60 percent of our deliveries are done this way.

 

[brahmanknight]

Your company is stupid too. For the amount of time wasted you should just have an truck or tractor or fork lift there to move the trailers away from the dock when they are empty. How many deliveries do you get a day? This type of stuff aggravates me.

We average 2.5 trucks in a year, but 4 trucks in the busy part of the year, which is right now. So 1.75 and 2 for loads from that distribution center.

We do it to avoid having to park a truck before we start unloading in the earliest time slot. Parking those trucks after we arrive takes 10-15 minutes per truck ( taking the paperwork, checking the load stability before they are in the door, making sure the trailer is aligned to the dock plate ). So instead of me arriving at 1 AM and spending a half our to get going, I can start unloading 5-10 minutes after I get my machine. We have two hours to unload before overtime kicks in for the driver. So we are saving about an hour or 90 minutes of man hours.

We still have to park the later trucks that come directly from the supplier.

 

[jetsaholic]

Your company is stupid too. For the amount of time wasted you should just have an truck or tractor or fork lift there to move the trailers away from the dock when they are empty. How many deliveries do you get a day? This type of stuff aggravates me.

Having a yard dog is stupid and dumb. You either own or lease a vehicle you barely use that you still need to have paperwork up to date for, as well as PMs and all sorts of technicalities. Truck drivers just need to shut the fukc up and do what they're told because it's my building and if they don't like it, I'll gladly let their dispatcher know that said driver is not welcome in my property anymore.

I've explained all of this stuff before. I don't expect you to acknowledge or apologize.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

Having a yard dog is stupid and dumb. You either own or lease a vehicle you barely use that you still need to have paperwork up to date for, as well as PMs and all sorts of technicalities. Truck drivers just need to shut the fukc up and do what they're told because it's my building and if they don't like it, I'll gladly let their dispatcher know that said driver is not welcome in my property anymore.

I've explained all of this stuff before. I don't expect you to acknowledge or apologize.

I'd run my truck right into your office and tell you to fuk off. You'll acknowledge and apologize.

 

[jetsaholic]

I'd run my truck right into your office and tell you to fuk off. You'll acknowledge and apologize.

You'd tell me to fukc off because I'm telling you to do your job. Are you feeling the Bern or something?

 

[crambone]

Brah: who pulls the trailers? Does IKEA have their own authority or do the sub it out?

 

[brahmanknight]

Brah: who pulls the trailers? Does IKEA have their own authority or do the sub it out?

The latter.

 

[YouSeeEffer]

Lol BTK does have the drivers license to drive big trucks

 

[1ofTheseKnights]

I don't know jackshit about this stuff other than loading package cars at UPS taught me not fûck up getting my degree. Exhausting work.

 

[brahmanknight]

I don't know jackshit about this stuff other than loading package cars at UPS taught me not fûck up getting my degree. Exhausting work.

Yeah, I've always heard those UPS boys run you into the ground, along with Target and Wal Mart.