If we had a larger, newer terminal, with a clean and smooth yard-- life would be close to perfect. We honestly need about 120 to 150 doors to effectively run the hub operation, and set up for city/inbound.
With this amount of doors, outbound (non hub) trailers could be unloaded simultaneously with the hub loads, and staged to be loaded as city frieght. At this rate, the early cut/volume city freight would be able to be loaded by 5 or 6 am at the latest...
There could be 2 dock workers loading the city freight, starting at around 4 am.... Organize what was unloaded from hub and outbound-- then load the volume and early cut p&d runs. The drivers could hit the street by 7 or 8 am, and not have to work the dock, have their deliveries off earlier, and be available for pickups much earlier.
I am nothing but a yard spotter, that has worked the dock, and been a P&D driver at another company-- and I can figure out a more efficient way to make things work with minimal chaos. No college degree or management experience at all.... Hmmmm, think about that for a minute.
I can't stand dealing with the chaos and daily frustration of everyone involved with the hub operation. It is truly ridiculous why the company won't spend the money to move to a larger facility in better condition.
The yard has been overrun by crater sized potholes...Honestly it has become unbearable.
South Bend 127 summed up in one sentence?
10 pounds of poo, in a 5 pound bag.