I went out w/ two shipments that were trashed today. Both were refused: one was on a 12' plus plt. I had to swing back to my barn to off load it so I could have room for pick ups. It's really getting bad w/ all the damages.
Was Just given a new account by a receiver I got to know. He took it away from another carrier just for us cause he likes us on the delivery side. The guy told me today when I went in to pick up his stuff, "one of my swps that you picked up for the southwest came in to my customer down there w/ half the bags destroyed."
All the effort to get the freight and guys just wreck it. Makes you want to scream.
Bottom line: If we don't get a handle on damages we won't have to worry about them after a while. Why? cause we won't have any business left to damage. All of our competitors will have our freight and we'll have lay offs, slowly go down hill, and eventually out of business.