The rule for inside deliveries out this way is more than 50' from the tail of the trailer, one floor down, or one floor up. I use the charge as a tool so the customer can decide if they want to pay to have me bring it up or down or around the corner, or leave it and they'll have their people move it. I usually just leave it "there".
Around here, no steps EVER. It's against policy, I assume becuse the insurance carrier won't cover it.
I also take into account if I want to do the extra paperwork and work around this freight all day.
Agreed. I hate bringing anything back.
Slingblade would not last long here.
Is that so, smart///?
He's spoiled in that he gets a liftgate everyday.
That's a good one. since EVERY truck here has a liftgate.
Lots of our routes are rural with no docks
So's mine.
and a lift gate is very welcome,
And mine gets used at just about every stop, and I'm glad to have it, unlike some of my co-workers.
but it doesn't always work out.
Not my problem.
Our drivers don't even think about it, they just make the delivery. It's either that or deal with it later.
Sometimes I have to pull a skid down a mile long driveway. No biggie, just the nature of the area. I'm used to it, but some of my co-workers would raise hell.
Drivers like sling take this antagonistic view of the job.
No, just CYA, a necessary evil in this sue-happy society.
Like they hold some sort of power over the customer. Reality check, you don't. At all.
Oh, yeah? Let me tell you something, smartass. I have ALL the power when it comes to something that I'm just not gonna do, like carry someone's 400 lb refridgerator up to the 3rd floor, or remove doors from hinges to make something fit though it.
I don't care who paid for what and who may demand it. I'm not carrying anything, especially things weighing more than I do, up or down any steps.
You may be the tough guy at the delivery, but if it were me you were delivering to, I'd be on the phone before you pulled away. And if it happened again, I would call your SCM's boss.
Good. Call him. You can use my phone. But if you're not a regular, you won't get too far.
As far as hauling away debris, I'll usually find someplace to dump the shrink wrap or recycle the cardboard,
Nope, I run a short trailer so I need the room to work.
but having been a residential delivery myself, I understand their not wanting a 200 pound 14' long pallet at their house. What's the big deal of just tying it to the wall?
Again, need the room to work. They bought it, their problem.
Besides, most of the people I deliver to burn 'em.