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Customers are saying TFI is now no longer picking up long freight to go with OD and SAIA?..
How about any freight? Nbr was a ghost town Last night ! Looked like the middle of January!They consider it undesirable, non profitable freight that does not fit in the plans.
Long freight results in Less freight in trailers, less profit, poorly loaded trailers. It also has one of the highest risk of damage claims.
Since we have a huge history of sucking at moving anything long without damaging it. It makes sense.
It’s like shipping long freight and taking the profitable space away from a few customers. Than damaging that long freight. Now we lost the profit on the long freight, we now have to pay the claim. We also lost that easier profit potential from the lost space that we gave to the long crap.
Just kinda odd that nbr went from 5 Trailers across the length of the building were you drop out to 2 Trailers the length of the building! ( two Trailers...just two single Trailers!!) Guess all we hauled was freight that doesn't fit!Let's see, that means no more, playnation, rogue fitness, or sun setters?
I hope so. It’s rare if we see something presentable.it’s either been rained on, bird crapped on, walked all over, slid down the dock etc. 60% of our long inbound deliveries are damaged and our dock adds another 25% to kill it off.Let's see, that means no more, playnation, rogue fitness, or sun setters?
We had one of our drivers pick up a 40ft piece of aluminum rub rail from the trailer mfg. to be shipped to another terminal. Couldn't understand why he had to return it the next day. Until they asked him to put it into a pup. His defense was, "Why did you schedule me to pick it up then"?We had a driver pick up a 30 foot long skid of metal in his 48ft trailer.
Not pup worthy freight unless we apply a 2 foot right angle
I see it nightly! I see how it's loaded and unloaded on both ends! It's disgraceful..I watch supervisors watching it happen and nobody cares! It's all about the invisible numbers! Take the freight off and load it straight on the trailer no matter what's in front or behind it..the best is the caution tape around the hazmat..like that's gonna help! Lol....I feel for the city guy's that they make go and deliver the destroyed crap....always here management telling the drivers " you have to make the attempt "I hope so. It’s rare if we see something presentable.it’s either been rained on, bird crapped on, walked all over, slid down the dock etc. 60% of our long inbound deliveries are damaged and our dock adds another 25% to kill it off.
On some of the boxes it is clearly stated and illustrated to use a two person lift.
Forced to break it down piece by piece.
Sliding, dragging, wrestling while trying to keep boxes from further splitting open.
Management does say if we ever need help we should call and they will send help. Bad thing is when you do call in for help they almost always have no help available.
Going a bit off topic:
Here we are trying to unload a skid that has been obliterated while being loaded into truck.
* Pieces of Rogue weights coming out.
* Pieces of Playnation cedar planks falling out.
* Sun Setter turned into pretzels.
* Fork hole pierced outdoor patio sets.
* Vanity sets, mirrors that are clearly shattered.
* Tipped over and yellow shrink wrapped Grizzly products.
* Grills, Snap on tools looking like it was rejects from liquidity services site.
That was going to be my next question.Let's see, that means no more, playnation, rogue fitness, or sun setters?
yea ..but the candles smell nice. burn one in the bathroom to get rid of those odors when people visitAnother account we should probably get rid of is Yankee Candle. Some of you who are not on the east coast may be fortunate enough to not know what this is......
They make your trailer smell nice too....I used to peddle an area that had a fairly well known candle company on it (not yankee).....I would stop at a machine shop on the way back and the guys there would always tell me how nice my trailer smelled....true story....yea ..but the candles smell nice. burn one in the bathroom to get rid of those odors when people visit
yea ..but the candles smell nice. burn one in the bathroom to get rid of those odors when people visit
They make your trailer smell nice too....I used to peddle an area that had a fairly well known candle company on it (not yankee).....I would stop at a machine shop on the way back and the guys there would always tell me how nice my trailer smelled....true story....
I have when I worked for Con-Way Freight.....wasn't that big of a deal....right now I deliver to an urban outfitters...same thing stack boxes with labels facing out....not rocket scienceDo either of you actually deal with the yankee candle account though?
Maybe 100k to 3500. Dead in cgo. 2-3 del in each trailer. Mostly trailers full with pickups. If it's slow in a city like Chicago, crossroads of America, I would think it would be slow everywhere.Just kinda odd that nbr went from 5 Trailers across the length of the building were you drop out to 2 Trailers the length of the building! ( two Trailers...just two single Trailers!!) Guess all we hauled was freight that doesn't fit!
Also my terminal manager said the company went from 100 thousand deliveries a day company wide to 35 thousand..
only when my wife orders them.. i have to take them out of the boxDo either of you actually deal with the yankee candle account though?