“LEAVE ME WAITING” | Our Trucking Life Ep. 469

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Truck Wash Mention (not shown due to time constraints of video):
We spent 1.5 hours there in total. At first they wanted to spray Meguiars spray wax on the parts missed to clean them which I declined since I had just paid to get it all polished and didnt feel them spraying wax on dirt and road grine and then wiping with a microfiber was the best choice. So we waited in line nearly an hour for a 2nd “partial” wash (that is when the tank cover washed off) and the tanks/ect were washed but they came out very streaky despite my wiping it all down so I gave up and left to get my Taco Time.
Part of me feels they used brighter on that 2nd wash (I always decline brightner on my wash) because my polish job now reflects that something acidic was used. All in all, waste of time and money.
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@andrewguardalabene4858 3 месяца назад

One word of advice. I never open the doors until I’m ready to bump the dock. Product temperature can give them another excuse for load refusal.

@TruckingTogether 3 месяца назад

Costco delivery wasn’t a refrigerated load so didn’t matter

@andrewguardalabene4858 3 месяца назад

Ahh. I see. No problem.

@Markhope-e3z 3 месяца назад

🙌

@andrewguardalabene4858 3 месяца назад

Baked Beans. I forgot.

@donwat91 3 месяца назад

Do they want the loads to get out or do they just look for excuses not to load you.

@ozcavalier 3 месяца назад

"Hurry up and wait" seems to be the motto for some shippers

@scottjr6650 3 месяца назад

It’s sad the Streaking Beacons have really gone down hill. I realize they aren’t a detail shop but they use to do a better job but I feel your pain on them missing everything. Hard to find good help these days.

@dave.lawrence.3894 3 месяца назад

NEVER leave your trailer at a shipper, they don't care about it, they will trash your trailer...😮😅

@darylthisdelle7702 3 месяца назад

Well your absolutely right Alice. The reefer industry is a mess. If a truck has an appointment for 11:00 then get the truck loaded. If not start paying by the hour. Oh if the company is short staffed that day then that company fixes that problem or pays for the waiting unit. The driver or O/O always pays the price for all the screw ups of the company’s they load and unload at. One of the reasons why reefer is not always the best freight to run. If it was a perfect world yup reefer could be attractive but not the way it is set up. Waiting 24 hrs with a reefer is not uncommon. Glad to see your handling it well. Love the drone shots, especially from above, let’s the viewers really get an idea of what the facility looks like where you are loading or unloading. The more info or the more you show the viewers what’s going the better your videos become. Trucking Together videos are right up there . Thanks for posting guys. Have a great and a safe day. Happy trails to you, D..

@GregPrince-io1cb 3 месяца назад

Drivers have been fighting for detention since trucking was established in the 1930s.... We fight not only the shipper or receiver but also the broker who sometimes gets detention paid to tgem but never passes it on to the carrier, driver.. Safe travels guys

@darrencatenacci2737 3 месяца назад

If you send a comment card to blue beacon they usually respond and sometimes give you a free wash ticket. They at corporate really do try to give a good value wash wise.

@scottycollins1829 3 месяца назад

They wanted U to drop trailer so they could use it for cold storage. They thought they were slick😅🤣😂😬🙄🤯

@GregPrince-io1cb 3 месяца назад

Alice, Martin... Take a picture of your license plates, registrations, insurance, cdl, medical, stuff to have on the handy dandy cellular device that you never leave in the truck.... JS'N

@GregPrince-io1cb 3 месяца назад

This really holds true for every commercial driver out there... RV'rs,Boaters, also... We put our paperwork away but WE NEVER leave our whizzbang devices behind

@davidfleishman2275 3 месяца назад

Photo copy your reg book also. stash it somewhere in the truck where it cannot be found and stolen

@Kevin-bz7hj 3 месяца назад

40 years ago, I started trucking hauling produce from Salinas, California to Huntspoint, New York. It’s sad that things have not changed in 40 years. Seems like the truckers always get screwed.😢

@jasonwells7737 3 месяца назад

Beacon is only concerned with one thing,speed and making money, there isn’t any competition that’s 24 hours, so they don’t care

@redmesa2975 3 месяца назад

Ohhh the joys of pulling a reefer 🤨.

@dalebrownbridge6714 3 месяца назад

Oh, CHUTE!! You got the wrong title this time.😂 Wait times like that really are stupid!! You could have fit in a whole extra load in the time you just say around.

@691plow 3 месяца назад

It’s good you bring these issue to everyone with all the social media platforms now days and different content creators you all are educating people in and out of the industry about the real issues that drivers face on a daily basis

@scottycollins1829 3 месяца назад

Hopefully sum DECENT DETENTION comes along 4 Everyone Delayed @ Costco

@llen609 3 месяца назад

It’s a sad situation when you have to accept all the stresses just to keep your lifestyle. I love driving truck I just I’m not prepared to wait. I retired. I still want to drive Truck. I don’t wanna wait. The sad reality to the higher rates the produce pays is that because they pay you more they feel they can jerk you around more. The time that you spend waiting actually comes out of your yearly income If you get a cheaper load, but you load right away Because when you get produce, you’re on a limit load now deliver in two hours

@leeshaver7825 3 месяца назад

Morning I have a friend I've known since 6th grade that lives in Twin Falls What you said about the trucking industry applies to the towing industry as well I did that for over 20 plus years once you get in you don't get out it becomes your lifestyle not a job Because of the money that you make doing it in this situation with the cooler breaking down and them making you sit there and wait I don't know how the trucking industry works or what the rates are but it almost seems like sitting there all that time idling because of the heat and not getting any detention You're losing money more than you are making it on a load like that I don't know how that works I don't know how I would have handled it I probably would have started looking for another load and told them look you can find someone else to haul your stuff I got another load but I don't know how that works anyway Stay safe out there God Bless

@martydonahue6695 3 месяца назад

I would of asked for another truck wash. Nobody wants to work anymore.I dont miss Hurry up an Wait.Be safe out there.

@TruckingTogether 3 месяца назад

I did. It’s mentioned in the description. Spent 1.5 hours there and still looked like 💩

@BK-dv1hh 3 месяца назад

Good to see you guys back in the saddle again , but the industry has not changed for the better. Waiting hours to load or unload after breaking your but to get to an appointment on time is why I quit…so much wasted time, and like you said..shippers don’t think your time and equipment is worth squat. Hang in there, be of good cheer..we’re pulling for you!

@terryperrott9913 3 месяца назад

It's good to see you & Martin moving product. The shippers/ receivers don't give a hoot. The shipper in the Potato state should charge COSTCO because that's where the dominoe effect started & you arrived on at receiver. The streaken becon,yeah that's bull pucky about no one doing their job & not saying anything about the fuel tank end cover.

@alanlofts1653 3 месяца назад

Truckers need a good union to stop this nonsense another great video safe travels

@Russell-w9k 2 месяца назад

Yep, or the firms should be penaliised financially, Alan. They'd soon sort themselves out if that was the case !

@southwestiowacattlefeeding6720 3 месяца назад

Them days are why I don't have any reefers anymore. And I know every kind of trucking is about the same anymore. Hope tomorrow will be a better day. Stay safe.

@ericcookman1413 3 месяца назад

I just delivered there on sat at 4.30 am was out of there in a hour and a half

@20truck 6 дней назад

I've got a question I see you drinking all this coffee and eating tacos and all kinds of crazy food what happens if you're stuck at one of these places waiting to get loaded and suddenly your stomach gets very upset and you've got to go potty? I can get what men can do if they have to urinate but what do women do? I'm not trying to be stupid here I'm legitimately curious, because as I get older trust me I plan my trips when I'm driving I'm not a truck driver for instance but when I'm traveling I stop at hotels because they have really nice bathrooms in their lobbies instead of going to the bathrooms at gas stations. For instance I'm a Hilton honors member So if I have to use the bathroom I stop at Hilton brand hotels, Hampton Inn, Tru, brands like that they have really clean and nice bathrooms and always a good place to eat and they welcome people to do that cuz they make money from us buying things.

@scottycollins1829 3 месяца назад

Lots of B.S. with Brokers,Shippers,Receivers can DEFINITELY gett 2 U sumtimes. DEFINITELY need SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS on RATES bcos TRUCKERS TIME is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT as any other persons time

@TruckingTogether 3 месяца назад

have you called brokers lately? most won’t negotiate on retention or layover, too many trucks out there that don’t care. It’s hard enough to squeeze an extra $300 on loads these days

@thomasramey9007 3 месяца назад

They don't call it the streaking Beacon for nothing. I got out of reefers years ago for many of the reasons you are experiencing. There is a fix for all the waiting time we experience in this industry. Time clocks! Punch in when you check in punch out when you leave. Minus negotiated load and off load time.

@byronmoon8351 3 месяца назад

I went through that bullshit with watermelons on a flatbed. They were picking them out of the field. Sit there a very long time. In southern California by Arizona line.

@dennispfohl4737 3 месяца назад

Yep, the sucky side of trucking, no compensation for tying up our equipment for hours while waiting for shippers or receivers to take care of their products. I run a reefer and a flatbed, really prefer flatbed but reefer freight in my area pays a little better right now, but haaaate the bs with door swinging!

@dangregg3189 3 месяца назад

To have a weight at both ends and spending $114.00 and getting screwed over at the beacon it was a bad time all the way around. But at least you got your Taco Time. Hopefully it was really good. And I hope things get better. Truck safe Alice. Hi Martin.

@Truckster1 Месяц назад

I spent 20 years hurrying up and waiting to load/unload. For final 15 years, I got into hauling fuel, where my customers were actually happy to see me, and I unloaded upon arrival! 👍🏻 Sometimes, it took an hour or so waiting to load but never more than that. Now I'm comfortably retired!😊

@ruston723 3 месяца назад

its not the steakin beacon for nothing

@johnblenis3008 13 дней назад

I feel your pain and frustration. Shippers and receivers get paid while we are not getting paid sitting still. No detention is complete bullshit. Drivers need to just stop going to these locations

@reginaldblouin2769 3 месяца назад

lol when I seen that setup I figured it was a Costco I just went to one in Dallas same thing packed but they didn’t take long to unload though

@northernconfederate7957 3 месяца назад

Glad to see you and Martin back in the groove of trucking be safe out there there is a lot nut jobs out there driving and not driving ,# the truck looks good

@brucecarrell4919 3 месяца назад

How long waiting is too long to the point you start loosing money waiting.

@tammynewport5655 3 месяца назад

Hang in their Alice it got to get better love the video be safe thank you

@Cinchy2017 3 месяца назад

This is why I don’t pull reefer no more hurry up and wait.Good show guys.

@Cinchy2017 3 месяца назад

@@SherrieAskew yup it’s up and down but good it all works out

@Cinchy2017 3 месяца назад

@@SherrieAskew Missouri

@Cinchy2017 3 месяца назад

@@SherrieAskew you on Facebook?

@Cinchy2017 3 месяца назад

@@SherrieAskew sure

@scottycollins1829 3 месяца назад

Pretty Much in ALL forms of TRUCKIN @ sum point!!!!! Part of the bizz

@donwat91 3 месяца назад

This was totally BS for you to be there at 0900 hours and they cant do this or that, its BS. Maybe you could have gotten another load somewhere else. This would have pissed me off. People dont care today. LAZY

@estradeirocinzento 2 месяца назад

Passando pra deixar um grande abraço e parabéns teus vídeos são ótimos, Moro em São Paulo Brasil, Sou caminhoneiro desde 1980 e sempre estou aprendendo, Um abraço do caminhoneiro estradeiro cinzento.

@michaeljones3827 3 месяца назад

The labor shortage is a by product of too many people getting free money for sitting during the COVID fiasco. We cant hire good people because they do not want to work. They sit in an interview and tell us what they are willing to do. Hang in there Alice. You and Martin are doing it right, and are also good, responsible parents.

@claremills7052 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the great reminder why I quit pulling reefers. You’re way more patient than I was. It’s usually no one’s fault it just is but it doesn’t make it easier to deal with. Stay safe.

@MrDlc1969 3 месяца назад

Hi Driver , Diesel APU Needed no matter cost, I was listening to your explanation of the fake Driver shortage Lol So sorry for the shabby treatment I've been there done that bought the T shirt and I'm NEVER GOING BACK ! Best Wishes Peace from Canada near Buffalo Ny.

@gtnoslp 3 месяца назад

Wet gloves and now the pup don't need to go pee anymore?😉...Why didn't you go back, complain about the wash and get a rewash?

@kennysmith1840 3 месяца назад

Well it can only get better❤🎉😂😊

@BlockBallerRecords 2 месяца назад

Glad my Reffer days are over 😂I run nothing but dry nowdays and even have to still wait and pay for lumpers it’s really a scam when you think about it and it has nothing to do with company rules and drivers safety

@billtodd6509 3 месяца назад

Do they speak a different language in Idaho? By the way, what were all the prison busses doing parked beside you? You need to put a ring camera in your trailer.

@JoshsTruckingadventures 3 месяца назад

Ah man I know that Costco all too well. Was my load coming g from home in Phoenix when I started with knight. They can either be really quick or super slow. And it becomes a mad house

@BuckInchuteranch1 2 месяца назад

I’m so glad, with what I do, when I go to Costco meat production, we’re allowed to roll in the Costco lane and go pump the grease interceptors and leave without dealing with anyone 😂😂

@stevencherry3890 3 месяца назад

Martin you beat Beth company in the ground. How dare you

@alexgon9627 3 месяца назад

I never had that obsession of washing my truck constantly if it got wash three times a year it was lucky but i tried not to get it dirty and sometimes a guy would wash it at the yard when ever it was there... blue beacon sucks i couldn't see myself forking over that kind of money

@scottycollins1829 3 месяца назад

Make them rewash bcos U paid Gr8 💵 for an Trk/ Trl wash

@TruckingTogether 3 месяца назад

see description, I did go through a 2nd time. Had to cut out a lot of it due to time constraints on the video.

@Willie2469 3 месяца назад

the lifestyle was easy adjustment, i don’t deal with brokers but my “team leaders” now they are…happy little glass lickers. i am all set to just camp, fish and lounge around my country next month, will never hurry up and wait again soon. stay safe

@BobbyKurc69 3 месяца назад

I tried never to pull out of the wash bay until I inspected the job they just did not saying it was the answer every time but sometimes if I said something they would wash the spot they missed.

@jimmcintosh8405 3 месяца назад

When you open your trailer doors and drive around it is hard on the rear doorframe and also the door hinges. Keep your chin up

@kevinknoff9809 3 месяца назад

Isn’t it great no one can take initiative to do anything, with out their bosses input.

@andrepaden4801 3 месяца назад

Wow that trucking. Next bring yourself some food & whatever you drink- water - soda while you have a long wait time to get unloaded or loaded. Be safe 😊😊

@garyforney9421 3 месяца назад

It appears you may have found the worst Blue Beacon in the United States, which is quite an accomplishment. So frustrating.

@2stick724 3 месяца назад

There goes the good rate

@smoki2515 3 месяца назад

Refer loads has always been a wait and wait and wait. Don't know why you get an appointment when they don't unload you. Refer loads should get more money for loads because of the waiting periods. It cost money waiting to be unloaded. Refer is running and truck too for many and you can't book another load until your empty. Thats why they need to pay more money for detention that way they have a motive to get trucks unloaded.

@joanelsullivan7866 3 месяца назад

Our heart goes out to you Alice. Nobody should have to put up with that crap.Id be blowing my.stack by now.

@davidmerrifield2891 3 месяца назад

Good mornin. From nor cal.love you guys.

@davidbarnhouse5119 3 месяца назад

I'm so glad that I don't pull a reefer anymore, same excuses and by some miracle I bet the cooler was working the next day, I've been there and all it was is the workers probably wanted off early on a Saturday or the product still wasn't picked. Good luck to you all

@danacalvo1 3 месяца назад

That blue becon does a terrible job. Also the garden of Eden is a nice place that one is a new one. They just need to work on the parking lot. 👍🏽

@keithlowen4974 3 месяца назад

You forgot to mention that they make you pay lumpers to unload their shit.

@ericchapman5975 3 месяца назад

Somedays your the pin . Sometimes your the cushion.

@lorenwillis425 3 месяца назад

Ridiculous that they want a $400 fee if you are late, but won't pay detention if they can't get you loaded within 2 hours of your appointment time.

@stuartbrown4605 3 месяца назад

Do you have a APU on that truck by the steps on the driver side?

@djvega05 3 месяца назад

Hmmm!!! The Shipper said that the product is NOT ready!! So Let’s figure it out the Time!!!.. Maybe 11AM you think oooR 12PM Ooor 2PM Ooor Maybeee 4PM!! Or Hopefully soon!! Hopefully 🤞🏼🤞🏼😂😂☺️☺️

@byronmoon8351 3 месяца назад

That's why I don't do reefers. Did it for two weeks.

@raymondbradley6788 3 месяца назад

Alice that’s trucking. Some days are like that. I hope you next day was better.👍👍👍

@garyw8481 3 месяца назад

No, that's REEFER trucking, not freight trucking. Been there, did that.

@raymondbradley6788 3 месяца назад

@@garyw8481 Gary, I wasn’t addressing you. Why do you have to come on here and make some kind of comment like that? You can’t tell me in freight trucking everything goes peachy keen every day it doesn’t happen.

@lodollar23 2 месяца назад

Beacon been letting it slip for some time now....

@KevinChristiansen-i2q 3 месяца назад

Safe travels trucking Alice

@edwardwilliams9874 3 месяца назад

Yes ma'am there seems to be a lot of that language barrier thing these days were ever ya go and don't push number one 😂

@gary770se 3 месяца назад

I sat more pulling a reefer than i did pulling over-sized freight

@geraldjones8032 3 месяца назад

Every trip is interesting. Enjoyed the video. Have a safe trip .

@edwardwilliams9874 3 месяца назад

Lol o man you had to say taco's I'm out in the middle of no were now wanting tacos lol

@jonrusso4720 3 месяца назад

We need to boycott these brokers and have congress get thier asses too and treat us fairly in wages too now.....I'm a non broker driver and accounts all the us hauling dry freight and lumber and steel too...

@20truck 6 дней назад

Your dog peed on your gloves

@skipholmes9040 3 месяца назад

The wet gloves could have come from condensate when the portable air conditioner was running.

@TruckingTogether 3 месяца назад

nope, turned out to be a water jug I had in the back

@edwardwilliams9874 3 месяца назад

Good one miss Alice y'all take care be safe 🙏. Howdy Mr Martin

@Kalamabbfan 2 месяца назад

Idaho is Mountain Time Zone.😉

@johnscott5105 3 месяца назад

Way to much inefficiency in trucking, I think improving it would go a long way in retention of drivers, and companies in trucking.

@samdillsaver7676 3 месяца назад

That Flying J in Twin Falls is a nightmare for parking unless it’s the middle of the day. I prefer the Garden of Eden where you were at. They actually just finished that new building not too long ago. Tore the old one down and rebuilt it

@TruckingTogether 3 месяца назад

yes, when we had our flatbed Martin actually brought them siding or something for the new building when they first started on it. It came out so nice! We’ve been going there for years

@scottklaske7753 3 месяца назад

Correct. It's unfair ,but it has been this way forever. Especially with produce.

@redmesa2975 3 месяца назад

A hair net & vest to put load locks in ? How ‘bout put your food in packaging ? Carry spare reusable rivets for the chutes. When I pulled reefer during Covid, forklift drivers were notorious for ripping the chutes down. Then I would get to the reload, & have to pin the chutes back up. 🤬 52K pounds 😳. No effing way ! 45K sure. Heck, you can barely get 48K on a flatbed.

@davidwhiten3742 3 месяца назад

Oh shoot not the chute! Shit, chute is loose ,shoot!

@skippyjones4195 3 месяца назад

I would put a COMMENT ON FACEBOOK 🤷🏼 but it won’t matter Terrible 👍❤️☮️💪🏻✌️

@scottycollins1829 3 месяца назад

Gr8 Vid

@Wilnip Месяц назад

I just saw the ATF is gay sticker 😂😂 . Now I can't wait for more windshield shots!

@TruckingTogether Месяц назад

one of our viewers sent me that one!

@KevinChristiansen-i2q 3 месяца назад

Great video Alice

@deluxetransport3208 3 месяца назад

Wow, sorry for the manasury of shippers BS. Personally, I wouldn't have excepted that load at all. Mileage and time would have got to a as good or better load. And I agree, truckers need more say in the way.