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>When they’re stuck, the truck driver is responsible for getting them out, and that’s that Not to say that it doesn’t suck being a truck driver, but most of my
by quartesixte 5y ago
>When they’re stuck, the truck driver is responsible for getting them out, and that’s that
Not to say that it doesn’t suck being a truck driver, but most of my experience has been that if the load cannot be unloaded by the receiver, the shipment is taken back and the driver is still paid for the attempt.
- edrxty 5y agoI think it depends on the type of delivery/carrier. I've had full size lift gate trucks deliver pallets to my house and they were responsible for getting 1000lb oversized pallets out and down from the truck in one piece. They weren't always successful.
- pc86 5y agoI'm genuinely curious what you're having delivered by the half-ton to your home? The only things I can think of would be a safe, or maybe gym equipment.
- Spooky23 5y agoMy father in law had a massive smoker delivered by LTL truck with “inside delivery”. It took 6 of us to roll that thing up his driveway.
- c_o_n_v_e_x 5y agoAg supplies are heavy and can come on pallets.... mulch, animal feed, fertilizer, etc.
- bag_boy 5y agoTiles and hardwood
- edrxty 5y agoI'm building an airplane. Also have a small machine shop in the garage so stock and occasionally tooling.
- pc86 5y agoOh nice, the only thing keeping me from building an RV or something is space.
- edrxty 5y agoDoesn't take too much space, people have done them in apartments, otoh the machine shop (unrelated to the rv build) definitely does :) Go find a builder class, you'll learn a lot and have a good time, even if you decide not to go forward with it.
- engineer_22 5y agoThe trucker has to sign to say that the company loaded the truck correctly before departing. So if the load cannot be unloaded it's the truck drivers fault!!!
- colejohnson66 5y agoNot always. When I worked at Target as a receiver, C&S drivers got to choose their routes, but they didn't get to refuse bad loads; we (the driver and the store) just had to deal with pallets falling over.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI think this would very much be a contractual thing.