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<blockquote data-quote="pickup" data-source="post: 1917227"><p>I thought of some advice for a newbie. It depends on your hub and the hubs you visit. When you have an assigned trailer to hook up to, whether you are in a shifter or a tractor, you should start looking for it as you drive to the area where the computer says it is. </p><p></p><p>In other words, if you are in area #b and the computer says the trailer is in area #d. As you drive through area #b and area #c to get to area #d , start looking for it . You might see it in area #b or #c before you even get to area #d. This is the way it works at my hub and many hubs where empty spots are hard to get, especially at peak. The shifter or other driver dropped it where he could , not where he should have.</p><p></p><p>Also, the trailer # is a clue to what type of trailer it is. Something that starts with the number 3, like 304562 is a pup. So as you look for that trailer, you can ignore the bigger trailers. It will also be a gray trailer, so that is the color you look for, you can ignore the other trailers that are not gray.</p><p></p><p>You get a 600 series # ,like 603541, that is a white UPSU 53 foot trailer on a chassis, so you can ignore the grays, and the pups and focus looking for that color and size.</p><p></p><p>I must warn you, if you get a number like 624561, that is NOT a 600 series. 600 series is 601xxx, 602xxx,603XXX, etc. A number that has 6AXXXX, where A is a number other than 0 is not going to be a 53 foot container on a chassis. It is something smaller, could be a pup on chassis, or a slightly bigger trailer(can't remember exactly). So if you get something like that, you are looking for a grey trailer that is definitely smaller than </p><p>a 53 footer. </p><p></p><p>Also, make sure you have the correct trailer and that you take it to the correct location. Don't assume. Once you hook up, the first thing you do is make sure that trailer number and the number on your computer match. It is also possible that your dispatcher told you that you are going to one place and changed his mind while you walked to your tractor and gave you a different location but you think you are still going to the original location he told you. Not sure of the eloc(ending location, four digit number), ask someone. </p><p></p><p>We've had experienced full-time drivers and casuals make the mistake of hooking up and pulling the wrong trailers or taking their correct trailers to the wrong locations.</p><p>So, DOUBLE CHECK. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, if you go to another hub with a load, and already have an assigned trailer to take out of there. As soon as you inbound , check your "schedule edit" or your outbound load info on your computer to see what trailer number you are pulling out. Do this, before you leave the inbound gate .If it is already staged and no longer on a door, then as you proceed to wherever you are going to drop your inbound trailer, keep an eye kind of on the lookout for your outbound trailer. You might just see it. And if you don't then you know where it isn't when you need to go look for it after you drop your inbound trailer. And if you do see it, well ain't that special?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickup, post: 1917227"] I thought of some advice for a newbie. It depends on your hub and the hubs you visit. When you have an assigned trailer to hook up to, whether you are in a shifter or a tractor, you should start looking for it as you drive to the area where the computer says it is. In other words, if you are in area #b and the computer says the trailer is in area #d. As you drive through area #b and area #c to get to area #d , start looking for it . You might see it in area #b or #c before you even get to area #d. This is the way it works at my hub and many hubs where empty spots are hard to get, especially at peak. The shifter or other driver dropped it where he could , not where he should have. Also, the trailer # is a clue to what type of trailer it is. Something that starts with the number 3, like 304562 is a pup. So as you look for that trailer, you can ignore the bigger trailers. It will also be a gray trailer, so that is the color you look for, you can ignore the other trailers that are not gray. You get a 600 series # ,like 603541, that is a white UPSU 53 foot trailer on a chassis, so you can ignore the grays, and the pups and focus looking for that color and size. I must warn you, if you get a number like 624561, that is NOT a 600 series. 600 series is 601xxx, 602xxx,603XXX, etc. A number that has 6AXXXX, where A is a number other than 0 is not going to be a 53 foot container on a chassis. It is something smaller, could be a pup on chassis, or a slightly bigger trailer(can't remember exactly). So if you get something like that, you are looking for a grey trailer that is definitely smaller than a 53 footer. Also, make sure you have the correct trailer and that you take it to the correct location. Don't assume. Once you hook up, the first thing you do is make sure that trailer number and the number on your computer match. It is also possible that your dispatcher told you that you are going to one place and changed his mind while you walked to your tractor and gave you a different location but you think you are still going to the original location he told you. Not sure of the eloc(ending location, four digit number), ask someone. We've had experienced full-time drivers and casuals make the mistake of hooking up and pulling the wrong trailers or taking their correct trailers to the wrong locations. So, DOUBLE CHECK. Also, if you go to another hub with a load, and already have an assigned trailer to take out of there. As soon as you inbound , check your "schedule edit" or your outbound load info on your computer to see what trailer number you are pulling out. Do this, before you leave the inbound gate .If it is already staged and no longer on a door, then as you proceed to wherever you are going to drop your inbound trailer, keep an eye kind of on the lookout for your outbound trailer. You might just see it. And if you don't then you know where it isn't when you need to go look for it after you drop your inbound trailer. And if you do see it, well ain't that special? [/QUOTE]
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