“WE GOT A HOT LOAD!”
Posted by MPV8614@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 49 comments
In layman’s terms…”we screwed up and now we need you to save our asses”
Posted by MPV8614@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 49 comments
In layman’s terms…”we screwed up and now we need you to save our asses”
HolyOrangeJuice@reddit
Happened to me the other day and actually was legit. They had me drop my current load in a yard and said go direct to customer with an empty. They said I'd get a door upon arrival and to call the receiver boss man if I didn't. They were 8 hours behind on taking loads. The receiver was packed. They were less than thrilled but gave me a door the moment I asked. 4 Pallets WI to TX 🤣 in a 53ft reefer. Got it down there with 45 mins to spare and got a door right away there too.
But I've had a hot load that was full of BS because other drivers were lazy and they didn't want future drivers to be late.
slyguy929229@reddit
I don’t mind those it’s the “plant shut down they need it asap please” that gets annoying.
Yeah I like the bonus I get from it but even trying their best my logs still look like shit. Road side inspection would be fine, but if they get an audit…..lmao
DoctorZebra@reddit
Or, in the gas hauling world, the dispatcher tries to talk you into taking an extra load (and working late) because a station either ran out or is about to run out. You load up and get to the station just to find out that the station isn't busy and isn't even close to running out, or worse, the load won't even fit into their tanks.
I tell those dispatchers that I will never, ever do a favor for them again.
slyguy929229@reddit
Lmao they did that once and I made sure every other load that week was late af for “reasons beyond my control” Don’t play with me.
DoctorZebra@reddit
"Don't worry. They'll still be out of gas when I get there."
slyguy929229@reddit
Haha I’d love to see their face with that one.
MarmotWorldOrder@reddit
I got one of those today. The delivery window goes from Saturday to Monday. Make it make sense.
december151791@reddit
You guys are getting bonuses for those?
xoutlawtrucker@reddit
All a "Hot load" means (in trucking) is that you will wait a extra 3 hours at the receiver because they had no idea you were coming and they have to make room.
Top-Confidence4496@reddit
The amount of times this happened to me!!!
"They told us the delivery was cancelled, we're surprised that you're here, everybody already went home"
wfp1017@reddit
We will be back at 6 AM Monday. (On Friday)
LordRaven74@reddit
Yes indeed. I had a "hot load" back in 2008. I was driving for my Dad back then. I had him and the broker (TQL 🙄) breathing down my neck. When I got it to OKC, it was rejected. The computer ordered items that they were already fully stocked. When I told my Dad, he ripped TQL a new ass. It was glorious. I remember it so well because it was my first rejected load.
xoutlawtrucker@reddit
TQL makes more check calls than all other brokers combined. They have the shittiest rates but micromanage their runs like you are hauling gold bricks for them. And you still get check calls 3 days after you deliver. Not only do they suck, but they are annoying AF.
LogPlane1030@reddit
I thought hot load is code word for needing to poop
xoutlawtrucker@reddit
I always thought it sounded way more pornographic and I feel weird even saying it out loud.
Mindes13@reddit
3 hours at the delivery too because you didn't have the correct reference number to unload, or space, or you're a week early
unwillingpenguin@reddit
The amount of times ive been told Its a hot load or special load and then i get to the reciver nd they either had no idea i was coming or they unload it and say "oh yeah thats for a project three months from now" is way to high for my liking
MuphDiesel@reddit
3 hours if you’re lucky lol.
The_Okay_Baboo@reddit
This is the right answer
ironeagle2006@reddit
Now I literally had a hot load. Plant in Ferdonia NY needed bottles to run production the next morning. I was 550 miles away at another plant that was owned by the same company. Load was supposed to be ready at 10pm. It was ready at midnight with a 7pm deadline. 7 hours to go 550 miles. On the line for my boss was 5k in bonus and double his normal rates. My ass was in Ferdonia at the plant at 630 am. I crossed Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and 30 miles of NY in 6 and a half hours. I blew across Indiana in less than 90 minutes. How do I know this. From the time stamps on my Illinois tollway ticket when I paid to leave Illinois on 294 till I grabbed my Ohio turnpike ticket.
genocyde26008219@reddit
This is the way. Thanks for the tips brothers and sisters.
stevenmacarthur@reddit
“WE GOT A HOT LOAD!”
That's what SHE said...giggity!
TwistedAirline@reddit
I always reply “does it pay hot money?”
Rough-Method8876@reddit
This👏 because IT ISN'T HOT unless they're paying more for the load. Otherwise somebody fucked up in your company. In that case, it isn't hot…IT’S LATE!!
xoutlawtrucker@reddit
Its not that its even late. The shipper or receiver dont even have a clue that the load is important, early, or late. The only reason you hear "hot" is because something occurred at the broker like someone dropped the ball, it came in at last minute, it was double/triple booked and somebody is about to pull it away on them and they need it to be booked asafp. For some weird reason its also never on the schedule at the receiver (I haven't figured out that part yet) so basically its a Hot load, but only as far as the broker is concerned.
Rough-Method8876@reddit
I have some different experiences. I have a fairly steady gig where the receiver has been burnt on over-ordering in previous years. So when I get “hot” parts...I get paid for that “drop everything and get me the parts” because without them…they basically will shut their production lines down. I know however, when I get a last minute e-mail that says HOT parts but the rate isn't increased? That the shipper forgot/had trouble getting their order put together but doesn't want to admit it to the receiver. So in my experience, the receiver always knows it's coming because they're waiting desperately for it. But that's literally one in I'm sure hundreds.
polarjunkie@reddit
Yeah hot garbage money
COATHANGER_ABORTIONS@reddit
"actually, it's less miles and you'll waste more time sitting in a door than normal!"
Fuzzy1598@reddit
Hell yeah! Unless they paying double Im not stressing myself out over it.
TruckinTuba@reddit
For us, its because something broke and they need to fix it yesterday 😅
Snoringhounddog@reddit
This load's so hot, the shipper doesn't even know we got a truck on the way!
MRUNIKORN123@reddit
I like the one , where the receiver tells you. Your a day late, but they'll work you in... Even though YOU LOADED IT THE DAY ... YOUR COMPANY TOLD YOU TOO... shipper too!!
unwillingpenguin@reddit
Once had a reciver hit me with that and they were really hammering away about it. I wasn't even the original driver that picked it up i went and rescued this load, I told them if they were that unhappy I could take it back to where it came from, you would not belive how quickly they unloaded my trailer.
Ninja-Storyteller@reddit
I just stare quietly. Silence is a great response, especially if the delay had nothing to do with you.
DoctorZebra@reddit
That's what I don't miss about general freight, especially grocery. At least in the tanker world, the receivers (mostly) act like they want the product and are glad to see you.
unwillingpenguin@reddit
I do flatbed and 99% of the time its the same for me bit every now and then I get a reciver who acts like im the worst thing to ever turn up in their parking lot.
IgnoringHisAge@reddit
One time I got bounced 500 miles deadhead to get a hazmat load going to Edmonton, AB that had been preloaded in Denver. I was literally the closest driver with the endorsement and a passport.
So I hustled it (through some Montana winter shit, I might add) and got there Friday afternoon. Too late! Even though it was “hot”. So I go to spend the weekend in Edmonton and watch Brett Favre blow the NFC Championship as a Viking in a mediocre Flying J lounge. The Vikings being my team, it was the perfect capper to a lot of work for nothing.
Ok-Bar5260@reddit
In the words of my dispatcher, and my response:
“You want more miles? Great. Come back to the yard, I got about 1100 for you.”
“I guess I want more miles”
Xx_Frosty@reddit
Dispatch is just mad his wife got a hot load last night. Worth it.
Professional_Ant4228@reddit
Hot load in sanitation means somebody threw a battery away
ImissURmomma@reddit
Hot loads usually cool off when you get there! If it’s actually hot ask for more pay or else it’s BS and they want you to correct someone else’s mistakes
derpmcturd@reddit
Wrong sub, r/porn is >>>>>>>that way
Waisted-Desert@reddit
"Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."
Hot load means I charge accordingly. You'd be surprised how often a "hot load" becomes a Luke-warm load once the rate is provided. "well, just get it there without any undue delay.
PnuttButtaGuts@reddit
A “hot load” means your load is smoking or literally on fire in the world of trash/recycle hauling lol. I’ve had 4 in the past 4 years doing it.
mike15835@reddit
Agh lithium ion batteries are the bomb aren't they?
Fuzzy1598@reddit
You paying me hot load money?
Cheap-Blackberry-378@reddit
My company doesn't call it that, my boss usually calls me about a "special mission" and thats how I know I'm bailing someone out
MidLifeChanger@reddit
Once in a while it isn't a screwup but life. I had to do that a couple of times as a regional driver for a local when a driver got sick and another one's wife went into labor early.
Milk_MAN1963@reddit
Never happens at my company. We haul the same exact thing everyday of the week