How do you take delivery of freight???

[JHZR2]

Hi,

I really appreciated the appliance thread, which introduced me to Staber appliances... As many know, I recently bought a house, and not like I didnt like speccing out things to buy before (just for fun)... I like to spec out things that might go south, just in case, for budgeting and preparedness reasons. Especially since all the appliances came with the house, and I dont know that much about their history...

So... say I wanted to buy a staber washer and dryer because my old ones in the basement break... the "free delivery" is a truck that puts the pallets on the back end, for me to get to the ground and then into my house.

Not that a washer/dryer is that heavy with a friend or two helping... but how does one get the freight?

If youre a working person, and you expect a package from UPS, they take the package from the truck and leave it at the door... or else leave a sticker on the door saying theyll be back... And typically you know about when the UPS driver is coming, etc.

But when you need to have something delivered from a tractor trailer to your yard, for you to lower down from the truck, how do you do it?

Do they tell you which day itll come, and then you take a day off of work? Do they usually deliver to homes on weekends only? Evenings only? Do they make multiple attempts?

How do you get big stuff delivered by freight service to your home?

Thanks!

JMH

 

[mechtech]

Don't you wish you could tell THEM that you'll be home sometime between 8am-5pm?
It only works one way!

 

[k1xv]

Whenever I have gotten a delivery by motor freight, either the driver or the company dispatcher has called me that morning to tell me that a delivery is coming, and to ask if I will be home, local directions, etc. The delivery truck is usually a semi, with a single axle trailer.

It would help if you knew the name of the freight company, and any identifying numbers for the shipment.

The driver will usually have a hand truck to get the item to the rear of the truck, but from there you are largely on your own.

I have found that, for some items, it is useful to have a pick up truck to back up to the freight truck, and offload to that. Then you can get the pick up truck closer to where you want the item to go.

I suggest you have your own help. The driver may help you getting the items to the ground, but no more.

 

[michaelc80]

I've always requested that the freight be held at the local terminal and I go pick it up. If you time it correctly you can get there while the dock hands are still working the inbound freight and they'll usually help you load it on your pickup. If you pick it up in the afternoon try to wait until later (5:00 or so) when the outbound dock hands are there so you'll have help loading it.

 

[JHZR2]

great, thanks!!!

JMH