Why is it that the Crane and Rigger's time is worth more than a truck drivers. This industry needs to wake up. The driver can go through snow, sleet and hail to arrive for a crane/rigger appointment but if the riggers is late too bad. if the wind is blowing and crane won't operate too bad. But if the driver is late, shame on you and your driver, this will cost big time.
Crane & Rigger's fees
- Thread starter bubba-one
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That is certainly an argument we have had with customers for years. The driver in most cases, picked up the load hundreds or thousand of miles away, and as Bubba-one said, drove through sleet, snow, whatever to make it safely to the destination. In 99% of the shipments, the crane was located within a few miles of the destination. Their driver slept in their own bed the night before, had breakfast with his family in the morning and walked out the door a couple of hours before his scheduled arrival time. Of course, delays can happen to either party, it is just a part of our industry. The best thing anyone can do is communicate. If your truck is running late, let the receiver know so that they can call off or reschedule the crane before it starts setting up. Same goes for the crane company. Once everyone is on site, on time and the weather makes it unsafe to proceed, that is another thing entirely.
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