You’ll have the opportunity to work with customers in a wide variety of industries over the course of your truck driving career. Our Texas drivers get to work with customers in the fields of telecommunications, information technology, aerospace equipment, fuel processing, and agriculture, just to name a few. Dallas in particular features a booming transportation industry, and the community is known for the transportation equipment it produces. Get to know some of the equipment you depend on as part of driving jobs at Bay & Bay Transportation in Dallas, TX.
Securing the Load
Even if you’ve only held a driving job for a week, you understand the importance of securing the load in place. Secured cargo will not shift, tip, or fall. That means you won’t risk being distracted because you won’t hear anything moving around in your trailer. Most importantly, secured cargo is a delivery that will arrive at your customer’s location undamaged and can be unloaded safely.
You have a wide array of tools to secure your load, including but certainly not limited to straps, tarps, ropes, chains, hooks, stakes, posts, and anchor points. Drivers must inspect each piece of equipment thoroughly so they aren’t using damaged equipment to secure their cargo. You must also double-check every tiedown before you leave the parking lot. There can be no loose or unfastened tiedowns while you’re traveling on the road.
Securing your load doesn’t just mean keeping your delivery safely tied down. It also means keeping your safety equipment, logs, and personal possessions secured. Every unsecured item is another chance for you to get distracted or earn costly violations during safety inspections.
Tracking Your Delivery
Our customers expect to know where their delivery is at all times. They want to know right away if problems like inclement weather or bad traffic will cause a delay. Our trucks are equipped with QUALCOMM technology that allows us to maintain constant communication with our drivers through email-style messages and shorthand codes. The QUALCOMM includes a GPS that shows us your location accurate to a few blocks. When our customers ask about your status, we can give them an accurate update. Along with our QUALCOMM tracking, we also rely on EDI technology to provide freight invoices, load confirmations, load tender, and other critical information to our customers for a better business experience.
Safety is the top priority for everyone with truck driving jobs at Bay & Bay Transportation, whether you are based in Dallas, TX or anywhere nationwide. We provide quality state-of-the-art equipment for our drivers, and our mechanics keep your trucks in top condition. You can also count on your fellow truck drivers who are all expected to have strong mechanical know-how in case of equipment trouble.