PU (Pickup)

A stop where the driver arrives and hooks a trailer that was loaded before they got there.

Also called: Loaded pickup, Pre-loaded trailer.

PU on a load sheet is a plain pickup: the shipper loaded the trailer ahead of time and the driver hooks it and leaves. The driver was not there while it was loaded.

Because there is no waiting and no work beyond hooking up, a pickup does not pay an extra. The driver is paid the miles on the load and nothing for the stop itself.

If the driver did have to sit while the trailer was loaded, the stop should have been coded LL, a live load, and that one does pay.

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• LL (Live load) — A pickup where the driver waits at the dock while the trailer is loaded.
• SP (Split pickup) — A pickup shared with another party — and, like any pickup, it does not pay an extra.
• Drop and hook — The driver drops the trailer they arrived with and hooks a waiting one — no live loading or unloading.

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Made with the free pu (pickup) at loadtally.app/tools/glossary/pickup-pu — LoadTally, loads, settlements and driver pay for owner-operators.