General
drop and hook
What does drop and hook mean?
A freight workflow where the driver uncouples the loaded trailer at a customer's yard, immediately couples to a pre-loaded outbound trailer, and rolls. No waiting on a dock, no live load. The good kind of stop — minutes instead of hours.
"Love this lane — every stop is drop and hook, I'm never on the dock more than fifteen minutes."
Origin
American trucking industry shorthand, in widespread use since at least the postwar growth of long-haul freight and standardised trailers.
Frequently asked questions
What does drop and hook mean in trucking?
Drop and hook means dropping one trailer and hooking up another so you can keep moving without waiting to load or unload.
How do you use drop and hook in a sentence?
"It's a quick drop and hook at the yard, then I'm back on the road."
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