Tyson Prepared Foods — Local services in Hutchinson

Arrived Early, Staged on Brick road North of Plant, called (voice mail, walked over to Dock4 to ck in). They kindly ask3d me to wait in Truck and be mindful of driveways and hydrants whilst I wait!.. 1/2 They waived me over. They watched and ensured No Trailer mishaps while backing (if you hit the dock on One Jacknife and No pull-ups, your my hero!. The Curb on blind side front and the drop trailer on left, leaves ya a tad Crooked (unless you roll the curb or scuff the telephone pole retainer cables, js). But a quick pull up to the Dirt drive South of the Dumpster, and your Golden!.. Loading takes about 45 1hr. Bills brought to you and you Pull Forward, They seal trailer and Off you go !.. Next . Professional and Well...

They have 1 dock on Washington and 1 on Main. From what I was told the dock on Washington is for shipping and the dock on Main is for receiving but I've seen them receive product on Washington before. Construction patterns keep changing around the plant so getting here takes some guess work. If you come in off Main and turn onto W Ave E you can driver side back in any of the docks. W Ave E is about the only place to park where you aren't blocking traffic. All of the docks require you to back in from the street but they are doable. Check in procedures in the attached picture. Nobody answers the phone after dark and the man door near Dock 4 stays locked so you may have to wait in your truck for someone to come out or grab...

Got there at 0900 for my 1000 pick up appt. Checked in by phone and backed into the dock off Washington St. The only negative is that they have a dropped trailer along the street by the dock. You can't see the turn into the dock while backing until you get past that trailer. There's a fence on the drivers side and a wall on the blind side. I slid my tandems to the rear to lessen the tail swing and backed in slow. There's a dumpster on the curb directly across from the dock so keep your head on a swivel as you swing the nose around. One of the workers was there as a ground guide in case I...