Please help! Need Advise- Broker won't pay says load was "short"

Produce is exempt product, not covered by a bond. Don't even need a bond to broker produce. Produce is shipped by the box, regardless of how you are paid. If the freight was 5.00/box or XX/CWT then the freight charge for 50 cases would be -250.00. If you mess with produce, learn and know the rules.

 

Why would anyone haul for someone who isn't a broker?

 

File a claim with the brokers bonding insurance company. All brokers must be bonded by law. Also post on the loadboard that he failed to pay.

 

Even if the broker has a bond, the bond company will reject the claim because it is exempt product. The bond only covers regulated product. A carrier doesn't need an MC#, only a DOT# to haul exempt.

 

Here is exempt and regulated product. http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/Administrative_Ruling_119.pdf

 

I take it everything was import? 50 apples (import) is a pallet 5+ feet high. Hard to miss that. Full size boxes is a pallet just shy of the ceiling + 8 boxes.

 

Buy some and seal all loads and note on BOL. Sorry for any truckers frustrations,I been there.

 

Ah, the memories. And people wonder why my reefer trailer is rusting away behind the barn.

 

Produce is shipper load, driver count. They won't accept any seal that the driver puts on. If you're hauling direct for some grocery chains they might accept it but i don't know of any sheds that will sign for the seal. Some HV imports will seal at the dock.