Delivered two 12 wides today. Talking to the project manager while I was waiting (I was there 8.5 hrs).
PM: thanks for your patience. The structural supports were wrong and we have to fix them.
ME: no problem. I delivered to one of your projects in Toronto last year and it took me two weeks to unloaded. I never have any trouble getting detention so I'll stay as long as you need me.
PM: What do you charge?
ME: $75/hr so $300 for the first truck and $500 for this one.
PM: Laughs. I have that in my coffee fund. See that crane? 400 ton with a 260 ft stick. $30,000 per day + $13,000 to drive it here + $13,000 to drive it back. It's been here 8 days. Thanks again. Hope to see you on the next job. If you have any trouble with your detention tell them to call me.
Detention perspective
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Nice.
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He also said.....
"See those things over there. They came from Calgary on 13 trucks two weeks ago, all from the same company. One truck got detained by the DOT for being unfit. Two more were stuck at the Ontario border for 5 days waiting on permits. Another one got seized by the Ontario DOT because he was on a no truck route and during rush hour curfew to boot. Charge backs to the trucking company totaled $90,000". -
Another reason not to run Canada. That's a pretty high charge back.
The best detention I had was a 12 wide to Denver over New Years week. Holiday was on Thursday. I arrived January 2nd. Friday. They told me the other truck just got loaded today the 2nd. They only wanted to bring crane out for one pick. They would pay me $1200 to sit on load until Wednesday.
Peanuts for some of you guys. Best part I got on load board and found a grocery house to run power only for those days and made another $800 per day.
Funny part this was a fuel tank base for an onsite generator. When they faxed the schematic it was upside down. So the tank was reverse for the power leads to the building, poured concrete base 12 inches thick. They had to make a new tank.blairandgretchen, rank and pete1 Thank this. -
LOL. I would run for free if I could get the money wasted.
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Glad your getting paid for your time.
As for the charge backs, yes it can happen. I wonder who it was that had the issues??rank Thanks this. -
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