Looking to sue my former carrier

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by mphill49, Jan 21, 2013.

  1. RedForeman

    RedForeman Momentum Conservationist

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    Being lucky with a Prepass wouldn't even explain that - you have to upload a copy of your cab card each year. Unless the carrier falsified it somehow.

    Probably more of a case of a naïve owner being baffled with bs on the paperwork/accounting stuff. Apparently he's learned some new tricks from that last one.
     
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  3. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    Nice people in Colorado, they will come out and check your vin number to make sure your truck is not stolen. Check your log book, make sure you are not all tuckered out. They will even make sure your chains are on your truck for you at times.

    Nice folks in Colorado!
     
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  4. mphill49

    mphill49 Bobtail Member

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    Theres a small discrepancy here. When I first got the truck, they helped me register the truck and get my tags. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS ONLY REGISTERED TO RUN THE MIDWEST SOUTH AND NORTH. Thats part of me believijg them given their word. I get that. So that should clear up the so called "fishiness". The fact of the matter is 1. I was paid a grand total of 6000 dollars on 60000 miles. One person said have the logs checked and thats a good start. Another show proof of my start miles and end miles and add up my settlement totals. I can do that. The contract states that I would be paid 1.50 per mile. I just want to know if its true that the odometer should match the settlements. Theres not enough deadhead in the world to have such a discrepancy
     
  5. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    You should just chalk this up as a lesson learned and move on.By the time this case does surface it'll be a good 2 yrs.
     
  6. NotANumber

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    I think you should get a lawyer that specializes in Transportation Law (or whatever it's called) and have them look over your next contract. Also, put some kind of tracker in your truck so you can track where it is at any given moment. Don't let shady companies hire their own drivers, lease your truck and your own driver onto a company unless you trust them completely. Sorry to say that you have to learn the hard way, but in the world of trucking it seems to be the only way. Good luck to you and I'm sorry you got screwed so bad.
     
  7. mphill49

    mphill49 Bobtail Member

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    Thank you. I have a tracker in there now and hired my own driver to keep up with the truck.
     
  8. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    He did trust them. Hence the problem.

    I'd still like to know how the dirt bag a.k.a head of operations a.k.a. really good friend allowed you to get sucked into the arrangement. Something doesn't add up there.
     
  9. mphill49

    mphill49 Bobtail Member

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    She promiser teams and an average of 3000 miles a week. The only way I know about this is when I pilled my truck and saw the odometer saying 70k miles more than from the day I gave it to them.
     
  10. skootertrashr6

    skootertrashr6 Medium Load Member

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    Wow, teams and a average of 3000 miles a week? You did it to yourself.
     
  11. mphill49

    mphill49 Bobtail Member

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    Average of 3000 miles when there wasnt teams. Pretty much there would be revenue one way or another.
     
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