Running with JCT, Part Deux

Really, it's not an issue. I've only had one load that had 3 pickups in the past 3.5 years. Most of the time it's 2 pickups and those are produce loads.

No worries.

 

That $40 is chump change for the wasted time. The one that bugs me is 60% of detention . That should be 100%.

TA

 

Agreed. Noone at the office lost time and productivity sitting at the dock.

 

Glad I don't do West coast any more

 

Have EMP will travel...I'm headed to the Midwest now ahhhahahahhahahah

 

Oh he'll time to hide now

 

I'm safe from @Kamkor for now. Two stops in San Antonio, TX on Monday and two in Houston for Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

Years ago I was contracted with another carrier. They preplanned me into Los Angeles to pick up a load going to Mobile AL. They loaded me up with 9 pallets and I sent my loaded call and split on a Friday afternoon. About 60 miles east of LA they blast me 4 messages and 2 phone calls, I figure someone died. Turns out they want me to turn around and go back towards Los Angeles and they will be looking for freight to fill up my trailer, just turn around and head that way. I'm like 'hell to the no am I going back to LA on a Friday afternoon.' I already fulfilled my contract loaded call and bouncing east.

Next message comes in with extra stop Load Assignment. I'm like 'wait a minute, I never accepted that' and kept going east because they cannot force dispatch me.

Forgot to mention the stop pickup pay would have been $35 bucks, how is that even going to cover my time/distance, for the 60 miles I already made on the load, plus the 60 miles back and 60 miles back to starting point when they messaged me. Plus high likelihood of being stuck overnight in Los Angeles basin over night due to massive traffic and unknown stop load time.

Anyway, they were very upset with me but I stuck to my guns, you cannot force dispatch me and it is not my fault your planner dropped the ball only loading me with 9 pallets which I fulfilled according to contract.

 

Well, you obviously aren't a team player!

Speaking of which, I may just bail on my team playing. I almost always take a relay but after this last one I think the standing answer is going to be, "no!"

Got a nice Cali to FL load at less than 5k lbs. Get to tx and they request a relay to get a guy home. I said, "no prob". The guy is just a few miles from the drop. Make the swap and deliver the next morning.

All good? Well, no. Seems nobody can tell me what this is going to pay. Looks like I gave away an easy load to do a freebie.

Honestly, I've never been screwed over but this one pisses me off. We get the short end of the stick 99% of the time, there's no need to make it 100%.

TA