Trailer is dropped and receiver is not willing to unload

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Honesttruck, Feb 10, 2021.

  1. Beaver9

    Beaver9 Heavy Load Member

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    Thank you! You really wait only two hours to get loaded? Four hours is pretty usual with many loads. I leave after 6-8 hours. The broker still wants you to wait. But you won't most likely be unloaded by the receiver. I better lose that one day and not be stuck for days with it.
     
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  3. Beaver9

    Beaver9 Heavy Load Member

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    How much do you charge to unload/dispose the product that wasn't accepted because they loaded the wrong product? If you have like 100 cases? How much would you charge? It happened to me more than once already. And I asked for more money but never got it.
     
  4. Beaver9

    Beaver9 Heavy Load Member

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    If I am not loaded within 6-8 hours at the shipper, I leave. I get paid only the TRUCK NOT USED fee which is usually from $125 to $250. How is that even legal if a driver worked for 12 hours and used his equipment, paid for the fuel, tollways, etc?
    Why nobody is doing anything to stop this practice? It's illegal but legal. It doesn't make sense. It doesn't even pay the minimum wage.

    I will check with OOIDA why are they not doing anything to stop this illegal practice?
     
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  5. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    How is it illegal?
     
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  6. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    You are an independent business and with you the only employee, it would be legal for you to not make a dime. You get paid by what you and the broker/shipper agreed to and is in the rate-con. If the TONU in your agreed upon rate-con is only $1, $500, or any other amount, that's what you have coming.
     
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  7. Beaver9

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    Because it doesn't meet the minimum wage. The driver working for 12 hours getting paid only $150 for a load that was never loaded. At the same time, paying for fuel, tollway, and using his own equipment. That is why it should be illegal since the cost is way higher. And the driver should be paid at least the minimum wage plus get money for the money spent accepting the load.
     
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  8. Beaver9

    Beaver9 Heavy Load Member

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    That is sad.
     
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  9. RunningAces

    RunningAces Road Train Member

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    I take it you're not actually an OO?
     
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  10. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    If you are an owner operator than there is no minimum wage law that applies to you. You, being the company, should be paying yourself a regular wage anyway.
     
  11. Beaver9

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    I am.
     
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