Refusing a Load/Overweight

Uh - probably because he needs the job. And she did post that this was a one time (and I read that as not normal) situation.

When you are in trucking, excrement occurs. You learn to roll with the punches, or get out of the ring...

 

Bruno may not last long........

 

Thats not a job it's driver abuse!!! Thats why i love guy's like you you'll do the stupid work while i sit and get paid!! "roll with the punches" Thats a good one!!! Does that pay good?

 

Actually, it can pay off quite well in the long run.

 

In my years driving I can't tell you the number of times I have weighed a load and found it to be over gross. It happens. I was also compensated for my time by the company or shipper simply by notifying dispatch and having a weigh ticket in my hand. I remember well picking up a preloaded trailer and the nearest scale was 20+ miles away. I weighed the thing and was grossing 85k. Called dispatch, they called the shipper, took the load back. Shipping supervisor said it was impossible the load could weigh that much. They started to unload the trailer and discovered the problem. The guy who started loading the trailer had not marked the first 5 pallets as being on the trailer. They changed shifts. Next guy didn't know so he loaded the same 5 pallets of product. Now we know why the gross was 85k. The shipping foreman called dispatch and thanked them for what I had done, noted the fact I had been courteous and in my next check I had $150.00 for my two hour delay. $75.00 an hour ain't bad.JMO. Point is always weigh your load. Mistakes can be made. Most companies will compensate you for your time in this situation,shippers don't like these either because the chances are a mistake like what happened to me really screws up their inventory not to mention the time involved in getting the thing right. The poor guy who inherited the load should be well compensated for his efforts and I believe in a following post was. It's Murphy's Law in the trucking industry. "If anything can go wrong- IT WILL'. Deal with it.

 

there is more uncompensated work in trucking then anywhere else. get used to it

 

Most of us are compensated by the mile or by the load, so we have two choices:

1. Quote the Surface Transportation Assistance Act and know that you are in the right while you are waiting around unpaid for something to happen.

or

2. Know that it is not your problem, but that if you want to get back to making money you will do whatever you can to help solve the problem.

Here would be an interesting approach: Ask the younger guys what they would do and ask the old school guys what they would do. I bet we can predict the answers.

 

Depending on were the load was going, I would have ran it! Its not hard NOT CROSSING ANY OPEN SCALES!

 

thats right,i brought 99,640 over chesapeake bay bridge,up 64 across 258 nto suffolk west to 95 south.2.25 ctw.money talks