Unpaid miles

When you sign all that paper work
You bet you agree to it and lose any right to claim a loss

 

I'm sure carriers have the clause hidden somewhere in their paperwork, where you sign your rights away. BUT, it would still be interesting to see an administrative law judge ask a company WHY they still use that HHG system! The only answer could be, to increase their profit margin at the direct expense of the driver! Unethical practices persist in trucking, and the only way it's ever going to be changed is by drivers like us challenging them in court. Personally, I don't have the $$ to hire a lawyer on retainer. Maybe out there somewhere, there's an attorney that would take on a case like that pro bono. I'm going to quietly check during the next several months. I'm tired of being ripped off, and I'd like to see some positive change in the trucking industry for once. And, it would be great to see other drivers not getting ripped off as well. Long shot? Maybe! If someone doesn't try, things like this will never change.

 

Ah, the same game that some less-than-honest dump truck brokers play.

You would get a job and be told it was at X rate but don't put the rate on the ticket....yeah snake oil all around.

 

BobC, Good idea! I'm going to work on that. Most attorneys have ways of finding relevant info. Some may even be somewhat aware of the concepts involved with this situation.

 

I went to orientation believing that I would be,paid for loaded, empty, deadhead and even miles to get to the house each weekend. 3 weeks in I realized that I would have to beg for the weekend home time and by five weeks I had figured I'd driven over 2000 miles more than I'd been paid for. When i brought it to someone's attention i was told about household goods miles, and basically told to prove it. Weeks later I asked for a printout of dispatches miles and paid miles or i would turn my truck in...they called back and said they would route me to West Memphis, but have been sitting for 3 days. They refuse to give me a printout. Seems they have authority to steal money they promised to pay and I have no recourse.

 

Years ago a Chem Leaman broker paid his union drivers hub miles based on the hub readings of 3 different 'trusted' drivers.
That broker has his own tractor spec using single drive axle macks with an air tag instead of the camelback tandems the company used.
Then they caught one the driver making one of those 'measued' trips to a new customer sitting in the dinner eating breakfast with the tag axle holding the drive in the air with the wheels and hub spinning away...

Starting in the days of that big HHG book and trip permits by teletype [no fax machines either...] the mileage paid has always been a point of contention beetween companies, drivers and especially owner operators.

PC miler practical miles became popular with carrier sales forces and traffic departments and shifted away from shortest route and a lot of drivers and operators 'sorta' expected it and as laptops and reasonable CD Rom versions dropped to a reasonable price a lot of owner operators had the same program.

Then came Brokers...glad I'm retired.

PS: the place I retied from uses Mapquest to route out the LTL trucks...