Missed crane appointment

Eat the $2k and ghost.

Or if they're a good customer, pay the $15k because you'll make that back in the long run.

 

Depends on the size of the crane.

The difference between men and boys is the price of their crane.

When I did generators or gen sets, we used some HUGE cranes at times. They were basically $10K day. That was 15+ years ago.

But we never just put stuff in a lay down yard, hence larger boom.

Riggers are a lot too. Depending on what they had going, I could see $15K.

Crane was probably booked by another customer, so just couldn't stay at the site.

 

How much work do you get from that broker? Enough to want to keep his business in the future? If so, then you better pay him. If he's a reasonable person he might knock some of the cost off but since the mistake was obviously yours I wouldn't count on it. I had the exact same thing happen and I came out ahead in the long run. It still hurt to write a big check though.
This is something that all those newbies that want to start trucking companies should know about. One driver making one dumb mistake can cost you a bunch. Fifteen grand is peanuts compared to the cost of a wreck or a hazmat spill.

 

It's only ok for the crane too be late!!! 08:00 crane appointment and the operator rolls up at 07:50 and takes an hour to get setup. Happens a lot!!!

 

That sounds more like a scheduling issue with the receiver. They scheduled both the crane and the truck at 8:00 a.m. not realizing the crane needs time to set up before the truck gets there.

Now if the crane was scheduled for 7:00 a.m. and shows up at 8:00 a.m. yes that is an issue.

 

This sucks I do a lot of these and have never had a issue but man you got me thinking! Jeesh!

I can't even imagine what this owner had into this project! Brand new 3k psi 22k lb hydraulic press....Ohio to Penn Yan NY....me, the maker of the press, a crane guy, and a wicked rigger setup with 4 guys. 53' aluminum tilting low boy conastoga with a Kenworth daycab!

Really sorry to hear OP. If I was involved I would waive my fees or at least heavily discount them for honest mistakes that happen once in a blue moon. 15k seems insane to me.

 

crane operators and iron workers ……. Some big egos there…….

 

@Dave_in_AZ

 

Ain't that right. Don't u ever be late as a truck driver. But by God if the crane actually shows up on time you may just wanna put ur hard hat on so you don't get killed by flying pigs