Broker punishing me for their mistake

This one will be considered driver error. Always go by the BOL temp.

 

None of what the broker says matters. The only thing that matters is what temp is on the BOL.

 

That's not how it it works.

 

Rule number one about hauling reefer, always go by what the bills say.

 

Doesn't matter. Brokers will tell you anything. I pick up loads that have the temp in the information. I'll precool to that temp. I'll get to the shipper and they say otherwise. What's messing you up is that it said 0 degrees on the bills. That's your paper trail. Because the temp is on paper, it don't matter what the broker said. I hate this for you, but your BOL has rendered you defenseless.

 

If yall go to court, that BOL would sink you. The judge would say you have no leg to stand on. The broker probably had no idea what you were hauling so why would you trust the broker?

 

Reason number 68,903,225,771 why pulling a reefer sucks

 

You think reefer sucks because he pulled a rookie mistake and didn't follow the BOL temp setting? This could have been avoided easily.