Carriers' mentality on late deliveries

I'm not sure what you're implying but they would have gotten paid $1200 for a 1300 mile move on top of whatever their load paid. I wouldn't say I'm "getting what I pay for" - far from it.

It sounds like you're doing it right though - we need more drivers like you!

 

I have no idea what their load(s) pay - they only booked the trailer with me. The agreed-upon transit time was 7 days max, not 3. They chose to try to drop outside of business hours on the 4th day they had it but I urged them not to to prevent non-payment.

And this is my first time working with them so I don't know why you're assuming I've done something wrong. I've been nothing but professional with them and stern about following the delivery instructions. You can look me up if you'd like, I don't have anything to hide lol....There are a lot of good brokers out there and I wish people wouldn't assume we're all bad.

 

I'm not sure if you're aware of what type of move this post is about but this is a load out trailer - meaning the carrier can load it and use along the way. At almost $1/mile for just the trailer and then however much they get paid for the load(s) they put in it, it could be pretty profitable. I don't have any part in booking their loads or negotiating freight rates. I'm strictly just booked on the trailer with them.

The driver chose to try to deliver early - he was scheduled to deliver 3 days later than when he initially showed up. Now he's delivering 2 days late per what they've told me and hopefully that won't change to later.

When my husband was in the truck, having the weekend off on the road was fine with him. It gave him time to do laundry, shower, do minor repairs on the truck, etc. and just get out of the truck for a couple of days. You all need downtime. And no one should expect people to go in on their day off because a driver wants to deliver outside of business hours - so let's turn that question to you - would you want to go into work on your day off?

 

It's power only, which consists of tow away (straight drop and hook, which I think is what you're thinking of) and load out (you can use the trailer for x-amount of days before delivering it). This particular move is a load out trailer.