Carriers' mentality on late deliveries

That's how I understood, along with the carriers ability to haul freight all the way to the delivery. Then trying to drop when the receiver was closed.

Sucks for the broker and brokers customer.

 

Is this trailer owned by the company/driver that was supposed to drop it? Or is the trailer owned by the customer?

 

Well....if they had taken the trailer from point A to point B on the power only move, they wouldn't have made much money. They dropped the ball by trying to deliver it on Saturday. Then the decided to try and run a couple of loads up until the 23rd. Hell if the customer charges you, and they will, you'll just have to charge them. You can just take off from the initial 1200 agreement for each day they're late. That's how I woild do it, then blackball them.

 

If it's going 1300 miles and you paid $1200 that is cheaper than I will bobtail my truck somewhere I would hate to see your definition of cheap, because those numbers are laughably cheap. I don't care if it's power only or not

 

So, the company hired to move this trailer, is using this trailer to pick up and deliver some loads before dropping the trailer at the owner/customer?
If true, I would be on the horn in a minute, and file a stolen property report with DPS.

 

If it’s not putting the trailer owner in bind, that’s one thing. But if anybody thinks they could go gallivanting all over the countryside using a trailer of mine, I would blow my top.
This reminds me years ago, I worked for a major LTL company in the Midwest, they bought a bunch of brand new trailers from Stoughton Trailers. Included in the purchase, Stoughton would have them delivered to various terminals in my employers system. One day one of these brand new trailers shows up at the yard, delivered by some ‘large car’ owner operator that Stoughton hired. I open up the trailer door, and it obvious this trailer had been used. I asked the driver, ‘did you pick up this trailer in Stoughton Wisconsin and bring it straight here’? He said “I picked it up there a few days ago, but hustled a few loads before bringing it to guys”. “I do it all the time”. I thought to myself; what a ##’ing thief.