Reasonable Detention

When i have a scheduled pickup between say 7-11. The clock starts when i get there. I got to a Customer at 8, was in a door by 930, was loaded by 1315 Claimed 3 hours with the first two being free. Total being 5.

But as an o/o, some guys start the clock after the first hour, some have it In their contract that after 30 minutes if their not loaded then every 30 minute increment is like $10-20.



Ethan

 

Exactly. That's what i was told by my dispatcher. As soon as you get there YOUR time is counting down. The most detention I got was 9 hours. I was in the dock door for 8 of those.

Ethan

 

The first hour is on me .After that its $60.00 hr .Its understood with the folks i deal with.Like now I've been here for 3 hrs waiting to to get loaded .All it is is Cooler walls for walk in coolers .Hurry up and wait for nothing .I was rushed down here .They called me told me to be here at such time i was here .Now is wait time.Good paying load .But have to wait ,Is the only reason i took it on .

 

You might not get detention on a FCFS load. If you watched other trucks get loaded before you that came after you, it may be possible, but if they loaded people in order of FCFS, good luck.

 

Your right, only reason I got detention in my scenario is that they had 3 docks still open and guys were being loaded before me even after I was there first.

Ethan

 

2 hrs before detention starts is fair enough. At some places you'll wait 15 minutes, at others 5,6,7,8, etc hours.

 

Our contracts dictate detention time for us.
On wind energy, the clock is ticking at 7am, even though they dont get there until 8am. Then we give them 6hrs, then $150 an hour. But also consider that the blades probably pay just a tad more than normal freight, and waiting is just part of our job at times. Other sites are 2hrs after an appointment time, others are 4, and so on. Each contract is different.

Martin