Truck Abandoment - The Legalities

i take back what i said. if 8 months ago he was such an awesome employer that you felt the need to "out" another driver having problems with him, and defend him to the world, then now the chickens are coming home to roost. if he was worth defending 8 months ago, then man up and bring back his truck. he was "so good to you hiring you when no one else would? pays like clockwork?" if he reads this forum, and has 3 seconds to read through the post from april where you named the other driver (kevin), told the world he was a horrible driver that had no business in the industry, and what a humanitarian anthony was for hiring guys that had few options, hes got a heck of a lotta ammo to refute anything you say now about him being a bad employer. man, going on and on defending him and degrading the other driver, however true it may have been, may very well be the stupidest thing ive seen anyone do in here, especially if as you now say many other drivers were treated unfairly by anthony.

 

What He said ..

 

I difinitely would not be paying for his fuel. And if he was saying anything about calling the cops on theft, I beleive I'd call the cops and tell them where the truck is. Once he claims the truck is stolen, you have to leave it to the cops. It's his truck.
If it was me, I'd call the cops now and ask them what they'd suggest. Once you say, your done or he declares your done, you are not allowed in the truck, not even to get your stuff out. If he's being an ###, he's liable to leave you hanging out there. You might be better off, just getting out of the truck and letting him and the local cops know where the truck is. He can not get you for theft if you let him or the cops know where the truck is.
Though I'm not trying to encourage truck abandamont. This makes things hard on all fleet owners. I think fleet owners should have more rights.

 

You think a POS employer is gona sign anything after you return his truck and quit? You can take pictures but I bet it's gona get ulgy. I think I'd run now, but that's me.

 

It will be UGLY in a big way, there's no real way around it. It's confrontational already and they're a couple of thousand miles away from each other.

I don't see these two sending each other Christmas cards next season.

 

You've been a pretty level headed guy Hurst, so make your decisions in such a manner. I would agree to take the truck directly back to WA and that would be the end of it, if he's not willing to route you from FL/WA then you need to find a middle ground. Obviously with what fuel you have in the truck you're not going to make it there without having to fuel, so the option of deadheading goes out the window. Stand your ground and get the truck back, atleast you're better than a lot of guys and didn't just walk away from the truck, you told him you quit and now he's going to play games with you, that doesn't seem right.

 

take the load. make the money. and fly home.

chances of you getting a load straight from florida to washing are virtually nill. so just deal with the loads to get the truck back.

or just leave the truck. he can't arrest you for quitting. only thing he can do is charge you for truck recovery. but like others have said. truck abandonment can end your career.

take the loads and get the truck back to WA. and fly back home.

you need employment verification for 10 years. you really don't want him smacking you down for future employers for the next 10 years.

and if your in florida then clean out your truck. only pack what you need to get by so you can bring THAT stuff back home also.

 

Probably should have read this post first: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...mpany-here/174798-apergis-transportation.html

 

You drove his truck and got paid with a 1099? Maybe tell him to play nice or you might be forced to call the IRS . One or two loads to get you to Washington and it's over.