Truck Abandoment - The Legalities

Leave the truck. There's nothing he can do to you. He authorized you to drive the equipment. You taking a laod and actually delivering the truck to the owner <<< nothing good will come of it.

The situation you are in is nothing new in the trucking industry. If you know you are gonna get screwed, listen to your gut and cut all losses.

 

wtf, i just read all that bs you"hurst" wrote on the other thread about how youre not forced to do over weight and all that defending this company and now you sound like all the post that where bashing this guy, which one is it????

 

I just want to start out by saying I read the other thread first and honestly I have no sympathy for you what so ever. With that being said I am going to give you a little advice from a fleet owners prospective. If it were my truck that you were planning on leaving on the opposite side of the country I would make sure you never got another trucking job again. The funny thing about trucking is you have to be able to prove to a new employer where you spent the last ten years. And I gurantee I would enjoy spending the next ten years telling everyone you applied to what you did with my truck. Now be a man quit crying and take the truck back to Washington.

 

i live in florida tell him to hire me and i will run that truck...LOL

 

How can it be abandonment if there's no written agreement as to where the equipment needs to be returned?

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I thought it was abandon load is the no no, not abandon truck??

 

If it was me and there was this much drama....... I would call the owner tell him your quitting. You would love to get the truck back to Tacoma with a paid load but before you leave Florida you want your cost sent for a one way coach ticket back to FLOIDA via air. Have him send you a money gram to the truckstop to pa your airfare from Seattle to FL so that you have that prior to returning to Tacoma so your not stranded. If he is keeping your last check that's fine but at least your not stranded if you got your plane ticket in pocket and he gets his truck back and you go home. Tell him you will do the job safely and be reliable and separate with no hostility. If he does not agree to this and is going to keep your check and your not going to be paid to go to FL, I would take his truck to any big carriers yard in FL park it lock it take the keys and leave with office manager and go home and never look back and let the owner know which yard you left the truck at safely and secure. Make sure the truck is clean, fueled, and in good standing. That's the two options. He cant have you arrested don't let him bully you!

 

Why would another carrier want the truck abandoned in their yard/at their terminal?