To TONU or NOT to TONU... That is the question

Yes off course.They ''booked'' and Bid a load that was 12'1...This is no different than me bidding on a load that was 10,000 LBS and i get to the shippers and it is 44,000 LBS...I then have 2 decisions to make..I either do the load for more money because of the weight and ''incomplete'' dispatch or get out from the load and get my TONU...

The bottom line is the Team deserves TONU for Incomplete Dispatch...Regardsless of the ''counter'' offer.Stick to the ORIGINAL ISSUE...Which is Incomplete Dispatch....If i did ''choose'' to take the 2nd offer,i still want my darn TONU for the original DEAL and Agreement......

Do not cloud the 2 Deals..One deal is one and the 2nd deal is the second..It appears the 2nd offer was being used to ''candy coat'' the first screw up between customer and Agent...

 

i get the feeling that a lot of trucks don't want to haul oversized around CA.

i called a broker on a load to los angeles. but our agent talked me out of it. this was on friday., that broker called me on saturday and asked if i had any trucks available and wanted to take that load. it was a 2 drop load. with the wide lumber portion being the first drop in hesperia. before even hitting the cajoun scales on the 15.

 

I went to pick up a load for the BCH ageny out of CA. The load was supposed to be 3 feet tall so they ordered a flat. It cost me $300.00 in dead head to pick the load up. I get there and the load is 12'6" tall. BCH assumed the load was the same size as it was when they delivered it there last week. What did I get offered? $200.00 TONU. What a joke.

 

Back to the original question that is tough to answer. I say they should have worked with you and took the load.But not knowing how tall it made them its hard to say. Sometimes CA isnt very fast with issuing permits.By the way does Jenny work with you Adam?

 

sitting and 14'1" there could possibly be some dunnage adjustments or even suspension adjustment to be made for it to be legal.. i remember cali being really slow on permits, they should have tried to make it work IMO

as for the TONU i think something should be done to compensate but it doesn't sound like they tried to make it work

 

Sorry, but any agent/broker worth a hill of beans would pay the BCO for his/hers time, deadhead and effort regardless if the customer/shipper did or did not.

 

You are the broker shouldn't you be able to bill the customer to make up for it? I wouldn't want to have your job based on that but as a driver I have been where the bco's were. Been over gross and offered a measly $25 to go 50 miles back to get the load taken off and reworked at that point the whole load comes off. If I'm going to be insulted with offers like that or be sent on a wild goose chase on a Saturday (been there don't that still didn't get a TONU after dicking around for 2 hours trying to get ahold of somebody to load me.). TONU's are worthless anyway they never amount to what a driver or company should be paid as far as I'm concerned. For the height issues with the loss its your customers fault for mismeasuring THEY NEED TO PAY THE TONU!!!!!!! They also need to learn how to read a tape measure!!!!

 

I've been in similar situations and I usually make it work if I can. I've never gotten paid TONO if another truck come to pick it up, and as long as more money was offered for the difference.
As far as the large deadhead goes, doesn't change the standard TONO fee here at Mercer. I think it's one of those things to consider of a possibilty when deadheading long distance.
The BOC should've considered if refusing the load, the possibity of not getting TONO fee.
Sometimes everyone involved has to take a bite. Especially the one not willing to give or try and make it work..