Detention pay after 5hrs

The last CHRW load I did ended up waiting 12 hours to load I was promised the same thing I was going to get something for my time but couldn't give that number until I was dropped.....when I called to get my revised conformation they asked me how much I said I give two hours on each end after that it's $60 a hour, the guy fell out his chair said he has been brokering loads for 15 years and never seen a customer pay that much money.
I don't think its alot I have some costumers I charge $100 a hour. After going back and forth for 20min he said it would be cheaper to pay a truck ordered not used and turned me away, I had a 1pm appointment.

I ended up getting $150 out of them and have not moved a load for them again. I refuse to be threaded like I'm a company driver!!!

And for the people above that said they ask what detention pay is on every load you must get the same thing I get every time brokers always tell me they load there all the time and your in and out or we don't pay anything. I can most the time figure out if it's going to be a in and out load on just what the load is and what I'll be hauling and I'm sure alot of others that have some time under there belt can do the same...

I started to tell people with appointment times that I'm on EOBR that if they hold me up there load is getting pushed back that I can't stop the clock, I've had brokers say ill have them waiting on you but I've also had brokers say. "sorry load just got covered". Ya right!!!!

the conformations I get that says $250 for missed appointment or $50 for not making check calls are what other way they think they can scam me out of money I mark them out before I send them back over and I've had lots of brokers say I couldn't do that some take me off the load some ask why I marked it out some don't even see it.....most the time it's just a scare tactic to make sure you get it there.

 

red, you have learned in a couple of years, what many don't learn in 30 years. this post out to be framed and given to everyone when they buy their first truck.

 

$60 to $75 / hr after 2 is common in tankers Bayou. It's paid all the time. I get nothing if late even by 1 minute....in which case....I do not write it down.....

( so they can't try to collect it anyway )

 

The cheapest rates we have are $40.00 per hour after 4 hours. Customers vary. I have some as high as $65.00 per hour after 2 hours and I have one customer that will not pay detention so I don't haul for him much.
I said this before and I'll say it again.....if it's not on the confirmation sheet you WILL NOT GET PAID....and if you haul la load without a confirmation sheet you are way to stupid to drive a truck in the first place.
As a broker and a truck driver I will tell you that if I can collect from the customer I always pass it on to the driver....reason being I need drivers to stay in business and if I don't treat them right they won't haul for me.

 

very good point don't give anyone the opportunity to make money behind your back

 

i get 11 dollars for every 15 minutes after the second hour... no excuses

 

Amen to that...That is why i am moving away from Landstar...More and more we are being treated as if were were PRIME Drivers..

 

That was my point. You will, eventually. Until then, you will continue to get some time consuming and sometimes expensive lessons.

So just ask, if it's something important to you. If you don't like the answer, end the call. Maybe the children working at TQL will laugh, but any broker I deal with will either tell me they have terms or they don't. It's a fair question. I'll throw it out like this: "I haven't been there before. How are they on load times and do you have detention terms in case they're not in the world of time?" If they waffle, expect unpaid detention and bump your quote to make up for it.

You have the wrong attitude. Threaten? Please.

After a while you're gonna figure out that, except in some very rare occasions, the broker is as powerless as anyone up and down the chain with fixing problems. Maybe less powerless and more conflict of interest. Think about that a minute. He's getting 100 loads a week from this shipper and you're barking in his ear. Do you honestly think he's going to phone whip his customer?

You have more control over what's going on right there at the truck. Call the broker to advise. Don't expect he's able or willing to make it all better for you.

Maybe you're still feeling the sting from that after-hours reefer repair. Make an effort to solve the problems you can control, do what you can to minimize the fallout on those you can't. Giving yourself a stroke over a few hours detention isn't worth it.

So don't accept it. You're the boss. If you don't like the terms, just say no thanks. Getting all legal on them won't get you anywhere on a few hours detention. In fact, it will guarantee you won't get anywhere.

Do you know why I haven't hauled any LS or CHR loads in almost two years? Because A: Calling on their loads equals a cheap offer and B: My login password expired on both their sites and I refuse to waste yet another half hour of my life to wait in their phone queue for a reset every three months just so I can log in and waste even more time to see more cheap loads than I already see elsewhere. The only time I consider one is when they call on my posted truck. I know how they are and what they expect, so I either take it at a good rate to make up for their BS or refuse the offer. Simple.