A list of reasons of why truck drivers won't get paid.

Hommie don't play that.

 

That's right!

 

Perhaps you might be under the wrong impression that a truck driver should only be responsible to drive. The fact is we have a lot more responsibilities than just driving, like making sure our paperwork is in order and turned in on time. It's part of the job description.

I'm sure all of us have had payment delays for any number of reasons. Sometimes it's our fault for not having everything done correctly and on time, and sometimes it's something beyond our control.

I recommend to any driver to take the time to learn what your office staff needs and a little about their work flow. Work WITH them, not against them.

 

Are you a truck driver, or are you a carrier? I can never tell, some days your posts read like your an owner operator, and griping about the things we like to gripe about, fuel cost and fuel surcharge for example. Other days you sound like a carrier cause you are talking brokers and their cheap freight. And then this post about office staff makes you sound like a company driver.

 

Possibly, too many cash advances. I hear that can mess up your check.

 

The small companies keep track of your miles with their computer and will pay you even if you didn't send in the BOL.At least they did with me.I would have the money in my account every week like clock work,like say I got paid Friday's and delivered a load Thursday,that load would be on Friday's check.but megas want that BOL and will not pay you for a load if they don't have it even though they got paid for it.

 

I agree 100%. I think he's a one man show that likes to whine about the carrier side and the driver side. Try whining to your boss driver.

 

Good friggen grief what's wrong with starting a thread??????isn't that what the forum is for??????

 

The one that annoyed me was a broker asking to email in the BOL, no problem. BOL, Invoice, RC etc....get emailed in. Thirty or so days later I call to follow up on check - broker says well we didn't get your originals in the mail.

To which I replied, no but you sent the ones I emailed you in to your shipper to get paid, which then means you owe me the money based off the email copy. This was a smaller broker and she sent out a check though I really have no idea if what I told her was legal or would hold any weight. Point of the story is that it was just another broker trying to delay paying - go figure.