Damco Distribution, Chesapeake, VA

Stay away from this place at all cost. Arrived at 12:30pm for a 2:00pm appointment for a load that delivered 10pm 4 hours away at Harris Teeter in Greensboro. Didn't get backed in til after 6pm and still loading at 7:30pm. It's Friday and I'm hoping I don't get stuck with the load until Monday night. (They only receive from 10pm to 9am). I live in Charlotte which would mean dragging this heavy ### load an extra 200 miles. The broker said he would compensate me if that happened but I'm not getting too excited yet.

 

Reefer fuel is fine. It's a dry load. My original intention was to deadhead home from here. I wasn't even going to work yesterday or today but I was offered $1100 to bring a load to Richmond from Charlotte. This load back to Greensboro is only paying $500 but I figured its on the way so why not. Who knows... Maybe they'll work me in tonight.

 

Normally, I would have bailed given the opportunity, but the broker was really cool about it. He said he would give me layover pay for each night I was stuck with it which will come to $450 after it sits in my yard all weekend. Plus he did offer me off the load without a service failure. I'm pretty sure he'll keep his word... I do a lot of pinch loads for another branch of his company and they have always been good with me.

 

I got out at 9:15 and the receiver said don't even bother to bring it. It will have to be rescheduled for no sooner than 10PM Monday.

 

They gave me 2 nights layover @ $150 ea plus 4.5 hours detention @ $50 ea for a total of $525 plus the original $500 for running the load. Not bad especially since I got $1100 to run the load up from Charlotte to Richmond. Not a bad turn...$2125 for about 700 miles.