Cussed at by a receiver

As a company driver I usually go with the flow, though it's a rare occasion that I drag a van. I just feel like it's too easy to take advantage. Why did it take them 2 days to get you in? Did you ask for details?

 

Not really, just self employed.

 

Your charging $25 an hour for detention? Thats where you are going wrong dude.

 

What? I thought detention was much higher than that for the company. It should be at least $75 if not double that. The higher the more likely they'll get their ##### in gear.

 

They had an unexpected overrun on a certain kind of apple and weren't running the ones I was hauling until they could finish up.

 

Company drivers get $25-hr detention. You as a Owner Operator should at least get 3x that amount.

 

71 dollars an hour and 25 an hour detention man this guy is smoking. 2 hrs is an unwritten standard? So nothing in your rate cons that make that a binding agreement?

Booking another load on a tight schedule before your empty is never an ideal situation. We all do it sure, it's a necessary evil. Before it's done phone calls need to be made to insure appointment times are correct as well as a few follow up questions. Brokers give out bad info daily that isn't the shipper or receiver's fault. Holiday schedules are not the shippers or recievers fault. Your next appointment on a tight window is your problem not every one else's because you made the appointment. That doesn't excuse the clerks behavior and that's probably all got you unloaded.