Truck abandonment? Help!

TruckingSexy · Jun 5, 2018

x1Heavy said: ↑

No. The battles Ive fought were bigger than this.

You resigned, no longer employees, routed to a company ternimal. That's that.

What you want to do is take the names of specifically who threatened your DAC, your 500 dollars etc. document that most carefully. Photo date time gps stamp etc that shows truck in good conditon at that ternimal. You are finished there.

I cannot even think about the stupid company wanting to incur the liability of a free move or a unauthroized one in a 18 wheeler you no longer work for or have a right to use. That's theft potentially among other things. Being set up essentially.

Other poster brought up another thing, being run around.

No enough. You quit both go home with rental and move on. This too shall pass. You cannot live in fear. If you are, they have won already whatever it is. So stop it. Go home, decompress and look for another employer PREPARED for a bad DAC which you can pull on yourself and husband etc and if they did trash it you follow the rebuttal process with documentation take all that to your State's unemployment or labor department or even all the way to FMCSA via a lawyer who will quickly decide if you have something worth going after this big bad company.

I notice no one said the name of this outfit. That's good on one hand, none can claim defamation etc, and other hand we can only guess oh about a hundred companies big and small that do that sort of thing because again the little driver is so scared the big bad wolf gets away with it.

Im old. Nothing scares me much anymore. But what I do do is get angry. And THAT really causes problems with companies. Ive paid for that temper many times over. I have my own major issues in life and fighting a sort of warfare for keeps on that end. But that's our fight. It's related to what we have accumulated in wear and tear from trucking. But that's who I am, I'll do it again in a heart beat. But much more selective about who to run for and how etc.

I am sorry that you both are being treated badly. Whatever led up to this is already water under the bridge.

Husband wife teams are some of the most valued. And to see abuses like this Im not going to stand for it.

In this industry employment is at will by either employer or employee (One or married etc) You both exercised your will three days ago enough, quit resigned etc. Show good judgement and courage by moving forward. Go home. Decompress and make ready for round two.
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Thank you. I actually just got off the phone with the VP and he stated that we will NOT be charged and he is offering us a similar route better pay and almost as good home time. I told him my frustrations with big company and that I still want a pay raise. Then we will consider staying. We already had a job lined up. But he is offering us a better deal to be honest but after all this garbage I’m wondering if it is worth it. He will be calling back and we will be getting down to the nitty gritty.

TruckingSexy · Jun 5, 2018

tow614 said: ↑

When I have left companies, I have always asked the company where they want their truck returned to and did so.
This is the responsible thing to do.
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They are making that an impossible thing to do! It’s quite frustrating.

TruckingSexy · Jun 5, 2018

p608 said: ↑

Define wait, couple of hours , or we're looking for a load?
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We have already been sitting waiting for a load to get us to the Indy terminal for two days we have been sitting. They routed us 100 miles to the terminal in Denver CO. Been sitting since yesterday. So we decided to turn the truck in here and were told that we can’t do that. But I actually got off the phone not that long ago with the VP and we got some things cleared up. We will NOT be charged. And he is offering us a better position that fits our needs. It blows my mind how once you FINALLY get in touch with the right person that wants you to stay you get problems solved!

Ridgeline · Jun 5, 2018

Get it in WRITING with numbers and a signature.

Don't just take their word for it.

THIS includes the waiving of the $500 and the offer. If it is a real offer, it will have his signature on it and then copy it, send the copy back with your signature to accept it.

TruckingSexy · Jun 5, 2018

Ridgeline said: ↑

Get it in WRITING with numbers and a signature.

Don't just take their word for it.

THIS includes the waiving of the $500 and the offer. If it is a real offer, it will have his signature on it and then copy it, send the copy back with your signature to accept it.
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Yeah he is sending everything via email.

Triple Digit Bullhauler · Jun 5, 2018

TruckingSexy said: ↑

that a really good point. I didn’t think about that. And I could see them doing that to us.
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T.S
This is one of the biggest issues facing company drivers of mega companies. They can put whatever they want to on one's DAC report. This can be a real headache to the driver, and can be a real fight to appeal the accusations. Many of our members are correct. The company will make false promises, and run y'all all over the country, keeping you as far away from Indie as possible. Thus, keeping you moving loads, and are using bullying tactics as to the financial, headaches, and reporting a false accusation upon y'alls DAC report.
I had this happen man, many years ago with a company. It took me, and my wife years to get the accusations off my DAC. That is when we decided to buy our own fleet of trucks, and run our own product. We wish you two the best, and hope you two find a way home, and possibly a company that will work with you in the future.

tow614 · Jun 5, 2018

TruckingSexy said: ↑

We have already been sitting waiting for a load to get us to the Indy terminal for two days we have been sitting. They routed us 100 miles to the terminal in Denver CO. Been sitting since yesterday. So we decided to turn the truck in here and were told that we can’t do that. But I actually got off the phone not that long ago with the VP and we got some things cleared up. We will NOT be charged. And he is offering us a better position that fits our needs. It blows my mind how once you FINALLY get in touch with the right person that wants you to stay you get problems solved!
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When my wife and I first started, covenant made us wait 2 weeks in California for a load back.

Dave_in_AZ · Jun 5, 2018

Your at a company terminal. There's nothing they can do to you.

Except if you wait and they put a load on you.

Right now you can tell them to put that truck where the sun never shines, and walk away clean.

okiedokie · Jun 5, 2018

Might want to make a game plan. Look how they've treated you so far. So some guy on the other end of a phone makes some promises. I wouldn't move that truck till all the "t"s are crossed and the "I" s dotted on a contract. But that's me. Good luck.

TruckingSexy · Jun 5, 2018

Triple Digit Bullhauler said: ↑

T.S
This is one of the biggest issues facing company drivers of mega companies. They can put whatever they want to on one's DAC report. This can be a real headache to the driver, and can be a real fight to appeal the accusations. Many of our members are correct. The company will make false promises, and run y'all all over the country, keeping you as far away from Indie as possible. Thus, keeping you moving loads, and are using bullying tactics as to the financial, headaches, and reporting a false accusation upon y'alls DAC report.
I had this happen man, many years ago with a company. It took me, and my wife years to get the accusations off my DAC. That is when we decided to buy our own fleet of trucks, and run our own product. We wish you two the best, and hope you two find a way home, and possibly a company that will work with you in the future.
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Thank you driver. I spoke with the VP and he got this #### fixed. And even got us to stay. I’ve been telling them for days to let me talk to the VP. I’ve had to deal with him before.

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