2 week detention

Hard lesson learned. Add this experience to the list of questions to ask when doing business with brokers. In the meantime take pictures of your trailer as it currently sits. Pull the tags and registration off of it. Put a "out of service do not use" tag on the front.

Report it stolen if they reload it and give it to someone else.

Rent a trailer or do power only moves in the mean time to generate revenue. Charge the customer for the cost of the rental, daily rental fees beyond the 48 hours, for your trailer and any damages done to your trailer, and send the invoice them. They wont likely pay it, but it will put the broker in a uncomfortable position.

Above all else...remain professional in your dealings with the broker, even though he does not deserve it.
Nothing ticks off a "Adam Henry" more than not reacting to their attempt to make you lose your temper.

 

Gotta read the small print, go lease a trailer, they can keep it 2 weeks or longer.

 

Civil matter. Cops won't help.

 

Sounds like a Home Depot, Target, or Walmart load.

Although Home Depot is usually about a week.

Before you do any of the above mentioned things, I'd humbly plead my case to the manager of the DC.

Then follow Ridgeline's advice.

Trailer rentals are pretty cheap too. Some money is better than no money.

 

Terrible situation that you're in. Like a few mentioned possibly renting a trailer. Yes, it an expensive on the books but at the same time you can generate revenue instead of losing all of it for the time period that you're trailer is being held.

 

Lipsey brokers a lot of loads with Target, I've called on a couple of their posted loads and at least the broker agent was honest enough to say that the load was a trailer drop for up to 7 days.

 

wow! thanks for the heads up on reading everything! i went threw something like that a long time ago but not as bad.