$500 deducted off a load.

Lmao,,,,ha ha but true statement, some people boy boy boy i tell you,thats right you own the truck so you can tell the customer WHAT U AINT GONNNA DO,WELL NEWSFLASH well what u aint GONNA do is get PAID,,,

My motto is
PAY ATTENTION or PAY TOO MUCH!!

 

years ago I hauled 8"-12" plastic pipe. all loads were required to have a smoke tarp over the front. I tarped a few loads. found my mileage dropped to 4 m.p.g. I asked why do we need to tarp? dispatch said it is to keep soot, smoke off pipe. I said my truck does not smoke.

no matter it has to be tarped. but it was like pulling an open parachute down the highway. so I did not tarp my loads from then on. all loads went to job sights, where I would be before daylight. if asked my receiver why is load not tarped, I would say it was I took it off when I got here to be ready to unload.

one day a fellow o/o told dispatcher my routine of NO tarp. he questioned me. I said after 9 months of not tarping & no problems or complaints, that I am not tarping at these rates, and that if there is any problem in any way, due to me not tarping I'll eat the load, meaning it's on me, I will not complain if not paid. but I took the chance every time.

just like a rusty steel coil been out side for months, then they want you to haul it, but it must be tarped. regardless if I think it's dumb or not, if I do not tarp & do not get paid, that is the chance I took & so be the results.

 

Outta luck.

This receiver values a tarp job at $500 so next time add a $500 surcharge for tarping.

TA

 

Ouch. A set back for sure. But put the broker and shipper in your black book and when the time comes add $500 on the next load.

Like others have said. You don't know what the load originally paid and charged for tarp fees. Tarping was requested and not performed. $500 seems excessive but not worth the headache of more than a few follow up phone calls and emails with the broker.