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I never meant that it would be a criminal matter. But I'm sure you can be liable for a lot more than the shipping cost.
You can't legally hold a load for non payment before the load is delivered and depending on your contract with the broker, usually they don't have to pay for so many days after the load has been delivered.
If you hold a load for ransom until it gets paid, you will bury your self finiacially.
Oh, how wish we all think about the advice we give new owner operators.

 

Not to worry company or broker will reschedule.But if not you would get paid for the miles you already drove and company or broker will send a driver to pick up that load and you'll take his empty and get a load once your trk is fixed.

 

I've had many brokers mad because I was late due to brkdwns.But they were'nt mad at me but my company and needless to say they've lost many brokers.Serves em right.

 

You can legally hold the freight till payment is rendered.

 

Uh yeah, the guy was known for being full of hot air. But, he definitely had me upset. I figured I was looking at $$$$'s for a new trans, and didnt need the heat he put on me.

Thank goodness I found a good shop to work on my buggy. Turns out it was a wire harness that had rubbed through. Keeping the truck locked into 4th gear.

 

And How?
Legally they don't owe you anything until the freight is delivered and in most cases, it's the broker not the receiver that your contracted through.

So you hold the freight, they owe you nothing, yet you end up oweing damages for freight not arriving and you tie up your trailer.
I'd really like to hear the reality of you trying this.

The only case you might get by with this, is if your hauling for the receiver directly not a broker. I've hauled a few this way and these customers seem to be the hardest to get paid for. They are the ones that will tell you, the check is already in the mail, when it's not.

 

How can you hold a load for the sole reason because you think you POed the broker enough to not pay you according to the contract you both signed?

I can think of one or two reasons but that is not one of them.

 

Well, in a prior life when I worked for a rather large carrier we did hold a load once or twice to get paid for previous loads thta were seriously past due and there was no legal ramifications and we DID get paid that day.

To address the original post - I guess they either have to wait for your truck to be fixed, rent a truck if it happens to be perishable freight or get someone to come off load the product and move it on. As to payment, not real sure how that would work. I would expect the worst if you don't actually deliver the freight.