Brokers are Making A Killing on these loads! (screen shots)

A plumber on time and neatly dressed bwahahahaha

 

You don't wanna B.S.? Go fishing then. Trucking is an unregulated business, B.S. comes with it. And you have to accept it.

Don't like the shipper? Don't accept the load or cancel as soon as you find who he is. Don't go there, see too many trucks ahead of you and decide to cancel, putting the broker in a tough spot.

$100/hour detention is unrealistic, money don't fall from the sky.

 

Recaps. So long as you don't reach your 70hrs in a period of 8 days, you could theoretically keep running every day without having to take a 34 HR restart.

Have you never used recaps before?

 

Thanks for mentioning the Carmack Agreement, I learn something new everyday.

Did some light reading on it and it appears the Carmack Amendment primarily deals with liability for damaged goods. A lot seems to be establishing jurisdiction, state vs federal, in claims. It outlines a few different methods for a transportation company's defense in a damaged goods claim.

Deeper in the weeds of the case law it shows how a carrier can impose their terms of service, or tariff, by having it posted on their website which could include things like detention and fuel surcharge.

My question to you is what specific protections from the Carmack Amendment are most commonly forfeited in Broker/Carrier Agreements, so that I can judge brokers accordingly?

 

Regs here require days off, i cannot just make my staff drive 365 days a year, even if they only drove an hour a day.

 

They could quit no?

 

Its against the law.
They get a minimum of a day off per week, and also must receive paid vacation time annually.

 

Sorry i neglected to answer your question as well.

Yes my employees can of course quit any time they like. The last one to actually quit was in 2016, and he was back a month later begging for his job back.