Coyote - scary animal....

what about the scary coyote..??

 

We have coyotes in our area. Rancher on other side of tracks keeps a donkey on hand. They travel up and down the railroad tracks and we have a seasonal dry creek branch bordering us. They have been in yards here before.

 

I have a broker that has such stipulations.

I made then remove that crap.

3hr detention? I said ok, but my rate will be $100/hr, with no max, else, keep the load.

OTA/OTD penalty? Ok, my rate just went up by the same amount.

Broker lost it when i countered his crazy stipulations, so I asked him to give me a clean rate con, with standard stips, else keep the load.

5 mins later, i had a clean RC, with 2hr det @ $50/hr, $500 layover, flat linehaul, no OTA/OTD penalties.

 

I had a good one a few weeks ago. From a new broker (to me) who is in the produce game in my area. (not coyote)
Rate con says the usual about lumpers, get a receipt and claim it back. Nothing unusual there. I do the load, deliver it, get clean bills. This receiver has lumpers but doesn't have the typical lumper desk where you exchange a cheque or cash. The broker pays for it and the driver or carrier never sees any part of the deal. If it was your first time delivering there, you'd think it is run the way all of them are run in Canada. You bought it? You unload it.
Invoice the load and wait for the money to arrive. Lumpers fees are deducted. With a cryptic code as a deduction on the pay stub. I call and ask and am told "it is right there on the rate con. You must submit a receipt and then we pay it. If we have to pay it, we deduct it from carrier rate." I tell her I was never offered to do it myself, or pay for it, or given an amount, or anything. Had I known what the amount was going to be, or given the option to do it myself, that would be different. No option was given and I was surprised when the cheque came short. I won't be looking for these guys loads anymore. 1 and done, or they can pay ####### rate.
The more shenanigans brokers play the more I like just working directly with the customer. It really is so much easier. Cut the BS.

 

And thats why I always ask, in writing, if load has lumper fee, and whose paying for it - whether front end, or back end.

Its either pre-paid, with no effect on my RC, or I pay for it, plus a processing fee tacked on (they do that to us, so its only fair i return the favor @ $35 lumper processing fee)

 

For me, there is maybe 10-15 produce brokers who have the market locked up for the inbound from the produce growing regions. None of the others have ever deducted anything. I will go back to my regular accounts.

 

I only look at their load board if I'm stuck someplace. When I see all those conditions in the load description I have a tendency to keep on looking.

 

I couldn't get past the online carrier packet. There's an addendum stating that I would agree to haul for $1.10 a mile. If the rate con takes priority, then there's no reason for that to even be included in the contract.