Drop & hook sealed loads, dispatch asking to load more on trailer

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  1. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I commend your ethics. But if the trailer wasn't booked as "Exclusive Use", then there was nothing illegal about it. On the other hand, if for some reason the end customer asked me if there had been other product in the trailer, I would not have lied to them.
     
  2. Pepper24

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    You sound like a newbie who making a lot of statements you have no idea if true or not. I doubt very serious that you have any idea what kind of agreement the owner and a broker have.Your job is to drive the truck not to decide how an owner is combining freight. I think if you were an honest person you would tell the truth that you just didn’t want to do it.what does the term interstate load have to do with anything it’s sounds like you’re just using a term that has nothing to do with combining a load
     
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    Agreed. I wouldn’t lie about it if asked directly either. But business is business
     
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    I wasn’t going to attack the guy but he was throwing a lot of nonsense around. Direct shipment, timed load, interstate shipment, all of which had no bearing on his moral dilemma Doubt he knew what an exclusive use clause was .
     
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    This response is nonsensical. So let me get this straight. You say they emptied the trailer before you picked it up?I thought you said you picked up a sealed trailer?
    Then you say they did reload the trailer and put the seal on it AFTER they picked it up from shipper?!? WTH does “the company was not a LTL they were ft.” mean? Companies may focus on LTL or TL business but an LTL company can and will do TL business and a TL company can and will do LTL business. Unless that broker required exclusive use you’re still making a very confusing mountain out of a very confusing mile hill
     
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    25 years and it was a hokey load
     
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    WTH is hokey in relation to this ?!? Were you doing the hokey pokey when you picked the trailer up?
     
  8. Pepper24

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    Whatever man I have no idea what you’re talking about.First you said you picked up a seal trailer in MI and was told to remove the seal and make a pick up in route to CA In Nebraska then you said the trailer was crossed docked and the original product was placed back in the trailer .why would they take the original customer pallets off the truck while cross docking it was already in the nose.Either way it doesn’t matter. It’s the carriers property until the consignee signs for it.If they deliver intact and on time is all that matters.Your boss is in business to make a profit and combined loads aren’t uncommon it just good sense to maximize your truck.You have no idea what if any contract the owner and shipper or broker have.
     
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    Not actually illegal, just the potential source of a massive headache later on if not handled correctly
     
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    Honestly, same. I'm the type to say "I'll do it, but I want it in writing first." Little bit of CYA in case the company decides to play some #### #### games later, don'tcha know
     
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