Finders fee for lost or stolen trailer?

My company sometimes offers us drivers a $250 fee if we find a particular lost trailer. As to paying a "stranger" for find that trailer, that's too important to tell lowly truck drivers. I'm sure some executive type in HQ got a big bonus for the suggestion, much golf was played, lunches taken, but no drivers would know.

 

half of the yard checks are a dispatchers' version of dig a whole & fill it up.

 

Our trailers have fleet tracker on them, but we still get messages that trailers are missing with a few hundred of a reward. Guess the batteries die or whatever.
But it's not that accurate either. I got sent to get a empty that was dropped on a backhaul. Gave me a address, I went there and no trailer. After a few calls back and forth I just started driving around. Found it 4 streets over in a parking lot empty. So I wouldn't say the trackers are to good lol

 

250 isn't worth it to take a second glance at a trailer number, insulting to drivers is what it is