Fined for delivery early

Some components if whatever need a time, you arrive out of place, it, messes up the project. They don't like that. Things like cranes, buildings.

 

As long as Truckers continue to Coward Down to this B/S,it will never change it's course..We drivers more then ever before should show a ''united front'' and practice ''Civil disobedience''.

Until that day comes.Truckers will be pissed on from every walk of life out in the field.These people do it to us because THEY CAN..!!!!...Most drivers of today have to grow a set of gonads and fight back...

We all could use a lesson from the 14 year old boy who stood his ground in West Virginia and WON..!!!!...C'mon man.A 14 year old boy has more gonads than truckers.?...

 

the largest problem is getting enough to do it, for most companies truckers are numbers to them and they can just replace you with someone else who will obey easier for a paycheck.

 

I won't sign a contract or rate confirmation that has fines attached.

 

Problem Solved.

 

Most places I go to only have smaller docks. If you show up early and they unload your truck they could clog up there dock space until there LTO's can put it up. LTO's are putting stock on to racks and pulling stock from racks for the pickers a lot of times they they do not have much down time in there day. If you clog there doc for 2 hours where are the pickers going to put there stock for there out going shipments.
If you try to pick up early they might only have part of your load pulled. They try to pull in order that it goes into your truck, but they might get held up on a few pallets that have to go in first.

If your deliver to a plant a lot of places have to QC everything before they can put it in the racks. If it takes 45 minutes to QC a load and they plan a truck every hour why would they want your load 2 hours before hand? A lot of plants have out grown there buildings and have shrunk there shipping and receiving to make room for more equipment.

Places that I deliver to that have strict doc times I make sure to call a few hours before I my schedule to see if I can get my dock time moved. The one thing I can count on is not having to sit around a long time after I hit the doc.

 

It's not a matter of 'cowering down', it's a matter of making a business decision. If the terms on the rate confirmation are not to my liking, I will either refuse the load or re-negotiate the rate to compensate for the unfavorable terms.

 

Been to target dc's that will fine for early delivery too. Typically a 24 hr window so not too big of a deal, as long as you're aware of it.

 

Just add it to the rate on next load.

 

Really?

punishing people for the use of their truck at cheap rates?

um ... I would think that the receiver unless there is something written would have a hard time to get that money if they wanted their stuff off the truck. This I understand is a refused delivery.