Free time at shippers!!!!

Bad thing about that is they can find some easy going guy to do it and not complain.
(i agree with you all,just stateing .

 

I hear ya driver! Sounds like we work for the same carrier, if not similar. Not much you can do about it though. like the other driver said its a marketing tool for the sales reps. Carrier im with wants reason for delays over 2 Hrs. I give em reason for delay over 3 Hrs since thats when my detention starts.

 

Yesterday my dispatcher took a load for me 200 miles away from delivery destination, scheduled for 1pm pickup. At that time it was noon and I was still 150 miles away from arriving at receiver.

I got empty at 4pm and they said to take the load anyway. I called the broker who said shipper would wait for me so I rush the 200 miles to get there before 8pm and nobody is there. I call broker who says they changed appt for 8am next morning.

I come back this morning and shipper says I have no appointment, I was supposed to be there yesterday at 1pm. They'll have to work me in.

This used to happen to me a lot but hasn't happened much recently. I suppose the fact that I put in my two-weeks notice a few days ago might have something to do with it.

 

did i miss something but i thought the first 2 hours was mandated by the feds to get the product off the trailer then after that the detention started..

please correct me if im wrong

 

I wonder where tha $$$ goes?? In 7 years,I have seen detention $$ one time.

 

I get detention pay and it starts after the allotted time, that was worked out by whomever, passes... I wapping $15 an hour. I also get layover pay,,,$65 per day,,,umm, I would rather be driving, thanks. I see nothing wrong with 2hrs for load / unload but over that, we definetly should get paid, good.

Just my two cents...

 

You think that's bad? I was on the phone w/ a recruiter and when I asked about detention pay he said he's never heard of that and didn't know what I was talking about! R U serious!?

 

Now that is some funny "bleep"...

 

thankyou i didn't know that it was just a sales tool.... when i was with swift i always got it after 2 hours 30$ an hour up to 8 hours which happend a few times while i was there

now being a flat bedder im never at a customer long enough to worry about it