Got a truck sitting because of the weather.

I'd say you were correct . Each customer sets their conditions though . In this case it was for "recent weather " not existing weather . If they were unable to load because of current flooding or a power shortage they may not have been willing to pay .

 

They are indoors, they are dry. How does the weather affect them if they are in doors? Is that a valid excuse for Cold Storage since they take so long? just asking?

 

Id say detention pay starts after one or two hours from arive or apointment time. honestly load detention verries a lot between the brokers we haul for.

 

Possible reasons would be that the dock workers couldn't make the trip from home to work due to flooding, perhaps their homes are flooded - so they're working with reduced staffing. Product to be shipped may not have been delivered yet due to weather related transportation delays.

 

If the weather was that bad how did the trucker get there??????

 

Last winter , had a store load . 0500 appt no one there . 0600 ,0700 still no one ? They closed the store for the day , still sitting there the next day at 0500. Now you have that days 0500 truck sitting there. If the roads were that bad how did both of us show up? New Haven Ma ? Guess they not used to freezing rain?

 

Bad weather shutting down operations at a shipper/receiver can also be simply a problem with inadequate drainage or other issues with the plant. I was at a receiver last month when a driving rainstorm came up and shut down operations because rain was coming under the shut doors in the warehouse like a river.... "It happens all the time". They even had squeegies set up on their forklifts to deal with the flood!

If I were a broker I'd make a note of that particular shipper/receiver and find out more about their operation before I book another load. As a trucker I'm sick and tired of shippers/receivers with inadequate docks, lighting, or maneuvering area to get a 53' trailer and sleeper cab into position on their docks, let alone crumbling and infested infrastructure.

 

As long he was there ontime for the pickup/delivery it not the driver fault of the delay he should get the detention. If they have an issue that causes a delays that put them behind the shipper needs to address it and get it fixed.