On a side note, when a customer say they will pay 25 days after receiving the actual signed BOL do they actually mean 25 days..... because I'm on day 23 and getting a little worried....haha
How to get brokers to ACTUALLY PAY DETENTION?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Kenworth6969, Feb 16, 2021.
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.... Detention solution. ...
Yesterday I delivered my load in Baltimore from Virginia. I lined up a reload 9 miles away going back home at the seaport through a broker.
When I arrived at the port there was at least 20 guys waiting outside the office waiting to check in. I knew this was going to take a long time to load and I knew for a fact that the seaport, the cheap receiver and the broker were all NOT going to pay any detention and give me that, "write your time down, first 2 hours free" crap.
I've heard it all before been doing it for 11 years.
I call the broker and told him the truck broke down and wouldn't be able to pick up the load.
In 3 hours I was back home. Screw that 2 hours free and any hope of getting paid after that.BennysPennys, noworrez, Speed_Drums and 1 other person Thank this. -
I've just read about an awful lot of chest beating over the years about this type of thing, and so far none of the cb's have contributed. -
And it's very rare that a broker will take a loss in paying a truck to satisfy the driver for waiting around for hours. There policy is to make money not cost them money, and the driver's are NOT top priority. But if the broker is in danger of losing a shipper because of a truck failure, they will pay more than double sometimes to get another truck to "recover" a load.
Shippers satisfaction is everything to a broker, not so much for a driverBennysPennys, The_Great_Corn, DUNE-T and 1 other person Thank this. -
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Forget detention! It is best to know that the place is known for detaining beforehand and try to bid the linehaul rate accordingly.Last edited: Feb 18, 2021
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So far all the solutions I'm hearing are basically principles used at Landstar, but Landstar is decried as ALL F EVIL.
So we are confused. Not that, that is hard to do.
So far my record for detention is $1350.BennysPennys Thanks this.
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