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Just got rejected. WOW

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Crazy D, Nov 7, 2012.

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  1. Nov 7, 2012 #1
    Crazy D

    Crazy D Medium Load Member

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    So I went to load my normal short haul load for the week. Went to the shipper ( which are usually really good people.) and they rejected my trailer!!!!! I looked through the paperwork asked the shipper how many pallets? He says 45. I was like dang how you gonna get that on my 48 footer. he says meh no problem we will stack and pinwheel them. I say OK no problem. So I am sitting outside waiting and he comes out and says we have a little problem Dan. Your kick panels on the sides are a bit tore up. I say AND? Thats from pinwheeling pallets lol. Mind you this is not that bad. Just minor cuts and tears.Normal wear. He says well we have to send this into the customer to see if they are gonna load it. I am like WTF??? Really? So of course time goes by and he states they will NOT load the trailer. I personally think the loader didn't want to do the work that was entailed for this load. Or they screwed something up.Cause lemme tell you all. i have NEVER had 45 pallets weigh in at just a hair over 40k. I thik they over cubed the load. At any rate it is what it is. I just wanted some of your thougths. Does it sound shady or what?
     
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  3. Nov 7, 2012 #2
    snowwy

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    i once had the same problem.

    got half loaded with onions. then shipper decided receiver didn't want my trailer loaded. all because of a little dried oil. i hauled cars 6 weeks ago. and the onions were all on pallets with cardboard on the pallets. plus cardboard to cover the spots on the trailer. no chance of ever touching the trailer floor.

    then the calls went back and forth from broker, to me, to company, to shipper, and so on and so on.

    now i drove 100 nmiles from last load to next load. with a truckwash halfway into the journey. so i had to backtrack that 50 miles to wash the trailer.
    given that allk there loads are delivered on flatbed. they know there's usually oil. and they shoud specifiy a clean floor. i could have stopped on the way down there.
    instead of basically driving the extra 50 miles back to wash and 50 miles back to shipper and spending 2 extra hours that didn't need to be.

    when i got the load delivered. the customer knew nothing about it. and broker confirmed the shipper was a big baby.
     
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  4. Nov 8, 2012 #3
    BossOutlaw88

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    This industry is trying to put a hurting on O/O. They know you can't just go out and buy another trailer like big companies can.
     
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  5. Nov 8, 2012 #4
    sdlm

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    Not to mention as someone who works for a big company I can confirm our trailers are torn up all the time too. Yesterday I just spent about an hour with a hammer to get the tandems slid on one of our rental trailers (from plm trailer lease).

    Sometimes I wonder if companies hassle owners just because they can.
     
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  7. Nov 8, 2012 #5
    rogueunh

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    Exactly which industry are you referring to?
     
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  8. Nov 8, 2012 #6
    Okieron

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    HEY I had a company trailer rejected once and I was hauling bottles empty in cases ! and it was 2 days before I could get it fixed
     
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  9. Nov 8, 2012 #7
    Oscar the KW

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    People have been throwing that conspiracy around for as long as I have been in this industry, and before then even. But if people like you were right, then there wouldn't be any owner ops around anymore. Quit bellyaching, take care of your equipment and all will be good.
     
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  10. Nov 8, 2012 #8
    Crazy D

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    Cosidering there is nothing wrong with my equipment. Its prettyfunny how that works. They just didn't want to put 45 pallets into a 48 foot reefer. matter of fact the load is being picked up tomorrow and finding out what the weight is. We believe it is well over 43k. The agreement is 40k at that rate. The shipper has contacted me and stated that he was sorry about the whole ordeal. It was the loader operations manager that didn't want to deal with it. So I am invoicing the customer of mine for the full rate, not a truck ordered not used.
     
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  11. Nov 8, 2012 #9
    Cat sdp

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    Maybe you guys should paint signs in your trailers.

    Forklift operators will be charged for damage to trailer.

    Or something to that effect!
     
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  12. Nov 8, 2012 #10
    Crazy D

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    yeah no kidding. i mean it's not like the kick panels got torn because they were sitting there doing nothing.
     
    Crazy D, Nov 8, 2012
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