Load Canceled After 60+ Loaded Miles

They can’t pay you TONU because they used the truck…. So $200 for loading and securing and the miles 120 miles at $5 a mile for the driving part id say. Next time make sure you have a new rate con before you drop the load off at the shipper. If you don’t have rate con once load is dropped off than you’ll get played like a cheap hooker…

 

No worries… always keep your s covered…. Many shady brokers out there…. I’ve had situations where I was paid a tonu and layover on the same load… also situations where they didn’t want to pay for a $3500 load that was delivered without damage and on time….

 

I think asking for your RPM for your loaded miles is fair. I'm not sure if you have a relationship with the broker but I'd try being reasonable first, and if that doesn't work file against their bond. Worst case the bond provider ends up denying it, but it sounds like there is a paper trail here indicating the fault lies with the shipper or broker, and not you.

 

Here’s my worthless opinion..
If you needed to go back to the shipper for being overweight anyway those miles are on you. I don’t feel like your cancellation is really any different than going back for a rework.
Have them take everything off and collect the tonu..crap happens.
I suppose you could push them for miles driven to the nearest scale and back but is it a bridge you don’t mind blowing up?

I would calculate miles from shipper to nearest scale on or off route. If there was one five miles away then that’s the one you should have used.

 

Concorde brings up a great point. If this wasn't the closest weight station are you also at fault for not scaling sooner?

 

Take the TONU and learn the lesson.

A 40 foot CAT generator aint gonna weigh no 10k lbs. Unless it's made of aluminum, or cardboard.

The situation smells of general laziness. Shipper didn't state weight to broker, or broker ignored weight, and 8 hotshots all decided this was a great opportunity to make some $$. The other 2 drivers turned up with overworked equipment, and dodged the rules that most of us abide by. Good for them.

Anybody have onboard scales?

Anybody call the shipper and get a serial number before loading , do an internet search for specs?

If they loaded with a crane, did anyone ask the crane operator how much they weighed?

Any of the 8 hotshots have a clue?

I don't turn the key until I've got all the facts. Sure, I don't work much with that mentality - but my time is rarely wasted.

$631.20 for a 24 hour day - at least now I know what the competition is hauling for.

Take offense if you like, that's just my worthless opinion.

 

I don't think the broker is going to be a happy camper asking the shipper for $1,000 plus in TONU for 6 pickup trucks - unless the broker is making WAAAAAY more than he's passing on to the drivers.

Now he just has to pay the TONU's, and go find 8 trucks that can actually haul the product.