Looking to sue my former carrier

Short and simple... NO CASE!!! You did not have anything in writing stating that they was going to give you 3k mi per week. 1.50 is not going to generate enough money for you and the driver. You gave the company full control of your truck. What are your complaints? Just chalk it up as a lost and do some research here. Everything you want to know about trucking is on this forum.

 

holy cow. ive heard of the road of broken promises traveled by the trucking industry, but this is a pretty big pothole. i can understand being promised 3k miles and not getting it, my answer would be...oh well, shoulda known better. but if theyve driven your truck 70k miles and youve been paid for 20k...thats theft pure and simple. dont know about the legality, but MORALLY they are bankrupt. your truck could be in the shop for 5 MONTHS, that does not explain away being paid for around 22% of the miles being put on your truck. truck down? miles-ZERO. no loads? miles-ZERO. you need to get the heck out of this bad deal immediately. you may or may not have a lawsuit...ill leave that to smarter men/women than me. but what i do know is you can do a heck of a lot better than dealing with the crooks you are currently with.

 

also, i understand your wanting to expose shady business. but leaving the name out of it isnt exposing anything.

 

Sorry to tell u this...but welcome to world of a truck owner..they lie to get u in the door..and they lie to u the whole time ur there..chalk it up as a life lesson..move on to the next and try like hell not to make tht mistake again...good luck

 

can certainly understand that. rickybobby was right as far as he went. what mileage you were promised, unless its guaranteed in writing...thats on you. but simple math says they stole $56000 from you in unpaid miles. i didnt see your contract, so i dont know what allowances.if any, were made for empty miles, out of route miles, and breakdown miles. if you agreed to hhg miles, that would account for a 5-12% average unpaid miles. but at 20k paid miles, at the high end that only accounts for about 23k total miles. at 70k miles put on the truck, getting paid for less than 62500 miles is downright criminal. dont even get me started about the ripoff of 10% unpaid miles as an acceptable industry standard.

 

Did you have any previous experience in trucking prior too this? I see a lot of people with no experience getting taken. This is not a learn as you go industry for entrepreneurs. Takes years too learn the Ins and outs. Read the fine print of you're contract, it will tell you if you have a case.