Need a quick answer - back haul load refused

yeah, if they are paying $750 to another truck thats a definite hell no thanks lol. match the rate or better and then its all good. im not familiar with the storage option. all the experiences i have ever had with receivers refusing freight is to negotiate the return or redelivery elsewhere and keep the truck moving.

 

So is just bending over and taking what they're giving. The return rate to Dallas is $[market] or it goes into storage. Simple.

 

Well, went over brokers head to shipper. They paid $2000 plus added another $100 to the $150 detention pay we were getting for waiting on the load Friday night. Wasn't in a huge hurry to move truck since he was only 50 miles from my house. He could set his loaded trailer down and taken the spare trailer.

 

Probably will be on that brokers blacklist but there are thousands more.
Thanks everyone for the responses.

 

close to home and a spare trailer available is a whole other situation lol. glad it worked out for ya

 

never once did i say not to negotiate for a better rate, thats just common sense. with a run less than 600 miles on flat running land, with very little to slow the trip usually, $2.12 for that trip is something i would have just taken back if i couldnt get a better rate. happens all the time. get a decent rate for a decent run and still make money. do i care if the receiver refuses the load or not, not so much, as long as im making decent profit and my truck is rolling down the road dont care. but yes not4hire, your absolutely correct, always try to negotiate for a better rate, not always gonna get it but it beats giving away free money from being to dumb not to ask lol. couldnt agree more

 

no, you will not be blacklisted. the broker was attempting to keep the rate down for their customer. nice job!

 

You get to name the price now, be reasonable but you should get more then your original rate, because of the inconvenience of you going back to Dallas, thereby limiting the ability to haul for your standard customer. I would say that asking for $500 to $750 above your standard rate is not unacceptable. Otherwise park the trailer in a secure area, rent a replacement, bill for storage at $500.00 per day, when they don't agree to pay, then the product is yours to sell and recoup your losses. That is the law, go check it out for yourself.

 

Glad it worked for you, I should have finished reading before my post. Sorry, hopefully it will help somebody else in the future. Good job Marine.

 

This is what I would do simply because going to Texas normally always pays better than coming out. It is only fair. They can't expect you to back haul both ways. That ain't how it works and they know it.