Owner op cannot get unloaded, need advice, please

I am curious, if shippers are under any obligation to take their load back...generally. If so, I would not hesitate to take it back too. However, I was always under impression that such moves need to be authorized and managed by the broker. I don't mean to say, you should not resolve the problem yourself but the shippers have to agree to take it back, especially if the product was already sold.
I am curious myself...

 

This will help a lot.

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No, I have never had such a situation yet. At one point I had a load rejected due to the product quality. The shipper agreed to take it back right away but the broker would not agree for the rate I was asking to take it back...until 3rd day.
I would call the shipper first and explain what happened but I would not assume that they would receive the load back from you just because you expect them to. Hopefully, the distance is not too crazy to go back there in vain. I don't want to sound pessimistic and hope they'll take it back without problems.

Another option, if they don't want to take it back, would be to deposit the load at another warehouse but you'll have to pay for it, if the broker won't but if there is a seal...then it can get a little more complicated, especially if this is done without broker's involvement.

I tell you what...I am guessing that 7 people out of 10 would just sit there until the 26 th.... Tough crap.

 

Maryland has one law like that if you EVER recorded a phone converstation to ANY one in Maryland WITHOUT their consent and knowledge its a felony. Erase the recording and forget the whole thing happened with it or it's going to come out and burn you really badly in criminal court. The original situation of recording does not matter at that point.

 

Aghh. Would I not be rather a criminal guilty of proving that someone was lying? I don't know...

 

You are welcome. I just don't want the situation to explode any worse than it already has. If you documented on paper the contents of the call etc with precise information on who, what, how, when and where along with the contents in general of the converstation that is plenty.

In Reefer food or meat work one of the greatest and most costly problem is burning of time at shippers and recievers. It can and will absolutely destroy any chance of a good income that week without any reduction in expenses. Thats why I prefer to haul pharmacy medicines. You are unloaded in a few minutes and reloaded with cardboard going back to shipper for trans loading into disposal as recycling. They do not waste time in that line of freighting. I don't think I can ever bring myself to take on another food or meat load ever again, its just too much time and money lost in those places. Now if they paid me a good salary equal to minimum wage of 70 hours or better then great, I'll go right back to the time waster and not complain. But it will cost the company alot of money and they would not afford or want to keep paying that kind of salary any length of time.

Its unfortunate that shippers and recievers can just do what they do and the rest of the industry be ###### outside of the gate.