Random thoughts on a snowy afternoon in MN
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Big Jay, Apr 18, 2013.
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yop....Will be coming up 94 tomorrow. likely spending the night at Hasty or Clearwater.
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cold springs to Dundas to St paul (8 pm load) to St Cloud (8am unload) tomorrow is the plan -
So, one of the guys had a scheduled delivery out in Idaho for yesterday morning. Get's there and they refused the load due to mold on the pallets. Not on product, on pallets. First time in this situation and I was driving as well. Ended up getting what they called "fair market rate" from Idaho back to Kansas. "Fair market rate" was 2 dollars a mile. We haul very little freight for 2 dollars a mile and I was reticient to do it yestersay but did it as I was under the gun on a couple of short loads and the weather was getting iffy. How should I have handled it? I did play hardball as best I could without researching where I could potentially drop off the load and let them find another truck. I just didn't have the time I needed. What would you do?
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Was a load of food grade salt. Reefer load. No blame on our part as of yet. Had load two thirds off and found a pallet with mold on it. Halted progress. Bunch of phone calls and was what it was. Was held up in Wyoming due to the closed roads. Not sure that should have mattered but could have?
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1) more than one pallet would have been infected with mold
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2) should have been discovered prior to loading, (unclean trailer floor, undue moisture)
Mold is always a moisture related problem...so the climate control/reefer requirement would have been to control humidity, I'm guessing...
What was the set temp?
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