Receiver forgot 1 pallet, clean bills

One time I weighed a load and was 2000 lbs over gross.
Opened the trailer doors and counted the pallets.
There was an extra pallet of blackberry jam on there.
No way to keep it because too many sets of scales to cross and was close to the shipper, so I took it back.
The guy that loaded the trailer said, "You should have kept it and not said anything."
I said; "I would have if it hadn't been over gross; could have dropped it off at the house."

 

Probably could have sold it at some little mom & pop grocery store.

 

Was it shipper load and count? Was your driver allowed on the dock at loading?

 

So, definitely the shipper's fault for it getting on there and you got clean bills from the receiver because they got everything they ordered.

Charge at least as much to return it as you got for the delivery. Or more or less depending on the value of your relationships.

 

Do that and we will be reading another post from you next week about how the broker still hasn't done anything and then three weeks from now about how you're going out of business. Give the broker a deadline.

And charge daily for your inconvenience.

 

ReeferRookie makes a ROOKIE mistake. The driver is lazy. Didn't get in the trailer to check that the trailer was ready to go to reload. Didn't check to see if the receiver gashed the trailer walls with forklift, making the reload suspect.
It is the driver's responsibility to ensure the condition of the trailer, not the security guard.