What would you have done?

X2 on this. Call while your setting there, not while your driving away.

 

You didnt do anything wrong. I woulda left too. Ive had a couple brokers get their panties in a wad when I basically told them how it was and that i own the truck, not them. In your situation it sounds like you had good plan to get the best bang for your buck. Most brokers dont have a clue what its like to own a truck, even if they did im not so sure they would care about your situation anyways. Bottom line you cant lose money. That broker needs to grow a pair and stick up for his drivers. This is exactly why us owner ops need a union. Although it will never happen, its nice to dream.

 

I would rather lose money, than reputation...

 

Don't really understand your point.why would it matter if your customer knew anything about owning a truck? You own it you should know.Now if you don't respect your customer and believe it or not if a broker is paying you he's your customer I would find different customers direct shippers.But if you give your customer your word imo you should honor your commitment even if you did lose money the smart ones can minimize those loads me personally I wouldn't take a $400 load unless I knew I could deliver same day and I would personally protect myself by confirmation of delay pay.

 

The funny thing is, that broker got what he had paid for

 

The way his broker reacted i would say the broker could care less about his reputation. If he did then he would have stepped up to bat for the driver and understood the situation.

 

Trucking is a business not a charity to brokers ! Tough poo poo I'd have left .

 

Don't know if your looking at this the right way.I do understand the broker saying that they wouldn't load him again.If you hired someone or company to do a job and they said they would do the work then at a later time they decided there not going to do it would you call them to do another job?

 

Depends on the situation. In this situation the broker should have understood the time constraints for his driver and rescheduled the load and blamed the shipper, not the driver.[/QUOTE]

 

If you hire someone to mow your yard but make them wait in the driveway for 6 hours before they start, would you expect them to wait? Lol