What would you have done?

i likely would not have booked the load in the first place $400 probably isn't going very far just not worth the load unload time.

only time i book loads that cheap is when they are going to load me with that same load 3 or more times per day for multiple days and its low millage. if wait times are too long to get my number of loads in i will call and give the ultimatum to reduce wait times pay wait times or im out. normally on hauls like they limit the number of trucks so they can load and unload efficiently. i would not book a 400 dollar load that was on more than 100 miles as a back haul under 100 miles closer to your reload typically isn't worth the hassle. your burn up half your day when you could have just got to your good paying load sooner

 

Lmao A bunch of drama queens,,,The Driver knew it wasn't the right thing to do,,That's why they started this thread and now there are looking for sympathy,like there the victim...The only victim here is the broker who might now lose this Customer....but hey its business,and they had to do what was right for them..but Don't forget about Karma..what comes around goes around...Lol it's all good peace

 

As I've always said...company drivers have a very myopic view of trucking. That's why I take advice from company drivers with a grain of salt.

As a Risk Taker, the OP is ALLOWED to re-adjust game plan to minimize losses and maximize revenues. PERIOD.

I see nothing wrong with what OP did.

 

Never book a load without detention pay. You can decide how long you can sit before detention sets in but you need some sort of understanding on the front end. If they won't pay detention, pass on the load.

If I were a broker, I wouldn't service a customer that is known to have long wait times and is unwilling to pay detention. If the shipper had to pay detention, I'd be willing to bet they wouldn't let 30 trucks get lined up.

Here's my 2 cents. The broker should have known better that expecting you to sit for 6+ hrs for a $400 load, but you did agree to take the load, and you knew that the wait times could be long and there was no detention pay. I'm not going to lay blame as there is a bunch of post before mine that has pretty well taken care of that. You just need to use this as a learning experience and try not to get yourself in this situation again.

Remember, you are the one that decides which loads to book, not the broker. Not saying this is the case here but many times O/O like to blame brokers for a low rate load when they are the one that accepted the terms in the first place.

 

How many times did we get screwed by coming to shippers or receivers where we were sitting there forever with little or no compensation despite arriving there on time and all? My mental tolerance is good enough for 3-4 hours, after that, I feel victimized too. I would never do anything like that to someone that I have established a good mutual trust. But if I felt duped and manipulated into a stinker load and a broker would refuse to recognize the situation then I would not have any scruples either. 3-4 hours and still no dock assigned and a broker tells me F.U. - I sure am gone.
However, not much can be done when you are at a receiver waiting to unload. No recourse there.

 

Everyone complains about not making enough money or being treated like crap. Making someone wait 5-6 is not professional. Shippers have this belief that you need them! They forget they need us. If your ok wasting your day and possibly missing a better paying load then we all know there is a $400 load for you. Just don't turn around and complain that Elogs is going to make you run out of time or your broke. Smart move. He anticipated a 2 hour wait. Double or triple that is just letting the shippers take advantage of you. He wanted the load but the shipper was not organized enough to efficiently move the trucks to get it done in a timely manner. How long would you wait? I have taken a few loads that for 400-500 that I know it is going to take 4 hours to load. If that turns into 5-6 hours then it is not worth it. And one time after 4 hours I was 2000lbs less than what they require and they wanted to send me back to get more. I told them if I do that then I miss my next load so just take everything off. Next time I went I scaled at 84k. Its frustrating to deal with companies who don't care. Please don't complain about the right thing to do. If a shipper sucks then why should you suffer?

 

Since OP did this load before few times, then he probably works in that area pretty often. If trucks get tight and broker starts paying $1000 for this load, or it becomes super slow and there is no other work to do whatsoever, do you think OP will regret getting on this broker's black list?
Another question, when you book a load and see a better paying one, do you think its ok to cancel the worse paying one? If you do cancel to maximize your revenue, what reasons do you usually give?

 

He said he was ready to wait for a few hours. When is when? Maybe he has never seen that many trucks there before. But I have a question. I like the idea about requiring detention pay. I would love to tell my dispatcher that but does that sometimes backfire and would it be hard to always find a load with detention pay?

 

You are an o/o leased to somebody, you do not understand how it is to run your own business...

 

During training my trainer had a load for $1.64 a mile. The dispatcher .called and offered a $3.00 mile about 1000 miles deadhead. Ended up being $1.90 a mile. If they booked the load for a $1.64 a mile and found someone to do it for $1.30 a mile do you think they would of canceled your load to save money? It's just business.