Coyote Logistics

Checked on a load via Coyote Logistics about a load in Texas, supposed to pickup in San Antonio Texas to Laredo, most loads vis this shipper goes into Mexico so international and no Texas authority needed.

So I call the saleman we deal with and ask the golden question, does this load go into Mexico? He responds no, I tell him no thanks since we do not have Texas authority.

He becomes kind of snarkey, he tell me NO you are wrong you can haul one time in Texas to Texas, I respond back no thanks.

He tell me that his supervisor told him it is ok, I told him no thanks because I know better. Suddenly a females voice comes on the phone and tell me I do not know what I am talking about and Coyote does this all the time and the compliance department told her it was ok.

I tell her I am not interested and she hangs up on me.

So, I am human and subjective to correction thus I check myself and call Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle and talked to a Lieutenant, he confirmed my suspicions that Coyote was incorrect.

Once again, way to go.

 

You are correct it does not cost much and thinking it may be worth it for future use, I have dealt with some old school brokers and they were never like the call with Coyote, it was kind of funny in a sad way but as you experienced they said everyone does it, that got me thinking that if I had the TX number it would cover me and not play Russian Roulette with Texas, I believe the odds are completely like 3 card Monte and I am not shuffling.

I am for not getting OOS, now someone told me a roadside story that if you are caught it is not only a ticket and a fine but they jerk your authority to haul in and out of Texas for a while, not sure that part is a road side story.

 

One other Exemption, you can pickup and drop in Texas if the load continues outside of CONUS, if the load I called on went to Laredo for cross shipping to Mexico or any other country it would have been Kosher to do.

I have zero luck at going outlaw or lies, learned as a kid anytime I lied it was a mistake and if I take chances Karma bites me like a Dog with rabies.

 

Update, received a call from said broker in question and offered the load to me again for 300.00 more, I said no thanks again and he got snotty with me and told me I needed to haul this load. So, I informed him he did not dispatch me and was not obligated to do this.

He hangs up on me, phone rings a few minutes later and it is him again. In the mean while I am booking round trips with C.H. Robinson and at a very good rate that will keep me loaded for the next two weeks.

I informed him that for the next few weeks I am booked up, he fly s off the handle and tells me that he had loads going back to Florida he was going to give me, told him no thanks, I found a great deal with someone for a few weeks and unavailable.

Time for another sales contact with Coyote me thinks.