Why are we putting up with these crazy load/unload times and rates?

They are using your reefer trailer/fuel as storage and not paying you detention? Man, I don't know if I could take the aggrevation you guys who pull vans and reefers have to put up with.

 

Only advice I can give is start narrowing in on a certain lane or triangle of lanes where you start to know the shippers, receivers, brokers, etc and through trial and error can weed out the bad apples. Some are consistently just bad and will always mess you up. If you can eliminate that then sure things happen, but less often.

 

Reefer is the problem. I hardly ever have wait times unless it is one of the big box places.

 

It’s more common now than ever with Employee shortages. I loaded Saturday at 2:00 pm.
Rate con I agreed to paid $40 hr. detention after first 3 hrs. I showed up 3 hrs early, had to wait till appointment time. I was there a total of 12.5 hrs., 9.5 hrs. getting loaded. Now I’m waiting for a new rate con. The original had held $100.00 for tracking. So a new one was already expected. Now it needs to be for the full rate, after delivery, with tracking compliance, plus Detention and Lumper fee. So now it’s $100.00 + $260.00 for 6.5 hrs. detention, and $267.00 Lumper that I paid, since it was 3:00 am this morning when I delivered, and Office was closed. The extras are supposedly “waiting on approval” Shouldn’t be any “waiting” involved. I probably won’t get my new rate con till tomorrow. I’ll update, if not. I’ll also give out the Brokers name, and any other Broker for that matter in the future that doesn’t pay what’s owed. No excuse for games with detention, it’s a long standing problem that shouldn’t even be an issue. Especially since mandatory ELD’s. No other Business gives away free time. It needs to be upfront and enforced.

 

Same. Today was 370mi, unloaded and re loaded. Back to the yard in almost 9hrs on the dot w/o stopping besides for fuel. I hate sitting more than anything. If it's my 1st time at a place and they're slow I'll give them a 2nd chance but if I get screwed a 2nd they go on the no list.

Friday was going really good. Same thing unload and reloaded in about 9.5 hours. Later that night dad went to deliver the load and we found out the receiver doesn't take loads Fri or sat night. Got 600 for the inconvenience

The load that got screwed up delivers tomorrow night

 

You agree to $40 an hour for detention for you and the truck? And people wonder why they’re paying low. No possible way you can convince me you and your equipment is only worth $40 an hour. Not even if all you have is a wheelbarrow.