Really Got doubly screwed on this cheap freight Prime load
#41
06-01-2007, 08:19 PM
Getting a shipper to pay for a broken floor is about as likely as getting the shipper to pay for a blown engine "because the load was too heavy".
BTW- what did the tractor load pay for 2300 miles?
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#42
06-03-2007, 09:10 AM
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: California...yup beautifull Hollywood just over the hill
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Originally Posted by BanditsCousin
Getting a shipper to pay for a broken floor is about as likely as getting the shipper to pay for a blown engine "because the load was too heavy".
BTW- what did the tractor load pay for 2300 miles?
#43
06-03-2007, 11:50 PM
Originally Posted by pepe4158
Say I bumbed my own post to see if someone had a trailer they thought the shipper damaged?......comon steve or G-man...had to happen at least once to you and what did you guys do? :-p Damn when I had a company trailer just called the company....hmmm calling self dont wana hear this complaint!
Sorry Pepe, I am going to have to agree with the others on this issue. I have never had a hole punched in a wooden floor by a nail gun. It will take more than a nail to put a hole in the wood unless the floor is rotten or bad already. I have had a forklift damage a trailer roof when I pulled a van, but I caught it at the shipper and they took care of the damage. It is common for trailers to have nails driven into their floors. If this is all it took to put a hole in the floor, I would check the rest of the floor. If it were me, I would replace the wood and go on about my business. I think you are wasting your time in pursuing this through the court system. I have had rub rail damaged by a forklift. Most of the time it is cheaper and less of a hassle to just take care of the repairs yourself unless you witness the damage when it occurred. Anytime you have damage you feel the shipper or receiver caused you should first bring it to the attention of the person responsible for the damage then get his supervisor over to check it out. It also helps to take pictures. I would not turn this in to my insurance company. It should not cost that much to repair one board. You can always put a piece of plywood or sheet metal over the hole if it isn't too big. Consider it a cost of doing business.
#44
06-04-2007, 05:06 AM
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: California...yup beautifull Hollywood just over the hill
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Originally Posted by GMAN
Originally Posted by pepe4158
Say I bumbed my own post to see if someone had a trailer they thought the shipper damaged?......comon steve or G-man...had to happen at least once to you and what did you guys do? :-p Damn when I had a company trailer just called the company....hmmm calling self dont wana hear this complaint!
s. If this is all it took to put a hole in the floor, I would check the rest of the floor. If it were me, I would replace the wood and go on about my business. It should not cost that much to repair one board. You can always put a piece of plywood or sheet metal over the hole if it isn't too big. .
#46
06-04-2007, 11:42 AM
Originally Posted by Prodigy
Damn pep that sux, man. I guess if that happened to me all I'd have to do is call Crete and drop it at the nearest terminal and grab another empty and be on my way.
Good luck. Not that Pepe is necessarily the one who deserves it, though. |
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