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Voices
Readers split on government, industry solutions to detention
Though all recognize the problem, grown ever more onerous with further restrictions on driversâ hours with the new rules. Here, find a round-up of views and some examples of detention success.
September 6, 2013
Voices
POLL: Do you collect detention pay?
Preparing for an Overdrive feature on the subject of detention time and pay, this poll probes the extent to which detention is compensated industrywide.
September 5, 2013
Voices
How would you fix the problem of excessive loading/unloading delays?
From changes in how drivers are paid to new government regulation of shippers and receivers, the choices are many â and none particularly easy to implement. Which do you think would do the job best?
August 20, 2013
Voices
Lumper fees: Sometimes a little push-back works
Readers respond to Wendy Parkerâs âTo lump or not to lumpâŚâ story about the lumper fees common at grocery distributors â if carriers arenât being compensated for fees by shipper or receiver, then U.S. law has been violated.
August 6, 2013
Business
To lump or not to lump, that is the question
George pays a $215 lumper fee, and Wendy gets a good story out of it. âTheyâre now called âfreight handlers,â Iâm told. You can call âem The Queen of England, for all I care, it doesnât change the fact that theyâre extortionists.â
July 19, 2013
Channel 19
Priceline pricing model comes to LTL loading
OneMorePallet.com is the latest business entity to attempt to apply the Priceline pricing model to some aspect of the trucking business â in this case itâs partial loads for half-empty LTLs.
July 15, 2013
Business
Hurry up and wait or pay $500
A receiverâs message comes in over the Qualcomm while Wendy and George have been waiting an hour in a line of trucks to get unloaded: âLate drivers will be fined $500.â Oh the humanity!
May 19, 2013
Voices
LETTER: Do unto drivers as you would have done unto you
A sort of mild-nightmare scenario at a receiver for Prime driver Bob Sauter leads to larger thoughts on the terrible treatment many drivers see from shipping/receiving facility personnel.
May 17, 2013
Business
One of the good dispatchers
âOn the totem pole, drivers and dispatchers are at the same levelâ in many trucking companies, says Tim Bell II, the dispatcher Wendy Parker interviews in this story.
March 18, 2013
Channel 19
Modest proposal: $65/hour, fair detention rate to protect small biz
A reader sees a need for mandatory detention pay to protect the small business trucking life from the continuing encroachment of big-business competition and government regulation in the form of tightening hours and EOBRs.
November 27, 2012
Channel 19
Open call with Anne Ferro
The folks at the Trucking Solutions Group â including members weâve written about on the blog, from owner-operators Rick Ash and Bob and Linda Caffee to Henry Albert â are hosting an open conference call with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro today at 3 p.m. EDT today. Call-in details you can find here, and Iâll include [âŚ]
June 20, 2012
Channel 19
Suspecting foul play in trailer deck collapse, car hauler vows vigilance
File this under âlessons learned,â folks. On May 9, 2011, after an afternoon loading cars in Shreveport, La., car hauler Marc Pogrebneak wheeled over to the Petro off I-20 for a quick shower, dinner and a call to his wife. He was set to roll into West Texas to stage near his loadâs destination, and [âŚ]
July 20, 2011
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