On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:18:01 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:00:16 -0800, "Roger Shoaf"
wrote:
"azotic" wrote in message
...

BREAKING NEWS: Arrow drivers wake to nightmare before Christmas
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 - On Tuesday, as many as 1,400 truck drivers for
Arrow Trucking Co., based out of Tulsa, OK, have been frantically trying
to figure out their next moves as the company unexpectedly announced
it was"suspending all operations" that day.

Truckers started calling in to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers
Association and Land Line after they were awakened with phone calls from
their dispatchers alerting them to the grim news that the company was
shutting its doors and that their instructions were to turn in their
trucks to the nearest Freightliner dealership.

http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_R...ow-drivers.htm

As someone that tried to make a living as a truck driver this does not
really surprise me.

I think if I was the driver under load in this situation and did not have
enough fuel to make it to my delivery point, I would contact either the
shipper or the consignee or the dealer that wants his truck back and offer
to deliver the goods if they would pay for the fuel to get it there and make
it to the dealership to turn in the truck. If none of those folks would
pony up the coin, then I would feel no obligation to do anything other than
inform them where I parked their truck.

The reason the trucking business is in such a sorry state is that they allow
others to set the rates they charge to haul the freight and then try to make
the shortfall up in volume. That plan is always destined for failure.


Or take out a lien on the truck and cargo, for expenses and wages.

I wonder what a newer Freightliner and trailer loaded with Christmas
Stuff is worth?

If they owed you a lot of money, even just a couple of paychecks,
that would be a good idea because you would still be "in possession"
of the asset - BUT you better check with a lawyer first. They could
easily claim you had stolen their truck and were stealing the cargo to
ransom it off to the consignee and probably make it stick, those laws
are arcane at best.

The cargo belongs to the shipper or the consignee, depending on the
FOB location in the paperwork - if it's FOB Destination the shipper
still owns the goods IIRC.

The freight company truck and trailer belong to the leasing company
- the freight company is only leasing (renting) them.

-- Bruce --