Detention charges...
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FedEx Custom Critical typically pays a van 58% of $5.00 every 15 minutes after the first two hours of detention
Your carrier hires you to be at a shipper or consignee at a specific time and that time is confirmed by all parties. If either the shipper or the consignee delays your pick-up or delivery beyond a specified period, you are being detained and deserve compensation for your time. A typical acceptable delay is two hours. pay varies by company and truck size.
Our average detention pay has always been an amount lower than we think it should be. 
In our view, the value of "D-time" is not the money you get for sitting and "doing nothing." We can make more money running on another load, even with the D-time and fuel factored in. The value of D-time is the incentive it provides shippers and receivers (consignees) to get you in and out in a timely fashion. Given a choice, we'd always choose the next run over sitting on the current freight while D-time builds.
For drivers that run with fleet owners, D-time should be addressed in the contract. Does the driver get all D-time money? Is D-time money subject to the same driver/owner split as run money? Is the formula any different if the truck idles instead of just sitting? Is the split for reefer D-time (if you have one) the same as for truck D-time?
D-time is certainly better than nothing. Running a load is better than sitting on one.
In our view, the value of "D-time" is not the money you get for sitting and "doing nothing." We can make more money running on another load, even with the D-time and fuel factored in. The value of D-time is the incentive it provides shippers and receivers (consignees) to get you in and out in a timely fashion. Given a choice, we'd always choose the next run over sitting on the current freight while D-time builds.
For drivers that run with fleet owners, D-time should be addressed in the contract. Does the driver get all D-time money? Is D-time money subject to the same driver/owner split as run money? Is the formula any different if the truck idles instead of just sitting? Is the split for reefer D-time (if you have one) the same as for truck D-time?
D-time is certainly better than nothing. Running a load is better than sitting on one.
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i drive for tri state too..... and they screwed me out of detention because i didnt submit my times in military time......
I wrote it as 8:00am to 11:00pm instead of 0800 to 2300
It doesnt seem right to me... it was my first time submitting detention and feel that they screwed me big time
I wrote it as 8:00am to 11:00pm instead of 0800 to 2300
It doesnt seem right to me... it was my first time submitting detention and feel that they screwed me big time