What would you do?

[routejumper]

You hear glowing praise about a small fleet owner from very trusted sourrces, with documents to prove it. You join the fleet. The carrier the small fleet owner is signed on with starts delaying $ thousands in pay. You believe in the owner and the carrier. Things don't get better, for months.
Question: Would you expect the owner to pay you for your work even if the carrier has not paid him?

 

[cheri1122]

Which of the two is contractually obligated to pay you?

 

[aileron]

I would expect the owner to pay you on time for the work you do. If he doesn't get paid from the carrier, he should take it with them.

 

[ds1450]

LEAVE. You would have be nuts to stay. I had one payroll problem in 5 years. Only one. I hope word got around. I got my money and left. There are too many other good owners out there... and Waaay too many bad ones.

 

[bluejaybee]

If the fleet owner is the one who pays you, that is who I'd be looking at. My situation is basically the same as yours. I lease to an owner and have no contract with any of the carriers I haul for. My owner handles all the billing and paper work. He is the one who takes a percentage of the load for doing this. So, yea, I would be after him.