hauler problems

I hired a company to haul a tractor for me and I agreed to a price of 600. The shipper decided that since it had 3 wheels instead of 4 it was better on a flatbed semi (with no ramps). Since there had to be a company called out to load the thing ($75) and there will be one that has to unload it, is it fair to reduce the haul pay by what I had to spend to load and unload the truck? When they gave me the price they knew exactly what it was (size, weight, length, width, it has 3 wheels not 4, etc).

IF the loading arrangements werent met,[wrong trailer sent] the time to stop the transaction would be upon loading!!!it should have been said then and there that it was the wrong trailer that there was no way to load it or unload it on the other end,,,the driver would have been mad that he had to get another load or went out of his way,, but that would be between the dispathcer/ or broker and him not you,

, the seller [shipping end] loaded the tractor on the trailer, telling the trucker there was no trouble with the trailer that was sent,, the trucker is assuming there is going to be no trouble on your end either,, [although I can assure you he is saying to himself the whole 600 miles that this is going to be fun getting off, untill he sees you have a ramp/dock,,which you wont]

heres the other thing, if this is COD he wont even take a binder off until the money is in his hand,, if it was paid already,,, you still need to get the tractor off,,, its a sticky situation,, plus unless the guy delivering the tractor is actually the guy you spoke to,, he wont know any details about you conversation with the "dispatcher",,,

again he is going to assume that since the tractor was loaded on the other end, he was not doing anything that wasnt already discussed,,,

This is from years of dealing with dispatchers and brokers,, they care about getting the trucks rolling and out,, the rest is pretty much they will play it by ear,,, of let the trucker worry about it,,,

You should pretty much start setting up a flatbed to get it off before the trucker arrives or you could be faced with a waiting fee as well, and remember he has your tractor on his truck,,, so insense he has the lien and "ownership" well not ownership but you dont have your tractor yet,,

hope it works out for you,,

on the other note 1500 miles for 600 bucks is unheard of,,,,---if you know someone with a gooseneck flatbed trailer you could drive it onto that trailer and then onto the ground,, may be a little cheaper than a flatbed,, but dealing with transporting a piece of equiptment gets expensive,,,pat

I have to agree that the driver may be clueless about the agreements that I made with the dispatch, and thus I don't fault him. I guess I will need to have a long chat with the dispatcher/broker that I had dealt with.

I had arranged the means for loading and unloading (like protocol says) for a truck with ramps, not a plain old flatbed.

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out (espescially since it is supposed to rain tomorrow).

I appreciate the knowledge from you and everybody else.

soundguy

Who knows if the hauler did a good job. HE AIN'T HERE YET.

While $75 to you might not seem like a lot, to me it is. I only go to school and all the money (which isn't much) goes towards everyday expenses, school, and a fun night on every blue moon.

I've had quite a few units hauled in the last few years, and it ain't cheap! Some of us who mess with this stuff as a hobby sometimes forget it's a tough world out there for the haulers, to keep the bills paid, and their outfits on the road, and their families taken care of!

I cringe everytime I get into a deal where I need to have something moved a distance for fear of what it will cost, but on the flip side, if it arrives safely, and in a reasonable time, that (at least in my "book") offsets paying a good outfit well, for a job well done.

If you're gonna play, you gotta PAY!

I agreed to a price about 3 weeks ago based on the fact that it would be a trailer with ramps.

While it isn't quite "fair" to leave them picking up the cost, why is it more "fair" for me to pick it up when I was totally upfront about all the challenges? Not to mention, they have had the haul order for about 3 weeks, and they never called me back to say that there would be a problem with loading/unloading it.

Would it be more "fair" to have them pick up one end and I pick up one end?