Screwed Up Big Time, Think I'm Done (reefer Temp Wrong)

Agree with all.

Temps should always be in writing on the BOL for a temp sensitive load. And cover your own butt by sending in a free-form, so if there's any dispute at the receiver later, it doesn't land in your lap (or at least you've documented that there was an issue with specifying the correct temp).

I've heard on fresh produce loads, where thermometer strips (that note high/low temps), are placed in a few of the packages - so the reciever will know if proper temps were held.

Many times a shipper will specify a "pre-set temp" that they want the box to be at, before loading. If you roll up with a box @ 70, and they wanted it at 32 - you can be sitting for quite some time waiting for your reefer to bring the temp down to set point.

All this is something to be keen on for reefer pullers - both specificed temp and temp to load. You can waste a lot of your 14, waiting for a box to cool down, and even more time looking to dump a box full of product that was refused (when claims tells you to dump it).

Rick

I hear people get scared of reefer because of detention time and on another thread someone said they do not ask their DM for detention time because he believes that it comes out of the DM operational budget. Please make sure YOU ALWAYS ASK FOR YOUR DETENTION TIME MONEY, because in every trucking contracts I have seen YOUR COMPANIES ALWAYS CHARGE THE SHIPPERS AND RECEIVERS FOR DETENTION TIME. the first 2 hours are always free and after that they hourly rate is between $50.00 to $70.00/hr. So remember that your company charges the shipper/receiver for detention time which is why the guys there take they time because they know that they pay for it.