That was our first thought. Phone,fax matches DOT info. Video showed the right name on the truck,just someone who was going out of business and saw a chance to leave a few bucks. The only thing at our end was one missed check call from the driver but that's pretty common.
It's a poor system that makes you wait untill long after the fact before you can report it.

 

You may be right about them making a profit as they go out of business. I read something not long ago about some Russians getting information about companies from the federal website, booking loads, collecting the money and then absconding with the money leaving everyone hanging. I suppose one way to keep a check is to put a GPS tracking device in shipments. At least you could track your product until it was unloaded.

 

Don't know if it's the one you're talking about but one group hacked the site and created fake carriers that did the same thing.
The part i hate the most is i will have to pay out for the tires long before the insurance will. You make the customer wait for the insurance to pay you loose them. Not the first time and i'm sure it won't be the last.

 

YEh, I've heard of some companies that haul high value loads that wont even tough a truck unless there is a way to track the truck and trailer. This is a good example of why they do that.

 

Hopefully, the load will turn up so that you don't have to pay any money out of your pocket. A load of tires is some serious money.

 

One time i had an O/O who decided to increase the pay on a load of cheese by adding a few thousand lbs of pot to it. When it was loaded cheese was at an all time high,when it was impounded cheese had made the largest drop in years. The difference in what it was bought for and sold for was 56,000.00 (non-insurable) For a year afterwards people working at the shipper would come out and ask the drivers if they had any pot for sale.

 

Your first red flag should have been the name of the company Shady Transport, A subsidiery of Fly By Night Industries.

 

He was probably a Socialist, and is waiting for someone else to deliver the load for him.:thumbsup:

 

That can cover almost any O/O.

 

Someone said they spotted you with new tires.