Getting a shipper to pay for a broken floor is about as likely as getting the shipper to pay for a blown engine "because the load was too heavy".

BTW- what did the tractor load pay for 2300 miles?

Believe me...if I thought I had a snowballs cance of winning I'd try for engine wear compensaton!

Sorry Pepe, I am going to have to agree with the others on this issue. I have never had a hole punched in a wooden floor by a nail gun. It will take more than a nail to put a hole in the wood unless the floor is rotten or bad already. I have had a forklift damage a trailer roof when I pulled a van, but I caught it at the shipper and they took care of the damage. It is common for trailers to have nails driven into their floors. If this is all it took to put a hole in the floor, I would check the rest of the floor. If it were me, I would replace the wood and go on about my business. I think you are wasting your time in pursuing this through the court system. I have had rub rail damaged by a forklift. Most of the time it is cheaper and less of a hassle to just take care of the repairs yourself unless you witness the damage when it occurred. Anytime you have damage you feel the shipper or receiver caused you should first bring it to the attention of the person responsible for the damage then get his supervisor over to check it out. It also helps to take pictures. I would not turn this in to my insurance company. It should not cost that much to repair one board. You can always put a piece of plywood or sheet metal over the hole if it isn't too big. Consider it a cost of doing business.

Yeah I cm to the same conclusion once I got a good look at it empty.....I could do it myself, but taking it over so I can have it really checked over professionaly for the first time.

Damn pep that sux, man. I guess if that happened to me all I'd have to do is call Crete and drop it at the nearest terminal and grab another empty and be on my way.

Good luck.

LOLOLOLOLO

Not that Pepe is necessarily the one who deserves it, though.