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Originally Posted by Bigmon
Can you expand on this. Who tore chute, why wasn't load paid, who got the food, etc.
Sure, thank you for asking. It was my f...ing first reefer load, sorry for using such words here, but every time I think about it it's running me mad. The air chute was torn from the fan. I thought it should be that way. Silly. Get loaded at Salinas, CA. Broker is Riolo. The load was going to Jacksonville, FL. They put temp recording device at the very last pallet (now I put it always myself at senter of a load). That devise for some reason was shoving alarm signal , but I was told it's ok. At receiving in Publix the truck was unloaded and they said that the load was hot. They refused to load it back, motivating that the lettuce was packed in plastic bags with "Publix" logo. I asked to take a look at recording devise, but was told to go to hell! Security kicked me out. Later broker told me that they maybe will accept half load, but it was my bad day. By the way I insisted to measure temperature of the lettuce from the tail, where the lettuce was supposed to be the hottest, it was 42 and 41. I think in the middle it was definitely ok. My insurance did not pay the bill, air chute problems are not covered by OOIDA. Later I got a bill for $17000. Didn't paid it. Adjuster from Riolo called me 3 times, I refused to pay. Why should I? Lettuce was ok, at least in the middle. It could be sold at salvage value anyway. They send some bogus pictures of lettuce in garbage container, probably they use these pictures not once. That is the story.