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I'm supposed to pick up corn and take it to Abingdon, Va but I pulped it going on the truck and it's temp was high. I called the broker and they called the buyer and they have to put it under ice for a while.
I'm thinking that that would be one of the reasons that might be listed on a contract for detention money...a long with others like standard wait for a hole to open.
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I asked for an invoice for the guy I'm working with to see how he bills so I could see how he did it so I could do the same. I saw that he had a fuel surcharge on there. I spoke to him today and asked about that and how to go about charging that. He stated that I don't need to worry about that as I don't have employees. He pays his drivers 25% of the load. He told me before he factors that after a fuel surcharge. I guess that's what he meant but I'm still curious about that, but it was a good rate he was getting. From Ga to Philly he was getting about $2.44 a mile though I don't know what the deadhead was.
Since he pays his drivers (no O/O's) a percentage of the load, the fsc allows him to keep that charge separate and be applied to his truck rather than mixing in with the % that is paid to the driver.
If fuel is $2.80/gal I'm guessing fsc's are running around $0.28/mi so, to me, without knowing deadhead and tolls, that is a good load.