Hello Owner operators Thought that I would inform you and give ya a headsup on a new way for companies to screw you over ( Or new to me anyways )
I was leased on with a company out of Bessemer Ohio hauling intermodel freight here in New England well it turned out that the rates were not high enough for me to make a go at it so after five months of honestly trying all they had to offer I gave a notice , worked out the notice and left. During the course of my lease I had given them a 400.00 security deposit that was to be paid back after leaving the Co.
Well I was informed that I was not going to get my security back and I was to write them a check for 600.00 to make up the 1000.00 insurance deductable that was due to them because of a Preventable accident that happened in July.
Well the so-called preventable accident was a trailer tire that peeled and a bit of the tread hit a car on the hood that was behind me. No injuries just a black scuff mark on the hood. Well I was told that it could have been prevented if I checked the tires I said that I did when I picked it up 150 miles earlier and once again while I was getting loaded. After being loaded with 45000 lbs of paper on a hot july day I set off to bring the load to the terminal well after about 75 miles the bias tire said I've had enough and blew. and that is the preventable accident
I personally think that I had done everything in my power to prevent this from happening but unfortunatly they still have my money. So heads up I guess things are really tight out there and they do have bigger lawyers than I have.