Question:
My husband, an O/O was leased to a company for almost 2years. The 2nd week of January he was on his way from Grand Rapids to Baltimore, MD with a load when the turbo on the car broke in Clearfield, PA. He immediately notified the company who sent a driver who was empty and waiting with no load dispatched to him at the time in New Jersey at a car stop. He bobtailed from New Jersey to PA and left the empty in New Jersey. When we received the final settlement check there was $900.00 deducted for trailer recovery. This company has a trailer drop site in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I called and was told the empty trailer was probably towed to Indianapolis where there main office is. This seems to be awfully expensive and nothing in our contract that I can see says anything about our responsibility for towing this other trailer. I am requesting the documentation for the towing service of the other driver's trailer. Are they allowed to do this? Should I just forget about the $900.00? They are a large company with approx. 300 trailers.
Any imput would be appreciated. Thanks

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The deduction is permitted only if provided for in the lease and properly documented. What does the lease say about re-powering equipment?

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What should I look for in the lease covering this? Thanks for your reply!

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Also, what would proper documentation be? Thanks again!

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I would look at the provisions dealing with re-powering, completion of dispatches and deductions.
Proper documentation would merely be some sort of explanation as to how the $900 charge was calculated. Moreover, most re-powering provisions prorate compensation on the basis of mileage. If you want to fax me your lease I will take a look at it.

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Thank you!