Towing
Don’t let your equipment and loads get held hostage by predatory towing companies. Learn ways to spot unscrupulous towing practices before it threatens your business. As trucking interests work to cut down on roadside responders preying on carriers and drivers who find themselves in a bind on the job, fleets that educate themselves on predatory towing practices will be equipped to contest exorbitant charges. Avoiding the headaches and the excessive costs from greedy predatory practices starts with knowing what enables these practices, how to spot an excessive invoice, and ultimately prevent the towing company from demanding a ransom for equipment and cargo.
Time is of the essence in the trucking industry. The quicker drivers can deliver loads, the more loads they can haul, which brings in more money. Carriers are also accountable to their shipping partners and customers who rely on the trucks to deliver goods on time.
Towing companies know this and use it to their advantage by holding a truck or cargo “hostage” until the trucking company pays that excessive towing invoice to release their cargo. Towing companies also get away with these predatory practices because there are “no uniform regulatory schemes” for them to abide by. Bowen also said that companies get away with predatory towing and excessive invoices because of a lack of communication. Multiple entities can be involved in a single tow event, including the motor carrier, the shipper, the broker, and the insurance agencies for each party; so the tow companies try “to capitalize on the chaos with so many different people involved. How a tow company presents its rates can indicate if it’s preying on a fleet.
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