Real, grounded guides on detention and accessorial charge recovery for small-to-midsize US trucking carriers.
Detention and accessorial recovery isn't complicated once you understand what evidence brokers and shippers actually expect to see. These guides come from the exact issues that cause claims to get disputed, delayed, or written off entirely -- the real free-time and rate differences between customers, the timestamp habits that hold up under scrutiny, and the language that turns a shaky claim into a defensible one.
Whether you're filing your first detention claim or trying to figure out why a broker keeps pushing back on your invoices, start with the guide below that matches where you're stuck.
Every guide here is grounded in the specific, recurring reasons detention and accessorial claims get underpaid, disputed, or ignored -- not generic advice recycled from a general trucking blog. Read one guide or read all six; each stands on its own.
The core insight behind ChargeGuard: free-time and rates are negotiated per relationship, not universal -- plus a free claim-letter template.
What to capture, what to cite, and why claims commonly get rejected or delayed.
A precise, expert-level breakdown of three commonly-confused accessorial charges.
What actually causes disputes, and practical steps to build a more defensible claim.
Real published rate data from the OOIDA Foundation's 2023 Detention Time Survey.
The underlying reasons detention pay goes uncollected in the first place, and what changes when the tracking is automatic.
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