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How much is that four-hour Tuesday worth?

You know the number you want and you know the argument you will have. What is missing is usually a document. Put in the four times you remember and the terms on your rate confirmation, and this page builds the one-page claim letter: what was agreed, what the clock ran, what is attached and what you are asking for. Nothing is stored, nothing is sent, and nothing is hidden behind an email address.

Detention is a contractual term. No regulation makes a shipper pay for waiting — the federal rule most people are told about, 49 CFR part 370, covers loss and damage claims (acknowledge in 30 days, pay, decline or compromise in 120), and it says nothing about detention. Your leverage is the paperwork you already signed. This page is a document generator, not legal advice.

The clock at the door

Leave the appointment and the release blank if you never had them. Free time starts at whichever came later — your appointment or your arrival — and the clock stops at whichever came earlier, your departure or your paperwork release. Both readings cost the carrier a little, and both are harder to refuse than a claim that picks the convenient one.

First appointment Optional, and worth having. Arrived at the door Left the door Released with paperwork Optional, and worth having.

What was agreed

Free hours before detention starts Two hours is what a silent rate confirmation gets charged. Yours probably says two. Rate per hour after that Whatever your confirmation says. This page has no opinion on market rate. Where those terms come from This line is the difference between a claim and an invoice. A claim that cites nothing still goes out — the letter then says the terms were agreed verbally, which is honest and weaker.

Who it goes to

Your name, as it should appear on the letter Who owes it Load or pro number Origin Destination Anything the letter should say in your voice