(a) This item applies only to vehicles which have been ordered or used to transport shipments subject to LTL               and truckload rates.

       (b) This item applies only when vehicles are delayed or detained at the premises for pickup or delivery and only              when such delay or detention is not attributable to the carrier.

       (c) Free time for each vehicle will be as provided in Section 3.  After the expiration of free time, charges will be               assessed as provided in Section 4.

       (d) The detention charges due the carrier will be assessed against the consignor when freight terms are prepaid               and against the consignee when freight terms are collect.  When detention charges are attributable to others               who are not parties to the Bill of Lading, the party responsible for the payment of the freight charges will be                held responsible for any accrued detention charges.

       (e) When carrier's employee assists in loading, unloading, or checking the freight, this item will apply whether or               not the power unit is actually detained.

       (f) Nothing in this item shall require a carrier to pick up or deliver freight at hours other than carrier's normal              business hours.  This shall not be construed to restrict a carrier's ability to accept pickup and delivery              schedules at hours other than its normal business hours.

(a) Commencement and terminations:

           1. The time per vehicle shall begin to run upon actual notification by carrier's employee to a                responsible representative of consignor, consignee, or other designated party at the premises                 of pickup or delivery of the arrival of the vehicle for loading or unloading.  Upon such notification,                the responsible representative of  consignor, consignee, or other designated party may enter                the time of arrival onto the carrier's detention record.  If the representative refuses to enter the                time, the carrier's employee will enter the time and it will be binding upon each party.

           2. Time shall end upon completion of loading or unloading except as provided for in paragraph (c)                of this section. Upon such completion, a responsible representative of consignor, consignee, or                other designated party may enter the time of completion onto the carrier's detention record.  If                the representative refuses to enter the time, then carrier's employee will enter the time and it                will be binding.

(b) Prearranged scheduling:

1. Upon reasonable request of consignor, consignee, or others designated by them, carrier     will, without additional charge, enter into a prearranged schedule for arrival of the vehicle     for loading or unloading.

          2. When the carrier enters into a prearranged schedule with consignor, consignee, or others               designated by them for the arrival of the vehicle for loading or unloading and carrier is unable for               any reason to maintain such schedule, then carrier and consignor, consignee, or other party               designated by them have the option to agree to a mutually convenient and prompt alternative               arrival time.

          3. If carrier's vehicle arrives prior to scheduled time, time shall begin to run from the scheduled time              or actual time loading or unloading commences, whichever is earlier.

(c) Conditions governing the computation of time:

                    1. Computations of time are subject to and are to be made within the normal business hours at the                         designated place of pickup or delivery.  If carrier is permitted to work beyond this period, such working                         time shall also be included. 

                   2. When loading or unloading is not completed at the end of the normal business hours at the designated                        place,consignor, consignee, or other party designated by them shall have the option:

                            (i) to request that the vehicle without power remain at its premises subject to the provisions in                             Section 4; or

                            (ii) to request that the vehicle with power be returned to carrier without being subject to charges for                             storage or redelivery so long as free time has not yet expired.  When the vehicle is returned for                             completion of loading or unloading the computation of any remaining free time will resume.  If free                             time has expired and detention has begun to accrue, storage or redelivery charges as may                             otherwise be provided will be assessed. 

                3. When carrier's employee interrupts loading or unloading by taking of any normal nonworking periods, any                     such time will be excluded from the computation of free time, or will be excluded from the computation of                     time in excess of free time.

(a) Free time shall be computed as follows:

Actual Weight in Pounds per Vehicle stop                                   Free Time in minutes per vehicle stop

 

	Less than 5,000	30
	5,000 but less than 10,000	60
	10,000 but less than 20,000	90
	Over 20,000	120

 

(b) When a truckload shipment or one or more less-than-truckload (LTL) or any quantity (AQ) shipments are loaded on one vehicle at the premises of consignor or when a truckload shipment or one or more LTL or AQ shipments are unloaded from one vehicle at the premises of the consignee or other designated party, the combined weight will be used to determine free time, in all other instances the individual shipment weight will be used.