FOR OWNER-OPERATORS & SMALL FLEETS
Stop working for free at the dock. Get paid what you're owed.
GetDockPay tracks your dock time, calculates your detention pay, and sends the claim — so the money actually lands.
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Most drivers lose $200–$500 every week in unpaid detention.
Detention is quietly draining your paycheck
Every hour you sit waiting at a shipper or receiver past your free-time window is money you've earned. Most of it never gets claimed — because it never gets documented.
Five hours at the dock. Three of them billable. None of them documented.
That gap is the whole problem — and the whole product.Get paid in 3 steps
GetDockPay turns your wait time into a documented, defensible claim — in seconds, right from the cab.
Log your stop
Record your arrival, dock-in time, and delays in seconds. Every minute is timestamped, giving you rock-solid proof of detention.
Create your claim
GetDockPay calculates exactly what you're owed based on your free-time window and hourly detention rate — no math, no guesswork.
Send & get paid
Send your claim to your broker or carrier and track it until you get paid. No more claims slipping through the cracks.
See it in action
Real footage from the app — this is exactly what it looks like in the cab.
1Log your stop
GPS grabs the facility. Tap to timestamp arrival, dock-in, and departure.
2See what you're owed
Your dashboard shows detention owed, hours waiting, and every claimable stop.
3Send & get paid
Proof package auto-built. Send the claim by email or text in one tap.
Two scores. One decision: take it, or pass
Every stop and every claim filed through GetDockPay feeds two community scores — built from real drivers, not press releases.
Dock Score will you sit?
How long drivers actually wait at that facility — and how often it blows past your free time.
- <2hIn and out — free time rarely breached. Book it without padding your day.
- 2–4hPlan for detention — start documenting the minute you pull in.
- 4h+This dock eats your day — price the wait into the load, or pass on it.
Broker Pay Score will you get paid?
The broker on your rate confirmation is who owes you detention — not the dock. This is their track record on actually paying it.
- 80%+Good payers — claims paid, and paid fast. See their average days to pay.
- 50–70%Mixed payers — get detention terms in writing before you roll.
- <50%Poor payers — they will fight the bill. Price the load accordingly, or skip it.
Claims filed, average days to pay, percent actually paid — the numbers brokers hope you never compare notes on.
Why drivers use GetDockPay
Built by people who understand that documentation is the difference between getting paid and working for free.
Timestamped proof
Automatic records of arrival, dock-in, and dock-out that stand up when a broker pushes back on your claim.
Instant detention math
Enter your rate once and GetDockPay calculates exactly what you're owed the moment free time runs out.
Claims that get approved
Clean, complete claim packages that address the number one reason detention pay gets denied: missing documentation.
Track every dollar
See which claims are pending, paid, or overdue so nothing you're owed gets forgotten.
One-Tap Detention Collection
Other apps stop at tracking your time. GetDockPay runs the whole collection process — from the dock to the money in your account.
One tap at the dock
GPS grabs the facility, timestamps lock in your arrival, dock-in, and departure. Your proof starts building itself.
Your claim builds itself
Free-time window, hourly rate, billable minutes — calculated automatically. No math, no spreadsheets, no guessing.
Proof package sent in seconds
Timestamped log, GPS coordinates, BOL, and photos assembled into one claim your broker can't wave off. Sent by email or text.
Automatic follow-up
Every claim is tracked from submitted to paid. No response? Follow-ups fire on schedule so nothing slips through the cracks.
Escalation that has teethPremium
Still unpaid? A structured escalation ladder turns up the pressure step by step — all the way to legal demand documents.
Money in your account
Claim marked paid, and it feeds your tax report automatically. That's the whole point.
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Detention pay questions, answered
Straight answers to what truck drivers ask about detention time and getting paid.
What is detention pay for truck drivers?
Detention pay is money you're owed for time spent waiting at a shipper or receiver beyond a set free-time window, usually two hours. It is billed to whoever is on your rate confirmation — on a brokered load, that is the broker, not the facility that made you wait. Most contracts pay detention at an hourly rate — commonly $50 to $75 per hour — once free time runs out. GetDockPay tracks that time automatically so you can prove and claim what you're owed.
When does detention time start?
Detention typically starts after a standard two-hour free-time window at a shipper or receiver, though grace periods range from one to four hours depending on the facility and your rate confirmation. GetDockPay timestamps your arrival and dock time so the exact moment detention begins is documented.
How much detention pay am I owed?
Detention rates aren't standardized. They typically run $50 to $75 per hour and can reach $125 or more per hour for specialized or hazmat loads, depending on your contract. GetDockPay calculates the exact amount based on your free-time window, your hourly rate, and the detention time it recorded.
Why do detention claims get denied?
The number one reason detention claims are denied is insufficient documentation. About 94.5% of fleets charge detention fees, yet fewer than half of those invoices get paid. Timestamped records of arrival, dock-in, dock-out, and a signed bill of lading are what get claims approved — exactly what GetDockPay produces.
How much money do drivers lose to detention?
The U.S. Department of Transportation estimated detention cuts truck driver pay by roughly $1.1 to $1.3 billion a year — an average of about $1,281 to $1,534 per driver annually. Many owner-operators lose $200 to $500 every single week in unpaid detention. GetDockPay is built to help you recover that money.
Who actually pays detention — the shipper or the broker?
On a brokered load, the broker pays. Your contract is the rate confirmation, and it is between you and the broker — the shipper or receiver that made you wait has no agreement with you. The broker may recover the cost from their customer afterward, but that is their business, not yours. If you are leased to a carrier, the carrier pays you; if you haul under a direct shipper contract, the shipper pays. The rule that covers every case: whoever is on the rate confirmation is who owes you. That is also why getting detention terms in writing before you roll matters so much.
What is a Dock Score and a Broker Pay Score?
They are two community scores built from real drivers' stops and claims. The Dock Score tells you whether you will sit at a facility — average wait time and how often it runs past your free-time window. The Broker Pay Score tells you whether you will actually get paid — the percentage of detention claims that broker pays, their average days to pay, and their denial rate. The dock costs you time; the broker owes you money, so GetDockPay scores them separately.
Who is GetDockPay for?
GetDockPay is built for owner-operators and small-fleet truck drivers who wait at docks and want a fast, reliable way to track detention time and file claims that actually get paid.
You already did the waiting. The only question is whether you get paid for it.
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