constant breakdowns

Eventually it stops being a truck issue and becomes a driver issue.

 

Assuming your son is new to trucking: Companies fear giving a brand new truck to an inexperienced driver. New drivers in general will receive older equipment that is getting ready to be traded in for a new truck. Those new drivers will also bang & ding the equipment up as they slowly adjust to operating a combination vehicles increased height, length and blind spots. Reassure your son to Grin & Bear thru this period, run the miles, log & drive the truck safely...he'll get a newer truck probably within 18mos, that is 3-4 years old.

Brand new equipment will normally go to people like myself...million milers, (recognized safe drivers).

 

That is only half right. These new trucks have so much crap on them that not everything that breaks can be the drivers fault. The DEF/DPF systems on the trucks will malfunction on its own and has nothing to due with the driver. Nowadays trucks are just cookie cutter trucks with no real QC throughout the build. Its hurry up put it together cause we need 100 trucks by tomorrow.

When these crap uselese systems malfunction, noone really knows 100% how to fix them. So, they throw parts at it and the clear the codes and send on your way. Then a few thousand miles down the road, they same system malfunctions again and now you back at a different shop that does the same thing. So, depending on the issue;, it may not be a driver issues, but a truck issue.

 

I tend to agree with this

 

That's what I'm experiencing with my current truck. Everytime I turn around, the darned thing is back in the shop AGAIN!!! Another issue can also be the quality of shop doing the work. Some companies have...shall we say somewhat less than competent individuals working in their shops? And there are outside shops that can have multiple failings in terms of workmanship and honesty, just like in the non trucking world.

 

umm still in a 2015 eh? I'm in the same 2013 that I was issued as used when I transfered to this account last year. so hes lucky with a low mileage truck. new or 20 yrs old dont matter. trucks come with bugs sometimes. takes a bit to work em out.

cpap deal is an issue thats seems unresolvable. use truck power to run the machine. that inverter really should be hard wired. but sni wont. good news is, if he keeps it upright and hasva goodvrelationship with his boss he can at some point be assigned a new one. they now have 1500 watt inverters factory installed.

bunk heater is not working right? it may be his doing in part. if you dont manually shut it off and wait a few before turning key to on then it will malfunction.

what about the seat thats broken? or was.

and what was the deal with the brakes?

except for the brakes none if those issues put a truck out of service. so therefore not broke down.

as a driver I need to articulate as clear and as detailed as possible to the mechanics what I think is wrong. If they can replicate it, great. if they cant and dont see anything out of whack then their hands are largely tied. like us the mechs have their own policies to work under.


in my time here I found that I need to work with what the truck dictates, not the other way around. much easier to do the work and a #### sight less stressful.

 

Bless the boy for dealing with the issues

 

Most are non dot relatable. So he shouldn't be park waiting it to be fix, he should keep going and drop it in the yard when he goes home. Let them fix it while he sit at home not at a hotel.

For example my apu isn't working right and can't keep cool with this hot summer. But I came from schneider so I know how to deal with it until I have time to get it fix without wasting my work time.

 

I would venture to guess that some of the break downs are dpf related. Pre trip wont help on that!