Am I Being To Picky?

Take it easy spacetrucker88 he is still employed here and will tell you the name of this crappy company at the end of the week as he is leaving. Just hold your horses..

 

maybe so forgive me I should be ashamed of myself

 

Should be and is are two different things.

 

I got written up for an ABS light being on when going through a scale in VA. After reviewing the regulations, I found that an ABS light that is 'on' continuously is working properly. And the regulations only require that the light be working properly. The only regulation regarding proper operation of the trailer ABS is at the time of annual inspection, according to the regulations.

I submitted a Data-Q challenge to the violation, and within two days I was notified that it had been removed from the inspection record.

So, leaking wheel seals put the trailer OOS, ABS light on, get it repaired at next opportunity.

If this were me, and the company was giving me that much hassle, I'd have filled out a DVIR noting the defects on the trailer when I stopped for the day and submitted that DVIR to the company. The trailer would not have moved until those items were fixed. Would they retaliate? Probably. But a driver has legal recourse against the company for any retaliatory behavior.

I really encourage you to report the company's maintenance shortfalls to the Feds. These companies can run cheap and drive the rates down because they're cutting corners which makes it difficult for those who are doing things the right way.

 

you did the right thing and no you were not being to picky. hope you made more money in the fight game than i did. 20 an 2 record most money i ever got was 50,000 and wound up with about 25,000 after everybody was payed off. keep our left hand up and keep on trucking

 

If the seals were just seeping, it is not going to hurt anything. If they are leaking a little, run it and when they heat up they will expand and seal off the leak. If you look around the wheel/brake drum and there is oil splattered everywhere, then you have a problem. As far as the ABS light goes, they mess up all of the time. We have had multiple trucks/trailers that we have had to replace the ENTIRE ABS system and the light still stays on. When I say entire, I mean ABS valve, TCS module, all ABS wheel sensors, and the ABS ecm. We would even send them to Volvo (probably the problem) and they couldn't get the light to go off. With that being said, I don't really give the ABS light much attention. And, believe it or not, the ABS light problem can be caused by your pigtail. A lot of pigtails are not set up for ABS if they are older/cheap pig tails. Thats why we started buying a 200ft roll of pre-wired ABS pigtail wire and started building our own.

 

You did exactly what you should have done..... they are just being idiots

 

No cookies & milk for you tonight!!!!

 

Santa's in town? Didnt realize it was christmas already