Anybody ever just abandon your co. truck?

I heard a similar story on some morons YouTube channel

Haahhaaha

 

Alright Rollin Coal,what's the story why did you abandon the trk?I have never done it although there's been times I wanted to.But I knew there were better days ahead.So I ask for hometime then call my dispatcher and tell them im quitting.I clean trk out and take it back to the terminal.My last otr company was a small company.That was my plan with them also and I thought my boss was ok with that he promised if I deliver a load I can head home clean trk out and he will find me a load back to his yard then pay for a bus ticket home.It didn't turn out that way.Once I got to receiver 6 am got unloaded parked it waited for confirmation for the next load so I thought that was going right by my house.Jason shows up at the receiver shortly after 8 am with another driver and fired me right on the spot.I don't care how angry a company makes me I will never abandone their equipment.

 

yeah i did once in the 80s .
i worked for a guy outa fargo who got pissy with me when i questioned him as to why i hadnt been paid in 3 weeks...he also got pissy with my wife when she went to try to pick up my check .
we ran on cash back then and had about 1200 on me in cash , i was in ft.wayne ind empty with enough fuel to get to st.paul mn .
gettin ugly with my wife was the last straw and i was steamin as i left ft.wayne but as i went along i cooled down enough to decide kickin his ##### probably wasnt a good idea and there were other ways to handle it .
next mornin i rolled into stockmans in so.st paul with the temp around -10 and parked it and shut it off , cleaned it out , locked it up and hid the keys in the reefer and had my new employer pick me up .
i then waited another 2 days before i called him to tell him where his truck was and where the keys were ...he didnt sound inclined to nominate me for driver of the month lol and went out of biz shortly afterwards .
i dont think dac existed back then and wouldnt even consider doin that these days .

 

To me , there isn't an excuse for doing it...not unless theres an obvious safety issue preventing me to take the truck to nearest home terminal , or the companies yard. Now if they refuse to fix a safety problem , I would leave it where it sat. But , anything else to me is wrong. You're an adult , with the capability of knowing right from wrong , it's not hard to just communicate that you're quitting as soon as your epmty , and will be headed to the nearest yard/terminal , or to the home terminal , where you'll turn in the truck , the keys , and remove your belongings. If they decide to cut-off your fuel card , or ability to get fuel , then carry the truck to the nearest PD/Sheriff's office , explain your situation and they'll direct you to a safe place to park the vehicle , most likely some sort of storage facility...cover your bases , document everything.

Remember you don't own that piece of equipment , and you are charged with making sure it's cared for properly.

Abandoning a truck is almost , if not just as low as pulling a 5th wheel pin on someone....no matter what your issue is with a company , or a truck owner. It just ain't done. Folks that stupe that low are to be considered just as bad as the ones they're getting back at by abandoning the truck...If a driver takes part in that kind of behaviour , that driver should be forced to forfeit they're CDL privileges for good.

 

Truck or equipment abandonment, IMHO should not happen with a load, period. The shipper is not your issue your employer is. When you excepted the load you have agreed to deliver the load undamaged.

So when you abandone the load your showing you are not responsible and should not be trusted.

Deliver the load then its between you and your company. Do not destroy your credibility in the process.

Not delivering as promised should keep you from working.

 

I agree to an extent. I probably wouldn't ever leave a truck with a load on it BUT I can not believe the garbage some of you guys have put up with. The first time I didn't get paid by a truck owner on time would be my last day working for him. Some of these so called companies should have all their equipment abandoned at the same time the way they treat drivers.

Way back when I took a job with JB Hunt. I was a dumb kid and didn't know any better as my previous jobs had been pretty much regional and I wanted to expand my horizons. Anyway, I was gone from home for about a month. I finally got home and literally the next day dispatch was calling me to leave again. I said no thank you and found other employment. I have never abandoned a truck but it's probably best I work for myself now because my tolerance for BS has grown much smaller over the past 20 years. I probably wouldn't last 2 weeks at any major carrier these days.

 

got that rite ! dac is the only reason truckstops arnt littered with abandoned trucks .

 

My opinion is: Respect the truck owner, If the truck owner is respectable.