I NEED ADVICE

He's talking about DVIR or work requests, I believe. Meaning, you keep submitting them until they get the hint that you aren't going anywhere in that truck until those discrepancies are fixed. Leaving in a truck with issues like that will ALWAYS come back on the driver for not doing a proper pre-trip.

When I was at my last company, we had a conference call twice a month with a selected bunch of us drivers, plus the President, Safety Director and the Operations Manager. It was for us to bring to the attention of the company any issues we found and to throw out ideas to make things better. One guy got on there and was railing about how he hooked onto a trailer that had just come out of the shop after a service and he got nailed shortly thereafter for a broken brake drum. He was complaining how the shop cost him points and a fine until I pointed out that, no matter what, the driver is always responsible for making sure the equipment is ready. I don't care if you take a taxi to Kenworth to pick up your brand new W900 and then drive it to Great Dane to pick up your brand new trailer, a pre-trip still needs to be done because anything that's amiss with the equipment should be found before driving off and it's on you if it isn't.

 

You may get questioned on the wore out tire but since Ryder takes responsibility I don't see what happen will stop you from future employment.Start applying and hope for the best.

 

+1
Apply everywhere... I'm sure someone will be willing to take a chance on you. Make this your life lesson and learn from it.
Pre-trip, pre-trip, pre-trip...

 

Wooly, I was thinking the same thing but if he didn't do a pre-trip and didn't insist on the defects to be fixed, he would lose. His wc status or a 3p person for a lawsuit is meaningless, he still can.

 

What other defects 'could not be noticeable on a pre-trip?'

You hop in a truck with a worn out tire, no e-brake (jake brake?) and alignment issues (?), fail to sign off on the repairs, yet you still drive 60mph or 3mph on a on ramp and roll a truck over. You better refine your BS story before you bring that to any employer and ask them to put you back into a truck.

 

E brake, what kind 'truck' did you roll?

 

I have a job.

I have never rolled a truck and don't have to worry about ever explaining that to an employer. You do, and your doing a very bad job of it.