Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by JohnBoy, Apr 10, 2013.

  1. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

    9,688
    24,564
    Apr 24, 2009
    Lake Worth, FL.
    0
    Lord I hope not. I can handle a mirror backing falling off, not sure about loosing the ability to steer at 70mph.
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

    9,688
    24,564
    Apr 24, 2009
    Lake Worth, FL.
    0
    My first brand new truck I was assigned here was a ‘14 Freightliner. I was literally loosing parts going down the road. First trip from Richmond yard I didn’t make it 3/4 of a mile to the on-ramp of 95 and a lost the whole bracket and arm for the right side mudflap. It was all down hill from there. I had that truck for 27K miles. This one is doing much better. I now have 44K on it and it’s SLOWLY falling apart.
     
  4. Flatbedder 1966

    Flatbedder 1966 Light Load Member

    247
    150
    Nov 4, 2010
    MS
    0
    Definitely would not be a good outcome. Something tells me that Quality Control is not being performed at that plant. That’s a major issue. That’s definitely something to check on the next pretrip.
     
    Speedy356, Sustanon and JohnBoy Thank this.
  5. Flatbedder 1966

    Flatbedder 1966 Light Load Member

    247
    150
    Nov 4, 2010
    MS
    0
    People don’t take pride in their work anymore. If they did, quality would be top notch. And they build these things so fast that they’re bound to have human error.
     
    MidWest_MacDaddy and JohnBoy Thank this.
  6. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

    9,688
    24,564
    Apr 24, 2009
    Lake Worth, FL.
    0
    Going to do that right now. Just showered snd ate. Time to check this prototype Cascadia out.
     
    dwells40 and Flatbedder 1966 Thank this.
  7. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

    9,688
    24,564
    Apr 24, 2009
    Lake Worth, FL.
    0
    Not just truck building. We see it in everything we do during the course of our day.
     
    Lonesome, 48Packard, Grouch and 2 others Thank this.
  8. Bumper

    Bumper Road Train Member

    4,281
    5,635
    Feb 8, 2008
    Kingsport, Tennessee
    0
    Mine is gone too.
     
    JohnBoy Thanks this.
  9. Grouch

    Grouch Road Train Member

    2,022
    4,067
    Feb 3, 2009
    Between here and eternity
    0
    My son and I were talking along the same line the other day. It goes back to the old saying, "siht rolls down hil". When the managrement at the top has no pride in the way they do their job, this has filtered right down to the "floor sweeper". Even when top wages are paid, we do not see "pride" today. Want proof? Just look how people dress today, no "pride" at all. Take a person on a production line tightening a bolt, the whistle blows for shift change, the person quits when the bolt is "half assed tight"..

    Two words can describe this nation today and probably the world. ' WHO CARES"!
     
  10. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

    9,688
    24,564
    Apr 24, 2009
    Lake Worth, FL.
    0
    Exactly right. I see it here on a daily basis.
    Late loads, lost trailers, poor communication. I always wonder what would happen if a driver rolled over on the morning of delivery and said piss on it, another hour of sleep is more important right now.
     
  11. JustCallMeDriver

    JustCallMeDriver Light Load Member

    139
    295
    May 5, 2021
    0
    I'm pretty sure that if you took pride in your work at these factories, or at more and more workplaces these days like Amazon warehouses, you'd be fired for catching too many mistakes that delay the company mission of shoving as much crap out as fast as possible.
     
    Lonesome, Flatbedder 1966 and JohnBoy Thank this.
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.