R.I.P. Driver

Probably do like a house. Cut out the bad parts. Disinfectant and replace removed parts. Find the next owner.

 

tow it

leave the doors open for a long time

deodorize it

enter the cab, wearing a hazmat suit

strip out the body fluids destroyed interior, like the carpeting, bedding.

do a full cleaning with a power spray

do a cleaning with spray bottles and rags.

install all new items, to replace the damaged one.

assign to another driver.

with the prices of used trucks, and new trucks, the cost of towing, cleaning, replacing parts, it'll be worth it.

at a company i applied to (but never hired on) in the yard was a rather new rig at that time. the driver died, and another driver for the company had to recover it.

as i explained above, and it was back on the road in a few weeks.

glad i did not hire on...it coulda been mine......

 

You think it would decompose that quickly, especially in winter time? IDK...

 

If the truck idled for a couple of days with the heater on? Very probably.

 

there are cleaning services for this: it’s expensive and specialized: but available… then, the truck will be moved… I think

 

Ya, looks like your right.

 

I was just kinda curious. A few years back we had a water truck driver go into cardiac arrest and die in the truck. He was only dead for a couple of hours before somebody found him but in the act of dying he'd of course defecated and urinated. The guys got him out of the truck and as soon as the tribal police signed off on everything they hauled him to town and to a mortuary in the back of a pickup.
In the meantime the guys on the job dumped a bottle of Joy on the seats and floorboards, let it sit, hosed it down, did it again and called it good.
Some of the American Indian crew wouldn't drive the truck until it had a cleansing ceremony but one of the non-native guys drove it the rest of the day and in time it was just another truck. LOL...the older guys still wouldn't drive it though.

 

Dove in a few, towed in a few. Pretty ruff, but still had a job to do.

 

Years ago where I worked a driver died at Gary TA.
They got the dead driver out through sleeper door of Peterbilt, mattress and all, soaked most of the ick.
Company sent another guy up, retrieved truck, after other guy had died, and swelled and busted, dude had to go unload, then they reloaded him back to Little Rock, brought load back to yard.
Dude had to sleep across seats.

they aired truck out for 2 weeks, changed upholstery and truck still stank.
No one would drive it, company of 150 trucks, they sold that truck cause everyone knew and refused to drive it, Howard trucking of Newport,(closed in 09-10) truck 437, 05 red Peterbilt with black fenders