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Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by supersnackbar, Oct 26, 2020.

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  1. Apr 10, 2022 #5641
    drvrtech77

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    Too many lazy mofos anymore who don’t care about doing their job…
     
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  3. Apr 10, 2022 #5642
    tallguy66

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    I wonder why they don’t have someone at all hours at every terminal checking in trailers and doing a quick walk around. We would have a lot less PM messages for trailers if every t-called trailer was checked in. However it seems they have one guy during the day at Leonor City doing this, sometimes.
     
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  4. Apr 10, 2022 #5643
    JoeyJunk

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    Ozark did this. Separate tire shop at main terminal in Memphis, not part of maintenance and in complete different building. They would go around to the bobtail section and check tires so they could fix any problems before you left. Would leave permits under your wiper regardless if you had it just to make sure it was given to you.

    Trailer shop also separate from maintenance garage. They would go around and check all the trailers looking for issues. They would also check tires and report to tire shop. I appreciated their system big time.
     
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  5. Apr 10, 2022 #5644
    supersnackbar

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    Moore use to do that too. At Church Hill, half the shop would pile in the service trucks and head to the drop yard and do a complete yard check every morning as far as yearly inspections, tires, conestoga/tarp damage, loaded or empty, etc. The only thing they didn't do is bring the electric test dolly down and check lights. That part was up to the driver when they hooked up to it. In Spring Hill, the shop manager came in an hour before the shop opened and did the same thing.
     
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  7. Apr 10, 2022 #5645
    JoeyJunk

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    Ozark had the best maintenance and shop personnel I ever experienced. It didn’t matter what terminal either. Never got bad attitude. They always fixed EVERYTHING. Someone always answered the phone. After hours road service was good too. Old guy that talked slow, but he was there and answered.

    They did a PM on my APU and changed something because “those tend to go bad at this age”. It was still running fine, but they wanted to be proactive. That blew my mind.
     
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  8. Apr 10, 2022 #5646
    nredfor88

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    My old gig was proactive with trailer maintenance as well. Each of the terminals that had repair facilities would evaluate trailers that came in. Any issues and they’d tag them to queue for repair. I was doing a ton of drop and hook and rarely had any problems with the trailers. Once in a blue moon a tire or maybe a bulb. Drop hooks were a pleasure, not a crapshoot.
     
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  9. Apr 11, 2022 #5647
    supersnackbar

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    Received a message from Risk overnight(I was asleep, but saw it when I got up). They waited until almost midnight my time to message me about some damage on a trailer I dropped on March 31st. Not sure why they waited 10 days, and to message me on a Sunday night at almost midnight. Appearantly someone new noticed that the outside corners of the doors were bent (like 90% of our older trailers are) from drivers(or maybe yard drivers) backing off center into the docks and hitting the dock cushion protectors. I told her that most of our trailers have some sort of damage, but most of the time it isn't hurting the inner seal of the door, so you can't feel any cold coming out. I even mentioned that I am also seeing more and more of the very rear of the side rails getting bent from drivers having issues with these automated transmissions not creeping slow enough when backing in, or surging when you are close to the dock, so instead of a subtle bump, it slams you against the dock. Moore had the same issue with their double drop trailers and the mDrive(which had no creep mode activated). They better not try to take my safety/productivity bonus because I stopped wasting my time reporting every scratch and dent unless it's something serious(because they don't do anything about it) or else this may very well be my last week here, and someone in Deland will need a 55 gal of lube, because I will shove this truck so far up their ###, their 'grill' (as in their front teeth) will literally be a grill with a Freightliner emblem. Hell of a way to get my BP up this early in the week.

    That's all for this rant...back to our regularly scheduled posting.
     
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  10. Apr 11, 2022 #5648
    iraqralph43

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    A 24 / 7 shop would help . .But then again...Creaffer would have to pay mechanics a livable wage....on par with other shops in the area....which at this time they dont.. Screenshot_20220411-071843_Chrome.jpg
     
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  11. Apr 11, 2022 #5649
    nredfor88

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    I take pictures of ever dig on every trailer I pickup, so that I have proof of condition embedded with geo location and date stamp. Then every once in a while delete them after a period of time has passed

    What happened to you is what I fear. Good luck that they don’t push this on you due to some idiot that can’t back.
     
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  12. Apr 11, 2022 #5650
    Winnyf1

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    That is a best in class idea, given how inexpensive data storage is you could even do a quick walk around video.

    When I pick up used machines or I’m required to tarp a load I also take photos/videos just so I have proof, then as you do delete them after the bills are signed.
     
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