Gave notice & broke down, don't want to abandon the truck, help!

Yep

always just tell them you’re taking a vacation or whatever , drop the truck off at the terminal . Document it by taking photos and clear video inside and out ,

then a few days into your vacation , after you’ve started working at the new place , tell the old one you not coming back

trucking is the most bizarre industry

no other industry would treat their employees this way .

 

Right.
There's usually 2 or 3 big guys surrounding the truck
While you clean it out.
Then they escort you outside the gate and lock it.

They got me once a long time ago,
When I first started.
Never again will I be waiting on a bus at 2am
With all my trucking stuff on the sidewalk.

It's the Internet age,
None of these new drivers should have to go
Through the crap that we did.

 

Well, no word from the OP.
Are they still at the shop? Are they walking along the side of the highway, dragging their belongings behind them? Did the company threaten them with harm if they left?
There are a million stories in the "Naked World of Trucking".
Stay tuned next week for another exciting episode.

 

Well that escalated quickly.

 

Each job? What about each firing or layoff?

 

Yes and No. Last year was mostly no. This year, yes with a huge fee.

We were in the Keys last week with a Tahoe for $600 a week through Enterprise that was booked a year ago.

The tropical storm was coming and there was no way we were flying out of KW or S FL on Saturday so I called Enterprise. It was an $1800 penalty to drive it to the Orlando airport, which I did because we needed to pick our dogs up from the kennel at some point.

The MCO check-in lady was kind enough to knock $100 off after she heard my story.

 

Here’s what I would do, talk to the new company see if they can get you a written letter that says they will over look that abandonment if you decide to leave it at a repair shop.


then document everything that the truck was in the repair shop, lack of response from company for days and you had no choice but to abandon it.


once the new company gives you that written guarantee, then off you go.

 

Just have to laugh about that two week notice... I've driven for way more companies than I care too count , and from what I know is 1- if it's a company you MIGHT use later on in 3-7 years , notice.
If it is not a company you would ever go back too , then you go.
A two week notice is a curtasey , not a legal one.

 

If done correctly it should be ok. Of course that would include removing it for repair and a balance done. They are welded if shortened or lengthen .