US Express.. How bad can they get?

Nope. Driver's fault for pulling it. The driver is the captain of the ship and has the final say-so. Period.

Dispatcher should be counseled and perhaps fired. Driver who pulled it through the mountains should be fired.

 

It was mentioned earlier that this driver had 30yrs. experience. Speaks volumes of his quality if he's not made it any further than USxpress in his driving career.

 

Who would get the ticket if he was inspected? Do you think DOT would say "it's not your fault, we are going after US Express"? What would happen to the driver if he was in an accident and after a post accident inspection they found this? Even if they have all the proof that US Express was aware of this, the driver would still be the one responsible for driving the truck. Read the box you check after doing your pretrip and signing... falsifying you logs would be the least of your problems if you get in an accident while pulling this trailer.

No load is worth putting my life or the lives of others in danger.

 

ABSOLUTELY... Just watch a few of those trucking accidents where they kill 7 people including kids because something went wrong on the truck that could of been prevented.. Even a newbie knows peoples lives over a trailer full of stuff isnt worth the risk... Just like a airline crash..we knew there were a few loose rivits.. but we flew it anyways..
duhhhhhhhh... no brainer moment

Sorry driver

 

just left a company that usx owned and couldn't get any miles say nothing about having problems like that! starting out with cheeseman next week and hopefully it's alot better than what i had.

 

Anytime you hook up to a different trailer you need to check the brakes, pull on the trailer brake handle and see if you can move the truck at all if you can brakes need adjusted, if it dont move you know the brakes are ok also getting under it and looking are a good thing to if its not sitting in mud, to many drivers dont know how to adjust brakes and should be taught how to, no brakes on a loaded trailer and your not going to stop at all going at a high speed even at 55 you cant stop, ALWAYS CHECK YOUR BRAKES.

 

I know this thought is just dreaming, but wouldnt a lot of that type of stuff stop if the dispatchers were made to take the same financial risk as the company and driver? as always it the drivers call and his responsibility but if he wont get any work for however long the dispatcher feels like making him sit, hows a guy supposed to feed the family?

 

I used to feel this way. And quit job afer job after job. And get so mad about the fact that I was right and dispatch was wrong.
Trick is, I think it's just part of the progression of bineg a driver, some people well finally say enough is enough and do something about it. I could not find a job to treat me good and pay me well, so i bought a truck and went into it myself. no i answer to noone and no one screws me over. I move a load of cars, I get paid. Repeat process.

Basically you can;t use the excuse, i don't wanna piss off dispatch. if you gotta worry about that, quit!

 

i was with us for 2 mo and went threw 5 dif trucks coz of issues no power no breaks bad turbos u name it and i am still fighting for break down pay. and i ran there 21 days east coast so i could be on 11 west hahaha what a joke 2 mo 250 dollers is all i made with us xpress 2400 miles in 2mos i sent 95% of my time in the shop they dont care about solos teams are there bread and butter they get the new truck. and plus stay away from colton ca tk is the manager there what a ###$ any way sorry for the rant but they really are bad ty u all for ur time

oh one last thing about the breaks on the trl driver u shouldnt have hooked to it but i know us xpress they play dumb i would have said fix it or i quit they dont have hot loads they have drivers they will not takes loads and are lazy lol .... any who ty for ur time hell if u had to hook to it i would have took it to a dot officer and ask for them to look at it