Company Owners' stories about drivers

I have only had one driver out of ten that didn't steal, get lost, run over things, tear up equipment, and so forth. And that one driver was local, and he was in my office several times a day.

One came highly recommended. Took five days to get to Ca from NC. Another three days to unload a few stops of furniture, then he ran over the hood of a car making a turn, then another week to get back. Over two weeks to do a seven day run, if you wern't trying very hard.

Two more couldn't make it to Ca without running out of money, no matter how much advance they got. I put the trucks on Ryder fuel program, where they could only get fuel at Ryder shops on credit. They could still spend $600.00 in three days, then call the brokers wanting more advance, or they couldn't deliver the load, as the truck "broke down".

A couple of other drivers got "lost for a few weeks. This was before cell phones, and when the truck left your site, you didn't know where it was. Caught them hauling regional for brokers and pocketing the money. The company I was leased on to was going crazy trying to find them, since they had their trailer. Had this happen a couple of different times.

Don't get me started on selling fuel and dummy fuel and repair tickets.

I could go on with more. I will not ever again own more trucks than I can drive myself, unless one is a spare.

Quallcom is an aggravation to the driver sometimes, but I would never have a driver in one of my OTR trucks again (if I ever lose my mind and buy another one, but who knows) without one, or some kind of tracking system, and possibly an e-log system too.

 

Good stories, I had no idea, really. Explains a lot of mgmt. behavior toward me in the past. ( Condescending ) I always took it personal.
Explains the need for DAC and Q.C. too.

I understand...completely. Wow !

 

I'm enjoying these stories, and have met a few doosies over the span of my 24 year trucking career myself. The sad part of it is, these losers are the ones that seem to standout in the crowd and make those of us that have been truly dedicated employess to the companies that we represent look so bad.

 

Bump. Looking for more reading

 

Chippewa Motor Freight held an annual safety awards dinner in the early 1970s. Employees and their wives traveled to Chicago from Rock Island, Ottawa, and various Wisconsin terminals. An excellent meal was served followed by an entertaining speaker. Finally, safety and years-of-service certificates and pins were awarded by the CEO. I was a new employee and was amazed by the number of men who had worked there for more than 30 years.

Those receiving an award were called by name and made their way to the podium. They shook hands with company officials and the audience applauded. However, one old-timer did not respond when his name was called. Management saw him scowling out there, and asked him again to come up for his award.

The old-timer finally responded: "Mail it to me !!"

 

These are great stories, and as little time as I have behind the wheel, I can DEFINITELY pick out those types when I see em!

I've seen some real "winners" at some truck stops. Usually the ones who are company drivers and are wandering from truck to truck begging for money for fuel.



I've seen some guys get out of their truck to fuel, and when they open the door, all kinds of garbage literally falls out of the drivers door...... think about it.... this crap was in the footwell near the pedals.

I've seen guys that were so sad and smelled so bad, that you knew well that to get into that truck would probably require some sort of hazmat gear. I personally had to clean out an Arrow truck when I worked there (lasted two months). When I picked it up after orientation, there were shoes in it, dirty socks, finger/toenail clippings all over the place, enough dirt to start a small rose garden, porn, some thick syrupy... "stuff" stuck to the floor around the shifter, and get this........ used underwear with the foulest "mud-slide" (skidmark) in it that you can imagine. I found those underwear two days after picking the truck up when I started searching for the source of that **** smell. It was crammed between the bunk and the cabinet on the drivers side. Always smelled it more when I was trying to sleep, now I know why.

Imagine what those folks homes look like?

 

did you really need to inspect the underwear?
as soon as i would have seen them you could be sure they going in the garbage---no inspection needed

 

Ummmmm.... I didn't inspect them, trust me..... it was out there for GOD AND EVERYBODY to see. You couldn't help but to see it. I seriously almost puked.