No food! No water or bathroom and expected to stay in truck

bluebonn, about that ABS light, each wheel has a sensor that counts vanes as the wheel turns and sends the info to the ABS computer to determine if the wheel is locked up or turning. Alot of times all it takes is running through a mud puddle and dirt flies up on a wheel sensor. Then the computer thinks it's defective and the light comes on. Then the system disables the trailer ABS and you are back to normal brakes until you get it fixed. That could be a dangerous combination on slick roads when the tractor ABS is working and the trailer ABS isn't and you are doing an emergency stop. I'd rather both be not working than just one bad. It will put you into a jack knife easier on slick roads. I'm not saying you can't control it, it just makes conditions worse.

Trailer ABS is one thing I found many shops don't like dealing with unless you have a dedicated trailer mechanic. They either feel it's not important or the last person that dropped the trailer thought it wasn't important. But you seen the DOT thought different. If you feel energetic, you can pop the sensor out and clean it off. Some are bolted on, some have a spring clip. Being company, you probably have to leave it up to the shop.

 

i agree with condo..don't touch anything on the trailer regarding the breaks..they will fire you quicker than you would think.Man i am happy for you bluebonn,i hope they keep up the miles for you and keep you running.i left swift in dec because they didn't like it when i told them i'm not driving with bad tires and to replace them.after that fun little moment(3 days)i wasn't getting miles(1000 a week if lucky)and always sitting and they would never communicate with me after that.The terminal manager,my dm and even Phoenix wouldn't call me back or return messages on the qualcomm.All because 6 of the drives needed replaced and i took photos.they said they were safe and i said no and it's not moving till they are replaced.after 3 days sitting in lancaster for a b service they didn't do they decided to replace my tires.i sent the pics via email to several people in Phoenix and it all was the end of my miles after that.but they made me sit for 6 days in Mcallen tx and that was it.I dropped a load in brownsville from el paso,then had to go hunt my own trailer down because 3 hrs without a response about a trailer was to long.So i went to mcallen to another co's yard(we own them but i forgot the name)and got a trailer after i called and asked if we had any there.My dm said she attached it to me and go get 2 tires on it replaced at the t/a but didn't attach it to me after all.that took about 5 hours to get done.after that i sat at flying j there till i said i'm done.kept sending messages over the qualcomm and no reply.made numerous phone calls to everyone in edwardsville(my home term at time)and not one return call or anything.not even from term manager.it was all recorded and documented.i even had a surprise level 2 inspection on the way to get the trailer,passed with no problems and all swift said was send us the receipts from it.I was never late to pick up or deliver a load,no violations,never turned down a load but i did decline to drive a truck that the drives were coming apart on till they replaced them.Maybe it's just edwardsville,hell i just hope they don't do some of the craziness i have seen to you bud.

 

This is a brief and short telling of part of the crap i went through with swift...:
I paid my own way to get to orientation(recruiter said they couldn't)and that i would be reimbursed which i wasn't.145 mile bus ride to kc from columbia,mo(i lived in fulton) took forever to get there and i was a day early(bus schedule)Was griped at for that by the guy that answered the phone and had to pick me up.Orientation went smooth and was told i would go out for 50hrs with a mentor.Waited 11 more days for a mentor till 1 showed up(glenn).in 1 weeks time on trainers truck they sent messages steadily increasing the time out to 240 hrs.My trainer was pissed and would send messages back asking why they keep changing everything.no reply back to him on it.then when training was done and time for upgrade they tried to say i was short on hours by 66 hrs and short on backs by 10.we both said that it was bs and recounted everything in front of them and they still argued for a couple hrs till they let it go.then dan johnson the fleet manager said they have no trucks available and i would have to wait till a truck came in.Some lease ops that i made friends with called their term managers who called me and gave me lists of trucks,numbers,makes and models available at all the terminals in the country and said dan was messing with me(and more).He didn't like that i had a list of trucks and how i got it so he threatened me and my job in the big conference room in front of my dm.So i opened the door and told him loudly to restate what he just told me in front of everyone else and to include threatening my job.the term manager came and talked to me and then had dan apologize and to explain how there is no trucks when in fact i had proof there was.I sat for 14 days till that happened and then was sent to denver to get my truck.sat there 3 days before they gave me a load to salt lake.after that load is when i discovered how useless my dm was.she gave me a load from salt lake to illinois that was already 5 days late and wanted it there the same day.i called her and told her if i accept it that i would have it there on a certain day and time no less because i am solo and the load is already late.she said ok.then she waited till i was within 70 miles of the drop to tell me that i have to sit on the load till monday morning.and laughed about it and told me thats what i get for being late and hung up.So i called Minneapolis term and not only dropped it there for a shuttle crew but had another load waiting.That's a drop in the bucket of the stuff i went through with her and swift.

 

Well, how about starting your own thread in "bad trucking companies" and tell your whole story rather than hijacking someone else's thread so's ya can b**** all you want?

Do you have another job now, or did Swift sc*** you on that, too?

Just askin.

 

....what a debbie downer.....

This has BY FAR turned from a HORRIFIC THREAD to a TERRIFIC THREAD!!!
Keep the posts coming bluebonn!!

 

Suggestion for future reference. The computer does all that stuff automatically. If you are down to 50 gallons, you should still be able to go at least 200 miles on it. Get out of the city first then send your request for fuel....or call your DM and ask to have your card opened up for fuel at a specific t/s. If you were at one of the T/As in Ontario, go inside and get their Comdata code, give that to your DM when you call to request fuel. Should be able to have your card opened for emergency fuel. 50 gallons (I believe) will get you out the gate without having to pay...or $25 in store/restaurant receipts.

What kind of fuel mileage are you getting with that truck?

There are terminals on your way up I-5...one at Lathrop and one at Willows, both in California. Maybe get your shower at one of them so you don't have to pay for it? Terminal codes for directions: Lathrop-215660, Willows-88653.

 

On the Volvo 670's which side is the cb antenna and which side is the fm/stereo antenna, or is one side both and the other the TV antenna?

 

I gave up on trying to press things that hard....you have to allow for things to go wrong...sux....I had to deliver and be at the next pickup on a tight time frame this morning....yep...rain...mountains... fog... construction...then a fuel stop before going to shipper..lol...they keep my tank full all the time...oh well.. oh course it was a live load, and I knew that ...was 45 minutes late and didn't do a mac 22...still got loaded..hope they don't narc on me...smacro 1 was after load time...we'll see...