Western Express what a Joke

Discussion in 'Western Express' started by goose617, Jul 12, 2011.

  1. Meltom

    Meltom Road Train Member

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    He's making the driver shortage a reality
     
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  3. ronin

    ronin Road Train Member

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    Unfortunately, yes.
     
  4. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    As you can see...and this a rare occasion here on TTR...it seems there is complete agreement on my initial call....truck abandonment is very serious, especially with a loaded trailer.....we all forgot to include that!

    I wonder how much is missing or how much is left on that trailer...and it won't matter what the commodity is...something or all will come up missing if the company can find a better price or someone to take the goods at a discount then claim an insurance (profit)loss! And guess who gets blamed........
     
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  5. Meltom

    Meltom Road Train Member

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    Typically this is where we would throw in our politics and say something ridiculous. That's who gets blamed right? Or maybe the former driver that left a load unattened and then shared the location on a public forum.
     
  6. Malerose

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    1. Truck Abandonment
    2. Quit with out notice
    3. Quit under load

    3 strikes ....... herm .... I think he's out.
     
  7. canuck in da truck

    canuck in da truck Road Train Member

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    soooooo what is in the trailer?-----any big screens???? hmmm i do need a new lawn mower---you might as well sell the stuff outta the trailer--might be the only money you make for awhile
     
  8. goose617

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    Actually its empty dumb ### and just to let you know I'm already working.
     
  9. goodchoice10

    goodchoice10 Heavy Load Member

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    While I was chastised for my previous comment, allow me to re-phrase.

    As always there has got to be more to this story. Responsible/reasonable people do not make decisions like this, tell others about it and expect them to believe it, do they?

    I see this scenario where I work, it happens quite often actually. At first I didn't understand, then I went to one of our terminals, interacted with some of our "special" employees.........it all became so clear :biggrin_2554:

    be afraid of the bad man.......he's gonna get ya, look how he got me.......lol
     
  10. Meltom

    Meltom Road Train Member

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    we've hired people and then after they are working for us for a few weeks and we find out that they abandoned their equipment at their last job we usually route them to corporate and term them.
     
  11. goose617

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    Whats funny is I'm being bashed by a bunch of poorly educated people that trucking is the only thing they can qualify for . There for you are abused by the companies you work for and if they put you in the position where you have to do something illegal you do because they know they have you by the balls. I'm not bashing truckers my old man was a trucker his whole life i Grew up around It . I was recently laid off from the Florida department of Transportation Commercial Carrier Compliance. Yes I may have written some of you tickets. The bottom line to my post is Western Express forced me in to a corner and I have photos of the qualcomm messages. I was told I can either drive the truck or I can park it at the truck stop and go home those were their exact words. Seeing the results of trucks running down the road with faulty equipment I choose to park the truck . No company will have me by the balls . I will not put my life in jeopardy or anybody Else's. Think about it i bet everyone of you have family's driving on the road somewhere in the United States how do you feel knowing there is a 18 wheeler right behind them with bad brakes. The company I went to work for saw the photos of the messages along with photos of the brakes and they said thats not the first time they have seen that from Western Express. So if you idiots want to keep bashing go ahead . Be safe out there and I'll see you on the road hopefully as a driver and not back as a D.O.T. officer because I will not be as nice back in Blue.
     
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