Decals on Trucks

Just asking,

I pull my own trailer. If you ever figure out precisely what the 2x3 rear door ad pays, post the rate and your contact info. Or PM the details.

 

Several years ago I had a contract hauling regional for a manufactoring company. They had warehouses all over the east coast. One of the salesman wanted their logo's on my trailers, and I agreed:smt102. Then the business owner asked his legal team about it and they said "NO".
Their thoughts were; 1] guilt by association. If I cut a car off on the road, they would associate the logo with the act of poor driving, bad PR. 2] Our competition did not want it known our trucks were delivering to their stores. Yes, they bought from us, but no one knew. 3] Our customers did not want their customers to know where the product came from when I made deliveries directly to a store. We kept our mouths shut when asked.4] An easy target for those who cause wrecks on purpose, seeking lawsuits. If they see a well known logo, they will assume the truck is connected with the logo, and use that truck as the patsy, thinking mucho insurance.Like a bulls-eye, as one lawyer said.5] POSSIBLE liability if in wreck. As it was, we were "at arms length" [ not associated with ] to the shipper. If a truck with the shippers logo were involved in an accident, a lawyer could try to tie the shipper into the wreck,increasing the shippers liability exposure. This was tried once in a court case, just because my driver said we hauled exclusively for this shipper. 5] I do not want ANY special identifying marks on my truck. Makes you unable to fly under the radar.
I have learned to run silent, run deep.:smt015

 

The guy I'm leased to asked me to put his mud flaps on with his company name and phone number printed on them....I said no.

My truck ain't a billboard for him or anyone else...Besides, I don't need some chump in a 4-wheeler calling the number and cryin' to the company that I might be driving too fast or too slow or whatever the moron might be pissed about when he calls in.

Run silent....Deep? I like to run "incognito".

 

Yeah, well, that was what I wanted to say, just wasn't sure how to spell " INCOGNITO".

 

But the only decal I would consider putting on my trailer and I would let them do it free of charge is for some of the children s hospital, camps or foundations.