Possessed Truck

Oh thank God my ghost found someone else to ride with!!! That M.Fer rode with me for two years and I couldn't shake him! Three brand new trucks, all different brands, all in the shop for a solid 8 months!

Good luck man!

 

If the shop is still diagnosing the problem, then they really don't have any way to telling you what is wrong or when it will be repaired, mostly because they simply don't know. Some electrical problems can be beasts to trace if it's not something simple and easy to find.

But yes, I can relate, often communication between different departments are a big hassle with my employer as well, espeically on breakdown issues.

 

Sounds like you are driving a VOLVO. I drove a relatively new 670 for Woodfield and it was equally posessed. Coming into N. Little Rock at night in a driving rain storm, I lost ALL my lights. Luckily the guy in front of me had his radio on and noticed I had lost my headlights. He was nice enough to lead me into the TA and a skateboarder volunteered to run my back door. After 6 grueling hours we found out from another driver that the circuit breakers had rattled out of their sockets. They are located under the cap on the dash by the cup holder. We re-seated the breakers and hit the road again. We didn't get out of NLR and the truck lost the lights again and this time the engine quit completely. We tried for another hour or so and it finally started. The truck did this for a few days even after taking it back to the yard and the mechanics supposedly fixed it.

Magically, the truck straightened out and I had no more trouble with it dying, but the lights still were acting stupid. To this day we don't know what the problem was.

 

Tell us, is this one of those companies that the school tells you you'll only have a shot with them?

 

Its the weekend, don't expect immediate answers or action out of anyone.
Good choice not heading into a big city with it.
Enjoy the restart time.

 

You should have gone onto Atlanta. Then if the truck broke down, they would get you help. By not going on, they may consider you abandoning the load, or refusing your job, both highly DAC-able charges.

Now you sit at the truck stop, do you know how much that'll cost the company??

The "clue is", you may be unemployed real soon, as you could have continued on till it finally broke down.


Geez, 40 stinking miles, or 30 minutes to an hour away????

I hope your bags are packed, and you got a way home.

 

He's getting Swifted.

But seriously, you did the right thing. You DID let them know right? The weekend dispatch at most big companies sucks. If they are in that big of a hurry to get it there they will have someone come get it.

 

But by not continuing on, he is refusing. The weekend dispatch will most certainly mess with him now. When the week day dispatch crew come on, he is so screwed.

Drive on, it WAS NOT a safety issue (ie, not interior lights, no a/c???). The strange sound could have been the "re-gen system" kicking in. But he decides to take matters into his own hands. I do believe he is toast.

 

I beg to differ with you. The engine losing power could very well cause a safety issue if he breaks down and can't get it off the road. I would have done exactly what he did and had the repairs made. I ALWAYS err on the side of safety. The idiot dispatchers don't care about you, your safety or the safety of the general public. All they care about is keep their ###es out of a sling.

I watched a car hit the back of a truck about 2 years ago. The truck broke down on the bridge on the east bound lanes of I 10 in Tucson just a mile or less from I 19. It turns out that the girl driving the car was on the phone and ran into the back of the truck and it killed her. I suppose that if the truck wasn't there she might have died anyway, but I don't want that on my conscience because my truck was broken down there and I could have stopped at the truck stop or at least got off the highway.

I'll take the butt chewing any day and know that I did all I could to keep myself and other drivers as safe as I can. If safety lets them fire me, then I don't need to work for a company who doesn't give a crap about safety.
I don't park on entrance or exit ramps for my 10 either. That is just plain dangerous not to mention STUPID!