SOMEONE said it couldn't be done...

So um you have a record in safety or are you just useing this as a example, cuz any safety supervisor would have done a pretrip on the preloaded trailer becuse as we all know ASSUMEing makes for bad practice and caught the cracked frame. For me I want the guy who is going to do the whole job all the time not just when they see fit.

 

Yup, that's what you do windsmith. If you just latch and go, you have no idea what kind of problems you're pulling - at least until DOT pulls you over for a level I, or you kill someone with your negligence. But you're the trucking expert, so you just keep on calling BS.

 

Sure you would. It takes 10 minutes or less. Aside from the safety aspect, which is important, it's also a matter of CYA with your company. If there is damage to that trailer and you don't catch it, but you're that last guy that pulled it when the company finds it then you are the one that damaged it, no matter if you say otherwise. But if it is recorded and reported then you are in the clear. Not taking 10 minutes to do your job (which is way more than driving the truck), is the sign of a poor employee.

 

I'm thinking somebody needs to leave their ego and arrogance behind when they log in. Just sayin

 

Swapping with another driver is the best time to do a thorough inspection. Just in the last two weeks I've been given a trailer that had a completely flat tire barely holding the bead and a trailer where the ride valve and check valve were shot leaving the crossmembers rubbing against the tires. How you don't realize the trailer is rubbing the tires is beyond me. Oh yeah, forgot about the one that had a brake chamber hanging by the rod, mount broke off the axle. Don't think that because a trailer just went down the road on it's way to you that it went down the road safely.

 

Dirtybob, stop using logic and common sense. You'll give us a bad name.

 

It is? Because I could have sworn that most experts agree the sub-prime mortgage crisis is one of the biggest reasons we have the economy we have today. And while I've heard a bunch of different theories for the cause put forth by a long list of experts with years of experience in the financial sector, I've never heard a single one of them cite P/L and accounting driven management structures as a root cause. Thank god you're here to set the record straight.

And while we're on the subject and since you're obviously so well versed, allow me to pick your brain for a little free investment advice. I'm thinking of picking up some October Facebook puts at 20 or so. Good deal or should I hold off?