Gordon Is a Terrible Place for Female Drivers

I just want to warn others about how Gordon treats female drivers. My driver manager used to say I had "terrible luck" with trucks. No matter what truck they put me in, it would end up in the shop for weeks. I was down as much as driving. Always at the Pacific shop. The maint office people there were truly rude, and after I had had enough (almost 6 months of making no money and being treated like dirt) I complained to HR. (I was heavy haul.)

Big mistake. They had my truck when I complained. It was in for headlight repair and tire/wheel issues. This took 4 days. I picked up the truck and took my 105,000 load south on I5, where in about 15 miles I had a catastrophic loss of brakes. The good news is that I was paying attention and noticed that every time I put my foot on the brakes I lost air, and it did not climb back. I took the next exit - just before the trailer locked up. I had done a brake check before I left the yard. Tow truck got there and fixed it in two minutes. When I asked him what the problem was he said, "Oh, the air hose wasn't fastened. It was just resting up against connection."

I quit immediately.

Just sayin.........

 

No, it was the line coming out of the compressor under the hood. When I looked at it pretrip it looked fine but it was just resting there. It had been unscrewed.