Glad I moved over to Poly Trucking

Mev what did you breakdown for the first two times? Just curious of the issues these trucks are having.

 

1)Truck won't start if temp drops into the freezing range (clutch safety switch sticks at cooler temps and prevents starter from activating)
2)Alternator failure
3)Not sure what's going on today , but I'll know soon as the repair guy arrives.

 

Looks like Turbo gave up the ghost ..... kablooey

 

The breakdowns are all over the map with these trucks. I don't personally believe it has much to do with them being Internationals. I'm convinced it's because you little more than trained monkeys maintaining them. Actually, that's an insult to monkeys. I think they'd do a better job, lol.

 

This seals it for me , once at the hotel or motel I'm going to start the hunt for something local in the SE region.
Third times a charm ,poly isn't looking out for me. , so I gotta look out for me.

 

at least they're trained monkeys...they don't fling poo at the drivers as they walk by... and actually it is Internationals...most companies are having issues with these imported pieces of chachkie parts...

 

Ssb Ive got a question for you since you have way more experience than I in this industry. What are options for a company to do, like poly, that went out and bought 200+ lemons lol. I mean obviously they cant just get rid of them so what are ways to deal with the problem. In your opinion?

 

Mine does that as well.

 

Wrecker driver stated he tows Intl. Trucks more than any others.
who wudda thunk it.

 

right now there are numerous class action lawsuits filed by smaller companies seeking damages for the known issues International trucks encountered. The best thing a company like Poly should do is quit buying them and start replacing them with a more quality manufacturer starting with the most problem plagued first. It is cheaper to take a loss on a trade in rather than keep having breakdowns and service failures which end up costing customers. Not to mention the loss of productivity from a broken down truck and an idle driver in a motel. All trucks will have mechanical failures at some point in their service life, but the overwhelming repetitive failures of so many in a fleet this size should be a huge red flag...but they think they're saving money by buying a cheaper truck up front, but it usually ends up biting them in the end (the back end). And what they don't account for in their financial equation is the loss of productive, experienced drivers that leave because of the problematic equipment. Even when I was at Crete I had the same feelings Mev stated when looking for a new company to work for. But after reading a lot of posts on Poly, I thought that maybe it was how Crete had their equipment spec'd that was part of the problem...I guess not since many of Poly's trucks are starting to have the very same issues.