Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Big green garbage cans (parked on the road and next to large bushes)....they'll jump right out at you, lol.

 

Daimler ditched the Chrysler part of the enterprise in 2008. Daimler (aka Mercedes) bought Freightliner back in the 80s and Detroit Diesel sometime around 2000.

 

well, the plane crashed apparantley

back story: The light has been out over the stairs to the main entrance to the warehouse for weeks, and I, being the shy withdrawn type ##### about it every day. I say to the night super the other day "what's it going to take some receiving driver to come and fall down and sue for a million bucks?" And the night super says "yeah, this is MBM we don't do anything until the plane crashes.

more back story: we slip seat, so you never know what truck and what trailer you are going to get, it's rarely if ever the same one.

So, running my usual route (th/fri/sat morn) and I get a call on my to my last stop from my boss's boss. "hey, where are you?" (now this question kills me, you have TWO separate system tracking where the truck is, why do you even ask me that?). I tell him, between Tucumcari and Santa Rosa NM. He says "are you in truck 123456?" I check the paperwork and yes indeedy, I am in truck 123456. He says "you need to go back to Albuquerque and trade it out, that truck was supposed to be red tagged"

Hmmm, this is actually one of the better trucks I've had lately (the trailer is a POS, but the truck isn't bad). Why?

Turns out this truck got inspected, got 47 CSA points against it. (that's right FORTY SEVEN) and while none were OOS, they let you finish the run and then you go get it fixed. They didn't get it fixed, they didn't red tag it, and they didn't put it out of service, they dispatched it to me. And of course, if you do get pulled into a scale, you are OOS and they are pissed and more points apply. Corporate is at the terminal, Ryder corporate (trucks and trailers are all ryders and ryder as I'm sure you have heard me complain isn't doing much, every single truck would fail a portable roadside) is at the terminal and things have hit the fan.

So, after a bunch they bring me a new rental truck on a wrecker and take the old one back to the Ryder in Albuquerque. (you know, same truck I've been driving for 800 miles). On the plus side the new one does 72mph!!!!!!!!!!! woohoo.

I get back to the yard today and there must be 50 ryder mechanics and they are pulling ALL the trucks and trailers out along the road and the crews are just working their way thru each truck and trailer. (about #### time!). Because, obviously the plane crashed and NOW we can fix it.

Monday should be interesting.

 

Well where I'm at we have Ryder "maintenance" as well. And the plane has *not* crashed here yet.