0 inspections on Carrier411(turned down by some brokers)

Bunch of idiots who are lucky to successfully change a tire on TA’s these days. I say crawl under that truck and do your own.

 

Lol come on dave ... Ta dont give a #### about ur equipment no matter what u tell them... The last time I ever used ta i heard the new guy asking another tech for the 6/19 wrench.. I thought to myself i need to get the #### out of here if hes looking for a 6/19 wrench

 

My uncle has had the same issue with some brokers he has dealt with so far since getting his own authority. He still gets loads though from other brokers who don't care that he is new with no inspections. Now, WHEN he does get an inspection...idk. He likes to think he can just unhook his ELD when he wants and drive, or PC home a thousand miles sometimes right after delivering a load. Not the smartest ideal I don't think considering he runs a mighty mouse, aka hotshot.

 

Same here. It seems to be a relatively new thing. Since all the new entrants. They were more willing to do a little research and override the info. when Trucks were scarce. Now it’s policy written in stone.

 

TA/Petro shops are only good as the people they got working in there. There are a few good ones I'd trust, but then that knowledge is out of date after a few months from turnover.

Also noteworthy about the quality of an inspection, that goes both ways. Some guys are in there because they waited till the last minute and need the sticker. They would be totally good with a pencil whipped inspection. Then the one guy in 20 that actually wants things inspected gets the same.

Likewise, I been to a couple that will find things that aren't there in order to pump up sales. In those cases, it pays to know what you're looking at so you don't have to just take their word for it.

Best bet to get a quality annual inspection is avoid locations near big urban centers, especially in the South, and visit during bankers hours. A week day, 9am-5pm (early is better), when the good tech, who gets to dictate his schedule and probably won't be out on a road service call busting some tires, will be on duty.

Shouldn't have to be that way, but it is.

 

That's code for metric crescent wrench.

 

Possibly txt spk for a 6 point 19mm wrench. Because nobody has time for too much words.

 

So what's the price difference between a inspection and a no BS inspection? Not that I would use TA for anything, just curious.

 

Probably, only the price you pay for it.
We do our own annual inspections. Each truck or trailer gets an actual inspection, but we regularly inspect our trucks anyway so it is highly unusual to find anything during a annual. The annual inspection is really just an audit of our routine inspections. All that being said, if I knew for a fact the truck in question was for sure going to get a DOT level 1 inspection in the next day or so, I would do a very thorough annual inspection.

 

I’ve been doing my own for at least the last 5 yrs. Any Level 1 roadside or Scale inspection can be used as an annual inspection. Be prepared to politely educate a DOT Officer on that one. I did once. It’s plain and clearly written in the regs.