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Diesel in DEF tank

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by tonakis, Mar 13, 2014.

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  1. Mar 25, 2014 #301
    tonakis

    tonakis Light Load Member

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    They who, Freightliner or Werner?

    I can't be sure about Werner, but Freightliner took 7 days to look at the truck. They were busy (or so I was told).

     
    tonakis, Mar 25, 2014
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  3. Mar 25, 2014 #302
    EverywhereMan

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    I needed service at a Peterbilt dealership in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan last summer and the earliest they could have looked at the truck was one week from the date I showed up without an appointment. I don't know what it's like over there but if it seems really busy I wouldn't worry about Werner "playing you" or letting you go. Obviously they want the truck back on the road making money, I highly doubt they'd be keeping a truck off the road just to prove some kind of point.
     
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  4. Mar 25, 2014 #303
    Cat sdp

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    Werner.......



    and the dealer was probably told there was no rush for the truck....
     
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  5. Mar 25, 2014 #304
    tonakis

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    I see what you are saying, it just doesn't make any sense - why would they do that? Like Everywhereman said above your post, it wouldn't make financial sense for the company, for the fleet mgr (he gets paid from drivers' performances), and for me of course. And why, just to make me feel bad? I think the problem is that when a company is so big, communication has to go through numerous channels, people, phone calls, emails... All this beaurocracy messes it up and slows it down big time.

     
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  7. Mar 25, 2014 #305
    tonakis

    tonakis Light Load Member

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    Cat sdp: now you can say you have seen someone waiting for more than 7-8 days :)
     
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  8. Mar 25, 2014 #306
    Cat sdp

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    Maybe your right......


    side note .... I've heard of a new guy filling a hyd tank with diesel long before def came along. And the hyd tank was clearly marked....
     
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  9. Mar 25, 2014 #307
    Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    Man, depending on where you are, that's the deal. I called a freightliner dealership on a saturday and told them I was broke down at a rest stop about 10 miles away......they said they could get to it on wednesday...no lie
     
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  10. Mar 25, 2014 #308
    WitchingHour

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    I've seen that happen a couple times, as well.
     
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  11. Mar 25, 2014 #309
    CrappieJunkie

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    Tonakis maybe Werner told them no rush to find someway of canning your butt.
     
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  12. Mar 25, 2014 #310
    WitchingHour

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    I think the costs of a financed power unit not running would far outweigh anything gained by "caning his butt".
     
    WitchingHour, Mar 25, 2014
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