Driver responsibility with the cleanliness of issued trucks?

To be honest with you, I haven't read ANY of the responses here.I simply read what you posted.

I understand that you are spending a lot of money on your trucks.
If you want them to stay as "pristine" as you would like, then I suggest you pare your fleet down to one truck, that you, and ONLY you, drive.
UNLESS, you are willing to PAY your drivers to spend ONE ENTIRE DAY, each week, to wash/wax/polish/detail the exterior and interior of the truck.

And to NEVER allow your drivers to have ANYTHING INSIDE your truck, that YOU ask them to consider their "home-away-from-home", is just selfish, on your part.

Consider this, please...

You are hired to drive this great truck.
It has a fridge, a space for microwave.
You are paid X amount per mile.
You are ALWAYS pressed for time...can seldom stop for meals..or showers.
HAVE to stop for fuel.
All of these "amenities" on the truck, you get deducted from your settlement.
And THEN, you are asked to pay, out of pocket, truck washes, trailer washes, detailing outside of the truck, polishing, etc.

All I have to say to you, mister, is ....do you have ANY employees????


Of COURSE, what you are asking is TOO MUCH!!!!

JMHO
Judi Kay

 

NEVER post in a thread without READING it first! You embarass yourself and waste other's time.

 

I'd fire Simplyred in 2 seconds if she brought my $150,000.00 worth of equipment in, filthy and trash in the cab. You're full of it. I leased to Watkins-Shepard and I never had a dirty truck, running Baltimore to Seattle. I washed it every week, and kept it waxed and carried a Corvette Vacuum that plugged into the generator. What do you do when yo are on those fuel stops where it takes 2o min to get to the J's fuel pumps. Never mind , I don't want to know.There are a lot of pigs living on the road and they can't seem to clean up after themselves even with 2 days off sitting on their butts. The truth, is we sold a Peterbilt right out from under a driver because he came in and the interior looked like someone had run up the walls. Too busy MY! MY! You had better go to work for Yellow.

 

If a person bags it in the plastic grocery bags and puts it in the trash whilst fueling its really easy.

 

TEN DASH FOUR!

Back in the day, drove for a small company that ran triple digit W9s. In those days, the large cars drove mainly at night. Empty out in the morning and reload, catch some Zzzzs and wait for the sun to set and the road to cool down. We would do the late afternoon ritual of polishing the chrome up, and rubbing down the trucks.

Right at sunset, we would get on the bigroad and start easing through the gears. When the traffic thinned out and all the slow trucks would cram into the truckstops to Rambo-fight and trash around, we would hammer on the gas and wouldnt let up til the sun started coming up.

Noone knew your real name, everyone knew you by your handle and the truck you drove. You had to have the largecar looking good...it was your calling card. I know some of you dont really understand that since your entire career has been in a fleet truck, but thats okay, you dont have to understand.