Hey newbies! Pay Attention!

I realize that company policies differ, but is it at all common for companies to have "non-smoking" trucks, kind of like requesting a "non-smoking" room in a hotel?

 

In this instance, it was a "newbie". But should be noted, I have recovered many of a truck in my time in this game. And it is from the newest driver to the oldest hand, have seen some pretty trashed out trucks, literally, trash piled in the sleeper to the edge of the bunk. Fairings bent, skirts smashed, bumpers smashed. Everybody should have a bit of respect for the equipment they are issued. With the amount of time spent in the truck, often wonder what the drivers house would look like.

 

I agree it is not a newbie problem. Alot of driver experienced or not are pigs. As far as how to leave equipment, I see nothing wrong with leaving the equipment in the yard, the qualcomm message may have very well back up a conversation with a driver manager. It may have been very smart to document the termination in writting, this way it is always available from qualcomm archives. As far as where he left the load, there yard seems like a very secure place to me.

If they are going to terminate you, are they going to consider whats best for you or whats best them. Its not like he left it on the side of the road.

With FFE you dont know that could be a accullmanition of damage from multiple drivers. And keepin mind the company should have cleaned and detailed that out before reissuing that tractor to another driver. So you already know that they think very little of there drivers or they would have cleaned and repaired that piece of junk before giving it to you. I would not have exceppeted a piece of equipment in that condition. I would walk away, and this actually gives me more cudos to the driver that left it than the one who acceppted it.

 

The ones I have worked for generally do not. But I will not drive a truck that someone has been smoking in. I let them know up front befroe they hire me.

 

When I started with Swift, I was assigned a Freightliner, that was so dirty inside and out that I refused to get into it.. My wife was with me at the time I looked at it. I told the training dm, that if this is the best that Swift can do, then I'm out of here..

My local truck gets dirty all the time, because of the job I do, but I keep it clean and smelling good. I have seen plenty of drivers trash their trucks, even some with many yrs of driving under their belt.. It is not always a new driver problem, but a hygiene problem. Once a pig always a pig.

 

For sure i would request a new matress for sanitary reason, who knows what the heck the previous driver(s) did before... do i need to say what i think of??

So far i'm a maniac concerning keeping my car clean, my wife forget often her thrash in my car and i'm always telling her to pick it up. When i drive long distance, i keep some grocery bags to use as thrash bag and toss it at the next stop.

Every week i clean the inside, vaccum the floor, armor all the dash board...

so i bet once i'll have my truck it would be the same and more since i'll be kind of living in... Even if the truck is clean... i would sanitize the whole thing, it's like moving in a new appartment or house...

 

The point is that you should have never seen that truck in that condition, and certainly not been the one to have to clean it up. I dont give cudos for being a pig, however I see nothing wrong with dropping it in there yard, loaded or not. This crap of cant quit under a load is pure BS to keep drivers subserviant. If its turned in, not damaged and at a companies yard, you know they were notified as you read the qualcomm. If they are going to terminate you they wont care if your under load or not. Like I said there is no excuse for being a pig, or for them not detailing and repairing the truck before you ever saw it. Now combing that with instant payroll mistakes, this just confirms how they really feel regarding there driver. Just keep your eyes open. Good Luck with them.