Just some of the stupid things I see

Unfortunately companies like that believe the rules are not for them. They have been doing whatever they want for so long and have gotten by. And when I come into contact with them that is exactly what they say. "I've been doing this since 1950 and we did this and we did that and now all of sudden you guys are picking on us." I actually had a construction company owner come up to me earlier this week. This guy has a quarry and quite a few trucks. I would say he was around 80 years old. I had stopped a truck and the truck (not one of his) pulled in front of his business. I'm in the car typing when this older fella walks up to me. He complained that "back in the 60's he would load trucks up as much as they could haul, didn't have this, didn't do that. I don't know why you all (I guess he meant DOT) pick on everyone. I ran and ran all day from before sun up to after sunset and never had an accident. Now you guys don't want no one doing anything."

I understand some things, but this dinosuar is still in the 60's. I have stopped his equipment ( I mean junk) before and found nothing but out of service defects. I stopped one of his dumps on day, the front tires look like a Daytona slick, the floor of the truck had a rust hole so big, I could have put a watermelon through it, and it was directly in front of the pedals. How the driver was driving it I do not know. Steering componets worn out, cracked springs.

I doubt this guy will ever change, he has been caught switching VIN plates on trucks. He had mutilple trucks that were the same year and make, but would only tag 2 of them. So when one would tear up, he'll switch the plates around and keep running. I'm still trying to figure how he has anything. He's declared bankruptcy at least two times that I am aware of. One of the guys I work with told me his uncle worked for him during one of the bankruptcy periods. During that time he said that they dug a hole, wrapped it in plastic, put the trucks, excavators, backhoes in the hole and covered it with dirt. A few months went by, they dug the stuff back up and were in business again with the same equipment, This was the 80's but how the heck do you do that? I guess hiding it from the creditors. I still think he has some of that equipment that he brings on the road. But since I was a kid I had heard this guy was a crook and I have seen how he tries to do whatever he can do to do anything but what he should be. Hopefully CSA will take him out of the business. We get his trucks at least weekly, some days they are good but most days they are out of service. Two weeks ago I had one of his dumps with a broken front spring and the driver was suspended.