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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;x1Heavy, post: 8327053, member: 178676&quot;]When I was running Milk, we were a fairly farm country type outfit with people to match. And once someone in the company get a thinking about you good or bad, nothing will ever change it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once went through a stack of papers on the Mack after it had some fairly big time brake work done on it. (Remember it never had a air dryer like most all trucks have today) requiring the tanks to be drained every night after being put away for the night.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem was the training. They trained me on loading, unloading, weighing and grading the milk prior to loading and so on so forth etc. But that Mack was my first truck without a air dryer and no one taught me about that tank under the cab needing draining every night.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside that paperwork detailing the brake problem to the boss from Mr Mechanic there was a solution written out on paper stating to boss that I should be replaced by someone who knew what they are doing with that tank.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s say that paper never made it to the boss however after a converstation between me and him it was obvious that there was no time invested teaching me about the stuff that it requires such as draining that tank. So the boss spent a few minutes out there showing me how it&#039;s supposed to be done at night and close em off in the morning. And that pretty much solved the problem. Unfortunately no one did any of that when I hired on months prior.</p><p><br /></p><p>To this day I remember that air tank problem and pay some attention to it daily. Not so much in a team truck with a good dryer and no indication of build up of fluids etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of all the employers there is always a handful that no matter how good you did the job or whatever it is, one royal screw up will totally poison your chances of being still employed with them the following year. Things have a way of going bad like that. Unless you are able to present to the right people not only the solution (New airdryer..) and training in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is one reason why I sometimes talk about my theory that there is hardly any training to be seen in our newbies. Poor things. The industry should be ashamed of themselves. They know better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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