mercer transportation

Well I'm in Louisville getting inspected. Tmmrw back to work.

 

Did ya pass? Rob was done here a couple weeks ago. The weekend before i went over the truck and looked at everything. Ran 2 loads then the morning of my inspection i saw a 2 inch how in the exhaust elbow that wasnt there the weekend before. Oh well five grand later and Its custom made stainless the entire way to the engine pipe.

 

I didn't , got everything fixed by 4:15 , and then passed.

 

Well so figured out who stole my binders... it was in VA at the pilot. driver is lucky I didn't see you cuz I would bet your ### would be fired..

Anyway headed to AL

 

Going to get a level one the day before I go into Lousiville for inspection to make sure.....and to insure the crooked Mercer inspectors don't try to feed me to the Knowles truck repairs that camp on their lot. Amazing how a large portion of the drivers pass on the road when mercer location inspections are done on the road......but nearly everyone fails in Louisville for some mundane reason. Met a driver yesterday (12000) in the truck number series somewhere. Mercer said he had 3 leaky trailer hubs. Mercer tried to make him fix it on the lot and wanted him to use the Knowles truck repair. The driver left and went to a utility dealer and had the trailer wheels fully inspected. There was nothing wrong!!!

Basically the driver said the only time Mercer finds stuff wrong (makes up ####) is when he goes to Lousiville. Now grant it some trucks might have items wrong sometimes.......BUT more often they make up stuff to feed their repair shop buddies.

The driver stated that he will get his truck inspected for his yearly on the road so he doesn't have to get raped in Lousiville.

 

I find BS on this. Mercer will not Force you to use any repair on the lot. You have 25 miles to repair the truck and bring it back. Never have i been told i need to use Knowles truck repair and i had my inspection 1 month ago? Mercer is more Strick then the DOT on a level 1. They don't want no POS truck running around getting in an accident then cause of something that was OK but needs replacing soon... For a matter of Fact they tell us in the inspection Bay that they can't recommend us a shop.

 

Let me explain further. The driver indicated that he was told he was "out of Service" and there was a red repair truck on the lot that could do the repairs. The driver further indicated that he could not leave .... I am assuming mercer property and go somewhere else. The driver did leave and had the trailer checked elsewhere. The trailer dealer certified that there was nothing wrong. Let me explain this came from a driver I don't even really know that well. The issue is that I have heard this story.....and actually witnessed this scam in person to get drivers to use their buddies in the red truck.

I don't doubt that they do have POS trucks run through and have issues. The icing on the cake was when a driver went through a d passes a level 1 in Kentucky the same exact day he went to Mercer and got his inspection. An inspection where they said his hubs were leaking. Same story this other driver claimed. After they tried to pull that inspection scam on the driver he left and refused to lease on because they tried to scam him.

Mercer is in bed with that repair company plain and simple. I even heard that several complaints have been filed with the KY attorney general's office.

Just pointing out the facts that drivers need to be fully aware and up to date on the condition of their equipment before proceeding to the Mercer inspection bay. For that matter I don't doubt that other carriers do the same thing at their home terminal. People are out to make a buck off drivers any way they can. It's dog eat dog and don't think for one second these company inspectors and repair trucks are not in bed with each other.

If I have a legit issue or a screw up I have no problem opening up my wallet to fix it......but I will not be scammed.

 

Prove it. Until then you are just another idiot making #### up. The same guy at every carrier that always had these outrageous claims but stays leased on.

The rest of us, that don't just run our mouths off would have one of these things happen once, and the door signs works be pulled off. Lots of good carriers out here. If any one of these things was true a good operator could be leased to another carrier in three days.

 

Exactly. However they do have a list of local shops. Not that they suggest any of them, but the list makes it easier for you to choose one when you have a page of paper with the name n number, and address of every repair shop in the area.

 

i get that list every time haha.