Mokan-Distribution in Kansas City, Mo

Inlight of the facts now before me, I choose to believe Mr. M... and think he should encourage a friendly visit by the MDOT.

 

11 out of 33 is a disgraceful number!I am sure there are worse,but there PLENTY that are better.Any company that has 1 out of 3 trucks shut down is a joke of a company!I am gonna have to give it to ChuckMcD for staying as long as he did.I wouldnt have stayed a hot minute..Just shows you really have to do your home work before you take the job.While we dont know all the facts,and after seeing their saftey scores,I think the driver wasnt lying about how bad their equipment was,or how bad they were forced to drive illegal.Kinda sounds like this place is owned by JB or werner!I wonder where the company representative went lol?

 

I've seen their trucks & they're tore up.

 

I'll respond to each of your points and then I am done. I don't have time to check this everyday, as I have a company to run.

#1 I don't know that kind of "management-type funny business" you refer to. I just wanted to get bot sides of the story out so that we have equal representation when someone is sladering our company. Thanks to jdrentzjr for looking past one person's side of the story before rendering an opinion.

#2 I'm not hurt by ChuckMcD's opinions, but I thought that even drivers that have formed bad opinions of some trucklines would appreciate "the rest of the story".

#3 I'm sorry for posting the original poster's name, but I don't think he has anything to hide.

#4 I am not arguing that the slide rails were bent or not, but I do know, eventhought I haven't driven a truck, that there are alternatives to locking down the trailer brakes to get them to slide. We have often times sent our drivers, including ChuckMcD, to a shop to get help in having them slid. I would rather pay a shop, which would keep the tandems from coming out, than a tow truck to pick the trailer up off the street.

#5 I am surprised that someone who doesn't pass judgment, is quick to say that the sliders are bent without a professional mechanics opinion. All of our trailers that are sent out on dispatch are checked thoroughly before leaving the yard by a professional trailer mechanic.

#6 I hope you are reading my response with sincerity & respect. It doesn't look good when a response is strictly sarcastic.

#7 It is our choice to make our drivers accountable for their actions, otherwise they don't learn. And even a driver with 20+ years of experience can learn.

#8 In the case of the sliding of the trailer tandems, that would fall under the "didn't call his dispatcher for instructions" catagory. If he had, he would have been instructed to take it to the shop for help.

#9 I stated that he "thought" it was standard procedure, because this is the story he provided upon arrival at the terminal. He stated that the prior occasion he was instructed to limp it in, so he passed on calling and did as he was instructed to do the previous incident. The problem with this "thought" is, that every incident is different, and he ruined a set of wheels. I am the kind of management that listens to the driver's story.

#10 I know he didn't call, because he admited to not calling, and his dispatcher reports to me, and I asked around if anyone had spoken with him. I don't just guess.

#11 He knew that at least 1 tire blew. He should have gotten out as soon as he found a safe place to stop. When the wheels were riding the ground he should have noticed the sparks. An attentive driver would at some point in the 30-35 miles.

#12 Except that he admitted to not stopping to look. One wouldn't know unless he got out to look.

#13 Thank you for seeing at least part of my point.

#14 Again relying only on opinion. And let me make the point that equipment can be older and not be in bad condition.

#15 That is your preference, but we believe that drivers are better off to take some time in the middle. If he didn't want to take his lunch in the middle he could make the request of his dispatcher or take his lunch at the end.

#16 He was consistantly short on time, due to taking longer to get things done, but he was not penalized for this.

#17 Again relying on strickly opinion of one side. I can make a complaint about anything, but it doesn't make it true.

#18 If my company had a record that the DOT thought was hazardous to others, they would be inspecting every truck that passes a weigh station. They would come in and do an inspection of our operations. They would revoke our prepass. They would change our satisfactory rating. Our trucks may not be the nicest looking, but they do the job and they are safe.

You are obviously bias to believing the driver's side of the story because you are a driver on a "Message board for drivers by drivers" I know there are drivers with sense. They probably even read your message board. It is readers like jdrentzjr who are understanding of the other side of the story. Thank you to those like jdrentzjr. Seek the whole truth. This is my last word.