My Western Express experience so far

Discussion in 'Western Express' started by cam9457, Dec 15, 2013.

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  1. Dec 23, 2013 #31
    Luv2Truck256

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    Yep, that sounds like WE! I'm currently at the hotel while my truck is in the shop. When he wrote the PO he noted "two nights" on it. That triggered alarms in my head. That puts me here in Tuesday, a day before Christmas. And we all know how timely and efficiently this shop operates! So my wife is on alert to possibly come pick me up on Tuesday (2.5 hours from here) so I make it home for Christmas.
     
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  3. Dec 23, 2013 #32
    cam9457

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    I picked up a relay from another driver this afternoon at a TA, gave him my trailer that was going north and I was supposed to take his south so I could be with my family for Christmas. He grabbed mine and left and I hooked up to his and HOLY JESUS!!! Four months out of inspection, no brake lights and left side mid body turn signal out! WTF! Why is it so hard to just do your required pretrip inspection! Now I'm sitting(like always) at a repair shop in NH that I'm hoping will be open on Christmas eve day to get this trailer inspected and repaired and somehow get unloaded in Brooklyn and home to Philly by tomorrow....THANKS AGAIN WE
     
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  4. Dec 24, 2013 #33
    brsims

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    You have just donated your time to the "Some other idiot" time fund. Other driver probably knew about the lights being out, and decided to let you waste time fixing it se HE could go home. A rampant problem in the industry.
     
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  5. Dec 24, 2013 #34
    cam9457

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    Are there any companies out there that handle this better or where all the drivers actually do their jobs?
     
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  7. Dec 24, 2013 #35
    cam9457

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    The other driver was a kid that just spent 4 weeks with a WE "trainer" and when I went over all the defects with him and showed him a proper pretrip he said his trainer, after 4 weeks, never showed him any of that and he didn't even know trailers had an inspection!
     
    cam9457, Dec 24, 2013
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  8. Dec 24, 2013 #36
    Voyager1968

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    You know, after reading this post, I firmly believe that all truck driver trainers and instructors should be state certified before they can train.
     
    Voyager1968, Dec 24, 2013
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  9. Dec 24, 2013 #37
    cam9457

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    I'll second that, here at WE the trainer get paid for all miles the truck drives so basically students are just part of a team and most I talk to say the trainer taught them nothing
     
    cam9457, Dec 24, 2013
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  10. Dec 29, 2013 #38
    cam9457

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    Well, they screwed me and my family for the last time..... Taking the truck back tomorrow, Monday. Three paychecks this month below $60. Sent me to MA on Thursday and no pick up till Monday out of Maine when my truck is scheduled for brake work in Nazareth Monday(And the brakes are BAD)they put off my scheduled time at the shop because even though the truck barely stops the load is most important. No money and no food not sitting in a truck away from my family eating at a soup kitchen or shelter till Monday. No thanks, taking their truck back tomorrow if I can find a way home again, if not I'll just have to take the abandonment charge....
     
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  11. Dec 29, 2013 #39
    Voyager1968

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    Please...do NOT, under any circumstance do that, Cam. Suck it up until you can get the truck back to where it belongs properly. You will practically make yourself un-hirable if you abandon the truck. Nothing is worth having an abandonment on your record.
     
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  12. Dec 29, 2013 #40
    cam9457

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    They've run me into the poor house literally so we don't have the gas to even get to Nazareth let alone back so getting their truck back to them will be a challenge
     
    cam9457, Dec 29, 2013
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