Ok seriously?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Knucklehead619, May 24, 2014.

  1. Shaggy

    Shaggy Road Train Member

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    Load tables are fun squeezing. The U-pack forget trying, anyone available has to reset and square the wagons. Not 1 guy at our shop does it. We all do it everyday. This terminal had to be built for horse & buggy
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Well, look at Werner's turnover. I think a number close to that is a very real possibility.
     
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  4. Knucklehead619

    Knucklehead619 Medium Load Member

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    Having talked with another driver who actually WAS able to communicate with him. He said the Werner guy had told him he had been in his own truck for about 2 months.

    Yup. Lines were there. Impossible to miss.
     
  5. yuban

    yuban Medium Load Member

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    Maybe he was one of those million milers. It was a trick of the trade to obtaining a million accident free miles.Hog two docks! No one backs into the front of your truck.

    You got to think outside the box to be a millionono miler!
     
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  6. blackcrowntrans

    blackcrowntrans Light Load Member

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    Yea wat you all think is incompetence is actually a refined skill this driver mastered.shame on all of you.

    Jajajajajajajajajaja
     
  7. seabring

    seabring Road Train Member

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    The way a driver parks his truck directly reflects his professionalism. In this case....he has none!
     
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  8. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    I just wish those could have realized in school they did not have proficient backing skills and would have accepted reality and looked for other line of work before somehow getting a license and a CDL school "graduation certificate" and getting out and making it difficult for himself and others.

    I don't like to put down the skills of others (especially the new ones) but there are times when it's obvious the individual is going to tear up property before he makes it through the next few weeks (and probably washes out as they should have many months ago before being cut lose to solo) and this is both sad and frustrating.

    Who ok'd that driver to solo is what I want to know? That is the person who needs a good beating.
     
  9. Knucklehead619

    Knucklehead619 Medium Load Member

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    My thoughts exactly. I understand that backing isn't covered enough in school (usually enough to get you past the CDL test) and everyone has to learn but this was not a difficult back. The dock doors are far enough apart that there shouldn't be any issues, lines are on the ground, it's relatively well lit and there's plenty of space to maneuver. I assume Werner road tests their new drivers before cutting them loose and I don't understand how they could have let him go driving like this.
     
  10. Glp

    Glp Medium Load Member

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    The only excuse for that is if there is one dock and your tractor will be in the street otherwise
     
  11. ‘Olhand

    ‘Olhand Cantankerous Crusty

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    Can go back&forth on this forever--What I don't (&never will)understand is how ANYONE can have so little pride in themselves&what they do--that anyone's conscience would Allow them to behave this way?
     
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