Rules for washing out trailer

Hey, you did good. Too bad you had to go this route, but you did good.

 

Good luck with that. It is much more likely that you will be picking up a dirty trailer and washing it out before you leave the yard. Shouldn't be that way, but how many times do you hook to a trailer, and find that it should have been redlined when it was dropped. I just hated that. Spend hours looking for an empty, then spend hours in the shop getting it road worthy.

 

Do you get paid for all the time spent on trailer searches/washouts/repairs?

 

I will say that is utterly disgusting....I would never imagine putting food in a trailer that nasty....I wash after every load.....unless I am picking up non food (ie bulk mail, liquid totes, etc non food stuff) non temp sensetive and my trailer isn't disgusting from meat or other food product......but I ALWAYS WASH before loading any kind of food...whether it be temp sensetive or not...and when in doubt wash it out is my motto...I would rather be safe than sorry....plus sometimes I need a little extra lead time so I can have a DRY clean trailer that has been washed out for some of our customers....

 

Nope. Not for any of it. Knight sucks.

 

It's one thing to have to washout a trailer being mandatory at some of the shippers, but what used to be maddening were the people who could leave a trailer that needed to be swept out where someone else had to do it. Husband had plenty of those trailers that ended up with flats, missing mudflaps and even lights. And spending the time chasing around fixing things isn't paid for, too bad it wasn't though, he just had one the other day that should have been redlined and took it to a shop for repairs, it eats up your driving time too if the load is close on hours to get delivered.

 

I don't know if any company pays for the services provided in fixing, washing, and chasing the elusive trailer that should have been there but isn't.

 

Sounds like you need to be out sooner than later if they are starting the write up scenario.

 

the FMCSA does not over see the cleanlyness of trailers.
I looked cover to cover in thier hand book, they dont have anything

Glad i work for a company that has not problem with it's drivers getting washout when reloading. I have worked for others who won't let thier drivers get a washout, or won't reimburse the driver for them.