To drive or not to drive!

I was at Swift for 4 years. Many many customers have quality checks on the incoming empty trailers. One place had a wash bay we had to drive through then go to the sweep out area and sweep it out. Then you go check in and they send a dock dude to come and check the trailer has no water leaks and is clean enough.

They reject trailers like candy. Then you have to take it down the road to a trailer repair shop and drop it. The yard dog goes down there and grabs repaired ones and docks them. The repair shop had like 50 repaired trailers back there. I kinda think the shop had a kickback program going on with the shipper but then again maybe not because going to so many customers who nitpick on the junk trailers and reject them.

I just got so sick of picking up their junk and getting if fixed. The worst is going to rescue a load from another driver who is out of hours and finding the trailer has burned out lights or flat tires.

I did this one, the 24 hour night time Swift hot line determined we could just roll with 7 trailer tires lol. The repair guy wanted me to sign his paper, I said, aren't you going to put a tire on that rim? he said Swift said no.