Waiting weeks for truck repair

It happened to me. Interestingly it was the transmission in a brand new kenworth. I was totally screwed because I had just gone through it with a used freightliner. Happily, I was leased on to jbhunt and they completely had my back. I picked up the pieces, went home for a week and came back out with them as a company driver. I survived.
Be diligent in collecting all repair and maintenance records. When the lease company sends you a giant bill, don't pay it, dispute it with records. Responsibility goes back to negligent shops.
It's a heckuva Loss for you, but you can land on your feet if you Don't Throw Good Money after Bad. And don't waste any more time.

Best of luck.

 

Get another job or ask company to pay you for sitting.

 

Do both.

And not on a 1099
Your employer doesn't appear to give 2 squirts about you.

The load should have been repowered and you flown back to base (or home) after day 3.

We have had o/o that pull our trailers that had weeks of shop time and the above is exactly what we did. Got load delivered so customer is less pissed and people got paid.
Then, if we have an open truck, have ran the o/o as a company driver until his rig is repaired.

 

My 2 cents.
Get out of there and home any way possible.
They are using you to try and save money on what may be warranty repair or not.
I don't think you will be paid what your owed and everyday you can't work for a new carrier, whether 1099 or not, is another day your falling behind on your own obligations.

 

It has been a nightmare for us getting any repairs done. Between parts shortages and completely incompetent mechanics... the past few months we not only have had trucks sitting for weeks but we also have to take trucks back two or three times so they can “finish the job.”

My truck was in recently for an exhaust leak. They had to order a part which of course took weeks. Then they finished it and never told us it was done. Then I picked it up, drove a few miles, and noticed a fuel leak. Turns out they had taken the turbo off to fix the exhaust, and they never tightened the #### fuel line when they reinstalled it!

I understand a lot of people don’t want to work right now and these truck shops are suffering with staff shortages on top of parts shortages. I’m sure it’s stressful for them. What I don’t understand is why are the lazy incompetent ones at work and the smart hard working ones are staying home? I would think it would be the other way around?

 

Had a truck that was fairly new. Company brains decided to cut the truck from 68mph to 64 and to de tune the engine from 450HP to 350HP. I warned them that you can only detune 10% from manufacturers spec. But I am just a dumb truck driver.

A week later, the engine blew…at 119000 miles. They sent the truck to Freightliner in Dallas. I told them that I was going home. They wanted me to stay and wait on the truck. We settled on $120/day breakdown plus motel. I sat in the motel for 3 1/2 weeks. Warranty work is almost always put on the back burner.

If you’re not getting paid, you didn’t negotiate.

 

There s no shortage of lazy mechanics

 

Hitch hike home if you have to. Just leave and never speak to anyone from that company again.

BE THE BEER!

 

In 1990? Fine.

today at 120$ a day, that better be with me at home, and pay for every day of the weel, not a motel. And they can pay me the motel bill too.