What to do when you get your truck assigned to you

what is csa and why will so many guys be gone???

 

Man great post, any of you noobs reading this follow it to the letter, the only thing is id make a video too.

You never know what kind of unwashed heethen was in your truck before you.

Expecially at a larger company.

 

There are a couple of threads about CSA 2010 on here, or you can go to FMCSA's website for some info too. It's new safety stuff that is too hard to explain in a short post!

 

roll over that was a dandy post well written. I never thought of taking pics. well back when i drove it wasn't as easy to do either. But you sure got the brain to working for me for the future.

 

When I got a new to me truck the first thing my wife did was go to the store and buy a pint of pinesol and two or three cans of lysol and she used every ounce of them .............couldn't stand to sit in the thing for three days but I gaurentee you there wasn't a bug alive in it either

 

Wow, great post, Rollover! I just got flashbacks to the way I used to maintain my truck when i used to work for Core Carriers. I had a 1998 International w/Detroit Diesel, and used to get many compliments on how clean my truck was for a company truck. I always washed by hand w/lo.ng handled brush, using a few drops of Dawn to cut the grease. washed everything, even the frame! Polished the wheels myself (thank you Blue Magic). In addition, it was a great workout! Not to boast, but even got compliments from the DOTties during inspections, and you're right, they don't look so close when your truck is clean as a whistle. They figure if your company truck is clean, your logs are in order, too. Your truck and its appearance are your handiwork, it says much about you, whether you are company, lease, or OO!

 

I'm reviving this to get it back out to the front but I realized a little earlier that something that can be a bad thing is also a good thing!

Interested?

OK....

Geotagging!

Yes the same thing that can tell thieves where your home is to go steal everything you own is now your friend!

In this thread I was telling you how to CYA with pictures. I had done a thread on how to quit a company that is now linked to this one but the deal is if you need to quit then you'll need the camera or cell phone again for more of those CYA pictures!

Turn on the geotagging on the device. Hopefully you caught the news about the bad side of geotagging recently and turned yours off. If you don't know or understand how call you devices provider or the cameras web site for help as they all can be different but should be found in the tools folder.

When you quit and that truck is sitting on that yard have it on as you document the truck for proof that it wasn't abandoned in BFE, or abandoned under a load in BFE or was abandoned after being run in the demo derby and you had a herd of cattle living in it in BFE!

Take all those picture with geotagging on but do get a few with the truck in front of the shop, company sign and with the mechanic as he's inspecting the truck! And as someone mentioned take a video inside and out also with geotagging on!

I do believe that a false DAC report is going to get harder for any company to dispute with your proof!

Yes I know this is a little off topic as it really pertains to when you get your truck but what the heck I'd turn it on so that "in case of" and they say that you didn't get the truck where you did that geotagging will make liars out of someone!

Use technology to CYA in this cesspool called trucking so these companies and BFI's learn that truckers aren't the idiots they used to take us for!

OH in case you need to quit that company and you now know to have geotagging on this link will help you to quit nicely so that they cant hit your DAC without you having proof! There are a few links to follow also as this is the "older" how to quit thread! http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...vice/96189-what-do-when-quit-pos-company.html