Yellow Freight closure thread

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by ColoradoLinehaul, Jun 26, 2023.

  1. Star Rider

    Star Rider Road Train Member

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    I drove for Central Transport in the the mid 90s if they held air you were good to go.
     
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  3. road_runner

    road_runner Road Train Member

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    Saw something similar at Reddaway. My meet driver was complaining for four weeks straight that his steer and a few drive tires were running low. Finally the shop took his truck in on his ten.

    Their solution? Brand new steer tires and moved his old steer tires to replace the two lowest drive tires. The two old drive tires ended up on a inter-company movement trailer to be recapped in SLC.

    This was right in the middle of winter and he had to traverse both Lookout Pass and the Fourth of July Pass at the Washington/Idaho/Montana borders ...twice a night.

    Believe me when I say this. He was in a state of pissed off that I've never seen.
     
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  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I don’t think they’ve changed much.
     
  5. plynnjr92

    plynnjr92 Light Load Member

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    Sounds like a Reddaway thing to do. When I was with them I had a trailer tire blowout at least every other week. As for recapped steers, also totally believable. I had my one and only steer tire blowout with them, but it wasn't the tread that failed. It failed along the bead. Tire was probably recapped to hell and back, and it finally said F this and left the chat at 60mph down a hill.
     
  6. Knightcrawler

    Knightcrawler Road Train Member

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    I have never "blown" a steer (knock wood). Had one go flat once while I was parked in a truckstop (I had picked up a nail at my last drop). Thats in nearly 40 years.
     
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  7. mickeyrat

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    seems like a lot of wasted effort to fail anyway.....
     
  8. Bill51

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    I looked into them several years ago. Their equipment doesn't look quite as ratty as it did back then.
    Maybe its just that I am in a different location now.
     
  9. gentleroger

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    I saw 30-50 Yellow tractors at MK Truck Sales in Alsip yesterday - looks like asset sales are beginning.
     
  10. plynnjr92

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