MAKAVELI
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You sure do have this fixation about torque wrenches don't you?
How to fight a rollaway accident
- Thread starter ThefedexCourier
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Well you might want to stick to something you actually have knowledge about. You must have BIG torque wrench envy.
You are a funny guy, @sto........errr, @MAKAVELI. You amuse me.
MAKAVELI
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I wish I could say the same for you.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
"Well, my father was a mechanic, his father was a mechanic, my mother’s father was a mechanic, my three brothers are mechanics, four uncles on my father’s side are mechanics–"You sure do have this fixation about torque wrenches don't you?
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
So you're saying you and your whole family love big torque wrenches?
ThefedexCourier
Member
I did set the parking brake
ThefedexCourier
Member
I found out hat the truck doesn't have a parking gear. I never had training to use it proper like the other drivers did
ThefedexCourier
Member
It's an electric truck. Just has a reverse drive and neutral. I always thought it had a parking gear when was using it
oldngray
nowhere special
Have you ever driver a manual transmission? They also have no Park. You put it in the lowest forward gear or reverse. Never leave in neutral.
For crying out loud, it's electric. No transmission like you are thinking of. Forward or backward. Add in the fact that there is no compression to help hold it, and the only thing to hold it is the parking brake.
TTKU!
I wouldn't go with that story, would lead to termination by incompetence. Saying it only has a drive, reverse, and neutral then in the same sentence saying I always thought it had park??? I know you are trying to plead a case on lack of training but that doesn't even make any sense.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
I wouldn't bother with the video.
1) They can say he knew that the brakes didn't work properly when he parked the truck and should have known to turn his wheels.
2) They can say that whatever happened in the video was staged to represent whatever he wanted it to represent.
Better to go with bringing up that he wasn't trained on the vehicle. It would be a good idea to request past copies of the VIR if this vehicle has had parking brake issues in the past.
I'll show up for you.
Route 66
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I knew I could count on you!
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Not true. I know of at least 2 RTDs who did not set their air and got reinstated. No issues with either tractor. The electric van deal is begging for an attorney. This person needs to get one...quickly. If the brake is defective, he has a case. If the wheels were curbed I don't see how a vehicle could get away, even with a bad brake. That said, I live where there are a lot of steep hills, and I see Express vehicles all the time with uncurbed wheels, or wheels turned away from the curb. We all know how extremely well our trucks are maintained, right? I still carry a chock, and use it.
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MAKAVELI
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I guess anything is possible when one has their nose up someone's ass. Although that would open FedEx to future lawsuits.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Yep. I could never understand how these two beat the rap. But they did.
It will be fine
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In the OP's situation, will his manager get any discipline for lack of training?
I have a few trucks that only have neutral and a parking brake. I make a big deal out of it if a different driver takes one of them out. I have chocks in those trucks too and make sure the drivers know where they are. It seems pretty negligent to fail to address this before the driver leaves.
I have a few trucks that only have neutral and a parking brake. I make a big deal out of it if a different driver takes one of them out. I have chocks in those trucks too and make sure the drivers know where they are. It seems pretty negligent to fail to address this before the driver leaves.
