Fedex Guy
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I believe it's the fuel relay. I have to pop the hood and swap the relay about once a week. I got no less than 10 of those relays on me at all times.
Just to be clear, I don't work for FedEx. Crazy I know.
Write Up Your Damn Truck....Please??
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Just to be clear, I don't work for FedEx. Crazy I know.
Grease monkey?
cachsux
Wah
If it's non safety and I'm only using a rig for a day then I'll leave the regular driver a note as to what I found. It's on them to write up their ride.
If it's safety or is something needed for proper operation of the vehicle then I'll tag it regardless.
Yeah, but in my last truck, I just got the seat broken in for my skinny butt. Our mechanic thought he was doing me a favor by replacing it because it looked ratty.
Took six months to get comfortable again.
I got my truck back today!....Mirror arms still intact!
I am off next week,wonder if...they will still be straight??
I am off next week,wonder if...they will still be straight??
Overpaid Union Thug
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You are supposed to write any issues up as you see them. So just write them up. It only takes a few seconds. It's on you, not someone that isn't there, since you are driving the truck that day.
cachsux
Wah
When it's something minor and it's not your ride you let the regular driver know. If you've ever come in to your ride being redtagged because some swing driver "hears a rattle" that's been there since the rig was new and you're in the center s-box spare until a mechanic can give it a once over then you'll understand where I'm coming from.
Overpaid Union Thug
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Oh yeah I understand where you are coming from. You think you are doing the bid driver a favor but don't think for a second that they won't hesitate to hold off on writing things up for a month and then you get stuck with a truck that is about to break down when they get an unexpected day off. Then you, thinking that you are doing them a favor by not writing it up, gets to cover for that driver again in a few weeks while they are on vacation only guess what?......the bid driver wrote the truck up on the friday before their vacation knowing that their truck will probably get replaced with an old 800 or a train-like 1000 with no power steering. But why should they care? They know that the poor bastards that thought they were doing him a favor will get stuck with the POS truck. And why is this happening? Because both you and the bid driver continued to play that silly game when all someone had to do was write the "minor" and "non safety" issues up as they happened. But keep up the good deeds my friend and continue reaping the rewards.
Overpaid Union Thug
Well-Known Member
No. I just do as I'm told. If we all did what we were told instead of what we want then things would run a little smoother at big brown.
Tired Driver
Sisyphus had it easy.
When ever I have to drive a different package car, I need 2 to 3 pages to write up all that I is wrong.
cachsux
Wah
Really?
Around here we do what we are told which is to use our experience to determine whether to write something up that needs to be fixed right now and something that can wait until the next PMI so that the shop won't be inundated with chicken shiz nickel and dime stuff so they can get to the vehicles that really need repairs.
I had a rig I inherited that had a rebuilt motor in it. I noticed a minor oil leak at the front seal. I wrote it up. The mech explains that UPS went cheap on the rebuild and that's why the motor would leak when cold. Once up to temp it stops. So know I know what I'm looking at. Stay on top of checking the oil (add 3 quarts every 2 weeks) and it runs fine. The guys with expierience that shared it with me would either leave me a note pointing out what they saw or would swing by the shop and the mech would fill them in. The inexperienced, don't know a wrench from a toothbrush, DF's that might get into it would just up and red tag it without checking any further. Every time the mech would sign off and give it back to me. It got to be so bad we wrote a note on the DVIR book and STILL had people who wouldn't pay attention and would red tag it. Eventually when the shop had time for this NON SAFETY repair they took it in and replaced the front seal.
That's just MY expieriance with a situation like we are debating. It's also why I said I will leave a note on something minor or swing by the shop to get it looked at but I will NOT red tag a vehicle for every squeak I come across.
Some of us know wtf we are doing as opposed to being " told what to do" to make things run smoother at big brown.
rod
Retired 23 years
Our mechanic used to stand back about 10 feet with a squirt bottle filled with a mixture of WD40 and kerosene and spray everything until the crap was running down the insides of the truck. It was usually all over the windows and doors and did nothing but attract dust.
joeboodog
good people drink good beer
I will alert Great Lakes Brewing to up its production.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
While you're at it....tell them to start selling it on Long Island!
Overpaid Union Thug
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Either your mechanics suck or you are just using the assumption that theyll red tag the trucks for something that can be fixed in minutes (such as a break light) as an excuse not to write the truck up. Our trucks are never red tagged for non safety write ups. Either way its your job to write them up. Those of us that do this simple task are tired of getting burned by those of you that think you're too special to do such a simple task.
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cachsux
Wah
Don't assume to think I don't know my job just because I don't waste my time to go into detail to the likes of you. And sure as hell don't slander my mechanics.
"Do what I'm told" pusillanimous like you are the reason a third of the fleet is down with such necessary repairs like "I hear a rattle" and "There's a smell". You don't know your dick from a shift knob and anything you don't understand is the reason for a red tag.
Overpaid Union Thug
Well-Known Member
Oh I don't have to assume anything. Through your own admission of your actions you've made it crystal clear that you know your job but you simply refuse to do it. The only "details" that are required of you regarding this subject are SUPPOSED to be written up in the DVIR.
And I can slander mechanics if they make it a common practice to red tag vehicles that have been written up for repairs that normally only take between minutes and a few hours to repair. That does not happen in our building unless their isn't parts to available to fix the problems. And that is extremely rare.
"Do what I'm told Kitties"? LOL!. This coming from a guy that flat out refuses to do a simple task, that is part of your job, for no reason other than the fact that you want to pass the buck to someone else. And that is exactly why you have no other logical responses like (a)whining about a third of the trucks being out of the lineup and don't even realize that people like YOU are the reason the trucks get into such bad shape and break down in the first place and (b)making childish references to dicks and shift knobs and assigning your own (equally childish) names like "Do what I'm told Kitties" to someone because they simply do what they are paid well to do.
And why should your fellow drivers assume that "a rattle" (<---Your own words) isn't something that is, or is about to be, something serious? Just because you assume it isn't? And how are they supposed to know that it was serviced for that rattle before if people like you refuse to write it up? It won't show up in the DVIR. Think about that. Or just get mad and start making dick and fart jokes.
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