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pltjack said:
I think a lot of the problem with the fifth wheels is lack of maintenance. Last winter I was having a hard time hooking. When my tractor came back from PM it worked like a charm. Back under a trailer now and you can hear that loud snap on sound.
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they are suppose to degrease them. I do my own. Dribble fuel on the jaws and plate. It dissolves the built up grease. Spraying ether on it does the job too.
 
beerfd said:
dropped trailers on the yard is not an issue..nobody is going to keep up with that ****..only this company.. happens all the time..if there is no damage, then there should be no report/no big deal...
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it is at our barn its a cmv crash and you have to fill out an accident report and call it in to dispatch bunch of bull sh--t i say
 
beerfd said:
dropped trailers on the yard is not an issue..nobody is going to keep up with that ****..only this company.. happens all the time..if there is no damage, then there should be no report/no big deal...
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I agree no big deal but with conway it is a big deal it just seems funny how conway has so many get rid of these dollys that are older than the hills
 
upnorth said:
they are suppose to degrease them. I do my own. Dribble fuel on the jaws and plate. It dissolves the built up grease. Spraying ether on it does the job too.
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I would imagine this would be much easier to do BEFORE winter hits and grease gets cold.....
 
sportsman800 said:
Yes this policy needs to go no damage no point!!
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I know I will get beat up for this one but...the Safety Policy was redesigned to more align with the Safety value. The company took a hard stance on any type of "accident". Any event where the driver is physically in control of the vehicle will result in a chargeable accident.

Dropped trailers in the yard are tracked because of the rule that if there is a dollar cost associated to any event (accident), the maintenance system will not allow repairs/spare or replacement parts orders without a damage report (accident report) entered into the system (justification for the work).
 
Nightmare On Earhart said:
I know I will get beat up for this one but...the Safety Policy was redesigned to more align with the Safety value. The company took a hard stance on any type of "accident". Any event where the driver is physically in control of the vehicle will result in a chargeable accident.

Dropped trailers in the yard are tracked because of the rule that if there is a dollar cost associated to any event (accident), the maintenance system will not allow repairs/spare or replacement parts orders without a damage report (accident report) entered into the system (justification for the work).
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Fair enough, but what about instances where no damage occurs? Those are still "accidents" and still assessed points. That is what I view as asinine.
 
LOL. Drop a trailer or better yet slide the trailer down onto your frame while you're switching at a customers and you are fired….After you reported it because you are honest.

I would call that accountability lopsided.
 
Bankrupt said:
LOL. Drop a trailer or better yet slide the trailer down onto your frame while you're switching at a customers and you are fired….After you reported it because you are honest.

I would call that accountability lopsided.
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Integrity or not if I dropped a box onto the frame... That didn't happen. Even if the customer called the yard. I would deny that one to the death.
 
yrc-atm said:
I jacknife the trailer so i dont have to crawl under to check. I can clearly see it during the walk around
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I drive for Holland also. And i do the exact same thing alot easier and alot cleaner in the winter when the slush is melting and dripping all over you. And i always follow the same order hooking and dropping I never change the order of how i do it. Thats how a fella can make a nasty mistake.
 
joealblu said:
Can someone tell me why CONWAY FREIGHT has so many dropped trailers you dont hear of fed ex, ups , yrc , only CONWAY I believe we have out dated dollies that are in excess of 20 years old any suggestions?????
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We all hook our sets to the best of our abilities. If you drop a trailer onto the frame and no damage, no harm nor foul WTF. We have 20 lousy minutes to get our tractors, dollies, spot dolly, get lead, and finish hooking set, not to mention doing A
pre-trip in that time. Right... If we had the proper time to hook, dropped trailers would happen less often...Safety 1ST my as#. You can barely hook a set period in that time. I think 24 minutes would be a fair amount of time to give us enough time to make sure everything is right, without rushing around .
 
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guitarman1 said:
We all hook our sets to the best of our abilities. If you drop a trailer onto the frame and no damage, no harm nor foul WTF. We have 20 lousy minutes to get our tractors, dollies, spot dolly, get lead, and finish hooking set, not to mention doing A
pre-trip in that time. Right... If we had the proper time to hook, dropped trailers would happen less often...Safety 1ST my as#. You can barely hook a set period in that time. I think 24 minutes would be a fair amount of time to give us enough time to make sure everything is right, without rushing around .
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If anyone is trying to enforce the twenty min hook get with safety. We did here in the Midwest and it turns out that nowhere in company written policy is the twenty min hook mention. It's an arbitrary number that has just been pushed by fos s over the years. Take your time and do it right. This doesn't mean drag your feet. Keep your integrity intact but don't race the clock. If they try to bust balls go to the book.
 
Whatever routine you use to hook, do it the same way, every day. Don't let anyone try to change you. Had a safety mgr watching me hook, yard observations or something idiotic like that, kept interrupting me.. Told him to go away, he's getting me out of routine. " your not doing it the right way..." Looked at him, " how many years behind the wheel for you?" " none." Huh. " now, go away and don't ever interrupt a driver when he hooks or breaks. You are the cause of mistakes happening." He won't even say hi to me now when he visits... I'm heartbroken!
 
rommel said:
If anyone is trying to enforce the twenty min hook get with safety. We did here in the Midwest and it turns out that nowhere in company written policy is the twenty min hook mention. It's an arbitrary number that has just been pushed by fos s over the years. Take your time and do it right. This doesn't mean drag your feet. Keep your integrity intact but don't race the clock. If they try to bust balls go to the book.
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I did go to safety and he said it will be looked into......
Was just told again this summer that numbers need to stay below 10 min for a power hook.
That's finding your truck on foot, finding your set, hooking, airing up and pulling up to line, and walking back in.
There is no pre trip or computer dispatching in there. Fluids, tires, King pin do not get checked because I am on hook time.
I'll check tires and King pin when I leave.
Fluids are way over-rated.
 
I can remember when I took my road test for CCX 20 years ago,the HR person giving me the road test dropped our kite on it's nose right, in the parking lot.He retired a few years ago,maybe that's why I got hired.AH memories,how times have changed.
 
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