What's up with the new dollies being chained up and placed out of service?Here some Pics. If the number system holds true then we know there is atleast 227 of these dollies around
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All defective.
Are they Road Systems (Xpo Manufacturing) made ? or did they buy from another manufacture ? Good thing they found out before someone got hurt. We had 4 older ones this year that had major structural problems from frame rot to stress cracks . Check those dollys.
Wow. Company is keeping hush , hush about it like it was a way raise or something.
Communicate ...not here. Low priority. Oh yeah right their still learning I almost forgot
I have not seen one. They have 7 bolts holding the two halves of the dolly together, and apparently they are breaking under load.
I have heard they cannot be welded easily (in place of the bolts) because they are Galvanized.
When welding galvanized steel, a respirator is required so that the zinc oxide fumes from the galvanizing are not inhaled. Inhalation of zinc oxide fumes can cause metal fume fever. This acute overexposure to zinc oxide through the respiratory system causes flu like symptoms that can be severe. Chronic overexposure to zinc oxide can result in death. It is also wise to weld in a well ventilated area, even when using a respirator.
Welding galvanized steel can pose problems other than just health risks. The zinc coating found on galvanized steels can compromise the weld. The coating makes penetration more difficult and can cause a weld to have inclusions and porosity. Lack of fusion at the toes of the weld is also common.
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This is all speculation and I hope I am wrong because this would be an enormous waste of money to have to scrap these dollies.
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It's amazing how some people will believe anything. Guy has been flipping companies his entire life. Different industries. Same play book. Same results. But he's still learning. Yeah. Right.
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That isn't speculation at all. Welding galvanized is not a good thing. And fudging welds into a space designed for bolts will go poorly also. It's probably got a lot to do with why the old dollies weren't made that way.
Just like everything else. Shows you what they think of us. They will never have a great company until they figure this out . I guess after 500 takeovers you become devoid of things when enriching yourself becomes job one.
Never have we had a president that has been so quiet. Even in the quarterly updates he never says anything of substance!
Yeah like trying to hold a company together with tape and glue. Oh yeah that's right we don't either have of those things either.
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Why not galvanize them after they are welded?
I can't say for sure about the questionable dollies , but metal that is Galvanized is covered with a zinc coating that prevents rust. If the dollies are Galvanized it wouldn't be easy to remove the coating , then correctly weld them , then re - Galvanize the completed unit.
Fixing these issues would be time consuming ( COSTLY ) The whole reason that the problem exists is from trying to do things the cheap way , I'm guessing.
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Funny how almost everything they do on the cheap cost them twice as much in the long run
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I mean when they are first built, if you weld them after the fact there is a coating you can use
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At this pace OD will over take XPO this year and UPS next. With Estes right there. I thought he wanted to be number one at LTL ?
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Yeah, well. It all looks good on paper. So, there’s that.