When ABF bought World Way/Carolina the company, (FleetNet), was part of what ABF kept. I forget what the company was named back then but it is now FleetNet. I filed a grievance a while before I retired because the shop contract specifically stated the company could not use a vendor they owned that competed with Teamster shop. Not only did the company violate that by trying to use FleetNet but there were breakdowns within a few miles of the shop where the load was delayed till the driver was out of hours. We could have made repairs/retrievals & had the load moving in a fraction of the time at a fraction of the cost. Some lower level management would spend a thousand company dollars to ***** us out of a hundred. It was a policy in the shop that a CDL was required for road calls & several mechanics had them for that reason.
I am sure FleetNet, like other companies has had problems hiring & keeping maintenance personnel. I don't know what they pay but I am sure it is not enough to attract & retain mechanics. I will have to go back to look at quarterly reports but as I remember FleetNet has not been very profitable. Long breakdown delays would send customers to competitors. So ArcBest probably made a wise decision to sell while there was a buyer.