i'm not getting a good vibe, initially, from this "Alain" guy:
a) has he ever driven a truck? What is his background?
1) This business about getting new equipment:
i don't think this is the problem. Good Maintenance is more important. Caster and Alignment is more important than a new truck in my opinion. NOT we need 2021 trucks because it's 2021 and we shouldn't be driving 2008 trucks. i think the truck i had yesterday is 2013, has 700K, but runs well.
Do you think it's cheaper, in my particular terminal's case, to buy 10 new tractors at $110,000 each, so that's 1.1 million dollars? OR better maintain the ones that we have? Even with 3 mechanics working on them 24/7 it's not going to cost 1 million dollars. Also, newer trucks WILL eventually need maintenance too. So, then we should just keep buying new trucks---and spend a million more? We've been doing it this way for 85 years. You're saying we're this stupid and for this long?
a) i would say BETTER equipment over NEWER equipment: Our liftgates have room for improvement. You know these are not the fastest nor the most durable. What about better pallet jacks and handtrucks for the drivers?
2) We are in the freight business, yet we don't give a crap about the freight or the customer.
Please re-read what i just wrote very carefully.
Perhaps, as step one, we should handle the freight much more carefully AND focus on CUSTOMER SERVICE. We are in the SERVICE business after all.
i don't like it when a newcomer comes along and "thinks" they know exactly what will "fix" a company.
There's more but i can't think of it right now. Anything and everything else you want to discuss feel free to.
a) has he ever driven a truck? What is his background?
1) This business about getting new equipment:
i don't think this is the problem. Good Maintenance is more important. Caster and Alignment is more important than a new truck in my opinion. NOT we need 2021 trucks because it's 2021 and we shouldn't be driving 2008 trucks. i think the truck i had yesterday is 2013, has 700K, but runs well.
Do you think it's cheaper, in my particular terminal's case, to buy 10 new tractors at $110,000 each, so that's 1.1 million dollars? OR better maintain the ones that we have? Even with 3 mechanics working on them 24/7 it's not going to cost 1 million dollars. Also, newer trucks WILL eventually need maintenance too. So, then we should just keep buying new trucks---and spend a million more? We've been doing it this way for 85 years. You're saying we're this stupid and for this long?
a) i would say BETTER equipment over NEWER equipment: Our liftgates have room for improvement. You know these are not the fastest nor the most durable. What about better pallet jacks and handtrucks for the drivers?
2) We are in the freight business, yet we don't give a crap about the freight or the customer.
Please re-read what i just wrote very carefully.
Perhaps, as step one, we should handle the freight much more carefully AND focus on CUSTOMER SERVICE. We are in the SERVICE business after all.
i don't like it when a newcomer comes along and "thinks" they know exactly what will "fix" a company.
There's more but i can't think of it right now. Anything and everything else you want to discuss feel free to.
