Estes | Safety Vests

[steercrazee]

We are being told all drivers will be given an orange safety vest that we are required to wear when ever out of the tractor on company property. I heard 2 different stories as to why. 1 Somebody got hit by hit by forklift on dock , and 2 somebody got hit on a yard. I don't know which is true, but was told when they come in we better have them on or face discipline. From my understanding its company wide.

 

[M3ATY]

They'll come in handy for those terminals that chose to save a buck and not turn the lights on at night.

 

[steercrazee]

I got mine and opened it out of the pack. It's a cheap velcro type. I went to pull the velcro apart to put it on and the velcro on one side of the vest ripped completely off the vest. A multi billion dollar company purchases a 1.99 vest. I expect to see a lot of drivers just buy their own because these thing aren't gonna last a week being put on and taken off.

 

[victor93]

YRC bought us really nice cloth ones with pockets & the American Flag on it, but that put the company in the red, so the filed bankruptcy.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

I expect to see a lot of drivers just buy their own because these thing aren't gonna last a week being put on and taken off.

To hell with that. They want you to wear them so make. them keep giving you new ones.

 

[seabreeze]

To hell with that. They want you to wear them so make. them keep giving you new ones.

https://imgur.com/4rQeuOB

MY safety vest, it's 67 now.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

https://imgur.com/4rQeuOB

MY safety vest, it's 67 now.

If the guys today had half of the gumption of your generation trucking wouldn’t be in the shape it is in now. I just started my new Teamster job this week. I’ll be a card carrying member myself shortly

 

[Frootloop]

I don’t really get down with the safety vest fashion trend. Estes doesn’t own a forklift or a truck fast enough to hit me. It’s rather silly that it’s come to this, where guys aren’t aware of their surroundings and many aren’t physically able to even get out of their own way it’s pathetic.

 

[seabreeze]

I don’t really get down with the safety vest fashion trend. Estes doesn’t own a forklift or a truck fast enough to hit me. It’s rather silly that it’s come to this, where guys aren’t aware of their surroundings and many aren’t physically able to even get out of their own way it’s pathetic.

I posted this before, We had a line driver get out of his tractor with his cool cushion over his head in heavy rain.
He stepped in front of his tractor and was run over and killed by the switcher.
A safety vest would not have made any difference, but things like this can happen.

 

[Songremainsthesame]

If the guys today had half of the gumption of your generation trucking wouldn’t be in the shape it is in now. I just started my new Teamster job this week. I’ll be a card carrying member myself shortly

Where did you end up?

 

[Songremainsthesame]

https://imgur.com/4rQeuOB

MY safety vest, it's 67 now.

You sure it won’t turn to dust if you try to put it on???

 

[Songremainsthesame]

This isn’t a bad idea, we’ve got way too many yards that are dark AF. When I was at OD we had a driver get killed by a hostler, the next year we all got new jackets with reflective tape on them.

 

[Stimpy]

YRC bought us really nice cloth ones with pockets & the American Flag on it, but that put the company in the red, so the filed bankruptcy.

Was yours 102 wide? Ya know double size?

 

[seabreeze]

You sure it won’t turn to dust if you try to put it on???

Jeff just made it for me last year, it's like me, darn near perfect.

 

[steercrazee]

I posted this before, We had a line driver get out of his tractor with his cool cushion over his head in heavy rain.
He stepped in front of his tractor and was run over and killed by the switcher.
A safety vest would not have made any difference, but things like this can happen.

The yard hostlers do be flying in some of the terminals. If you are checking your seal on lead pup you better look out if there is an open space beside you because they will scotch on down beside you without looking to drop another set.

 

[steercrazee]

This isn’t a bad idea, we’ve got way too many yards that are dark AF. When I was at OD we had a driver get killed by a hostler, the next year we all got new jackets with reflective tape on them.

True. They will 10 lights on a yard blown and instead of fixing them they buy dollar store vests.

 

[Songremainsthesame]

True. They will 10 lights on a yard blown and instead of fixing them they buy dollar store vests.

I wish they’d go with the reflective tape on our shirts and jackets. It’s a pain in the ass to keep track of a reflective vest, not to mention trying to put it over a jacket when it’s cold.

 

[steercrazee]

I wish they’d go with the reflective tape on our shirts and jackets. It’s a pain in the ass to keep track of a reflective vest, not to mention trying to put it over a jacket when it’s cold.

Also the ones they supplied are so cheap the velcro sticks to the vest and tears it up and trying to keep anything from sticking to it is a job not to mention trying to keep it clean. If you wash it in a washer just be aware it may come out torn up. I like you would think a multi billion dollar company could afford us new uniforms and jackets with the reflective stripes. Heck as much as they have been boasting about growing and all the yellow deals they got they could spread the wealth toward some visible uniforms. I guess the 1.99 vest was their cheapest way out.

 

[xeastend]

Pyle instituted a safety vest policy several years ago. They supply us with decent zip up vests. Also we get yearly safety awards with high vis options. Some have gone and bought their own shirts etc more for fit and comfort. As long as the item meets the specs, company is fine with it

 

[BIG R GUY]

Trucks don’t run fast enough
Can’t get done fast enough
Don’t want to be told to take lunch
Don’t want lift gate deliveries
Cameras in the cab
Now complain about wearing a cheap company issue vest.
Did I miss anything?