TForce | Truck assignment plan

[Teamsta II]

The company plans on sending all power equipment that is year 2021 or older to the terminals with on premise shops.
Any terminal that doesn't have a company shop will not have any power equipment that is older than year 2022. This is all a cost reduction effort to eliminate the need for outside vendors.
Maintenance costs are killing profits.
Supposedly this is supposed to start in the 2nd quarter.

 

[Rounding3rd]

That's how many companies used to do it

 

[Crumudgeon]

The older stuff is more reliable than the new ones... From what I understand there is hardly a KW without Christmas lights on the dash panel.......

 

[seabreeze]

The older stuff is more reliable than the new ones... From what I understand there is hardly a KW without Christmas lights on the dash panel.......

Today they gripe about trivial things, we were tickled pink to get heaters in all the trucks, and West Coast mirrors, WOW.

 

[ABF381]

Today they gripe about trivial things, we were tickled pink to get heaters in all the trucks, and West Coast mirrors, WOW.

Mirrors? Did someone say mirrors?

 

[Teamsta II]

The older stuff is more reliable than the new ones... From what I understand there is hardly a KW without Christmas lights on the dash panel.......

We haven't had any problems with the kw's or freightliners at my terminal, the old UPS trucks are all in the shop at least 2 times a month

 

[Larrythethird]

The older stuff is more reliable than the new ones... From what I understand there is hardly a KW without Christmas lights on the dash panel.......

Good thing about new trucks is lots of things are under warranty so they can just drop them off at the local dealership for repair of course depending on what’s wrong with it.

 

[Teamsta II]

Good thing about new trucks is lots of things are under warranty so they can just drop them off at the local dealership for repair of course depending on what’s wrong with it.

That's the plan. CEO of TFI said so back in 2021.

 

[victor93]

Today they gripe about trivial things, we were tickled pink to get heaters in all the trucks, and West Coast mirrors, WOW.

I remember the R Model twin screws without power steering

 

[seabreeze]

I remember the R Model twin screws without power steering

The only power steering we saw was when they leased tractors for the Christmas rush.

 

[BIG R GUY]

Today they gripe about trivial things, we were tickled pink to get heaters in all the trucks, and West Coast mirrors, WOW.

Whats a west coast mirror? One with a hat?

 

[seabreeze]

Whats a west coast mirror? One with a hat?

And the Moldo accent.

 

[Rounding3rd]

Remember non-power steering R Model Macks when temperatures got down around zero degrees?

 

[victor93]

Remember non-power steering R Model Macks when temperatures got down around zero degrees?

Used a lot of cardboard back then

 

[Niteshift3]

Remember non-power steering R Model Macks when temperatures got down around zero degrees?

I remember very well driving Overnite’s F Model Macks in the zero degree weather. I didn’t have enough seniority to drive the R Models. The grease in the steering box would freeze and they were extremely hard to hold in your lane.

 

[ltltrkr]

That's how many companies used to do it

Many LTL's still run locations without shops.

 

[Triplex]

I remember very well driving Overnite’s F Model Macks in the zero degree weather. I didn’t have enough seniority to drive the R Models. The grease in the steering box would freeze and they were extremely hard to hold in your lane.

If you lick the steering wheel in freezing weather does your tongue stick to it like Flick on the flagpole in "A Christmas Story"?

 

[WOOO!]

The company plans on sending all power equipment that is year 2021 or older to the terminals with on premise shops.
Any terminal that doesn't have a company shop will not have any power equipment that is older than year 2022. This is all a cost reduction effort to eliminate the need for outside vendors.
Maintenance costs are killing profits.
Supposedly this is supposed to start in the 2nd quarter.

Yes those locations will get all the newer single axle tractors. Hubs will get most of the twin screw tractors, new and old. Eventually we will have very few single axle power units. YMMV

 

[Crumudgeon]

"Big trucks, big bucks. If ya can't afford em', you shouldn't have em'."
I heard that in Tucumcari New Mexico, while he was holding the only Cat turbo for 300 miles..

 

[useless]

If you lick the steering wheel in freezing weather does your tongue stick to it like Flick on the flagpole in "A Christmas Story"?

Go ahead and lick the steering wheel...let me know in a few days how many diseases and illnesses you got from doing that , never mind that you will have to go see DR. Pimple Popper