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BigWheels · #21 05-15-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Phreddo

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You guys haven't lived until you've slip-seated in an LTL outfit.

I keep a clean interior of the truck. I am stunned how a line-haul driver can trash the inside of a cab in one night's time (Granted--not every linehaul driver is a slob...and to be fair to the linehaul drivers, our barn has a few city p/u drivers who are utter slobs).

I used to get yelled at by my boss because I took an extra few minutes to clean out the garbage, coffee/soda spills through out the cab. Then one morning I showed him the cab interior. I no longer get yelled at for cleaning up the mess left by the previous driver. :lol:

And yeah, the boss has talked to the line-haul drivers to clean up the garbage at the end of their trip...in one ear and out the other! :x

Do you by chance work for Saia?

Nope -- Central Transport.

Guess we now know at least two carriers who have some trashy cabs huh?! :wink:

Phreddo · #22 05-15-2008, 02:58 AM

I used to deal with the Saia (formerly Madison Freight) terminal, and i remember seeing a note from the head guy about cleaning out cabs.

BanditsCousin · #23 05-15-2008, 03:20 AM

I try to clean up the truck before I go to bed at night- regardless of what time. I keep nothing on my dash. I laugh at the stacks of paper, dream catches that block your vision and bags of chips. Daycabs, I'd let slide, but a sleeper cab is unexcusable.

The doghair from my pug is out hand though....

mommee · #24 05-15-2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BanditsCousin

I try to clean up the truck before I go to bed at night- regardless of what time. I keep nothing on my dash. I laugh at the stacks of paper, dream catches that block your vision and bags of chips. Daycabs, I'd let slide, but a sleeper cab is unexcusable.

The doghair from my pug is out hand though....

A roll of the clear packing tape will get up all the dog hair or a rolling lint brush that has the sticky tape. You think your pug sheds hair, you should see the back of my car. There is a layer of yellow lab hair. You can't see the carpet anymore. :lol:

BanditsCousin · #25 05-15-2008, 02:59 PM

I know, but I'd never get any miles done if I was getting the hair up lol. The good thing is I get all the free packing tape I can ever want

mommee · #26 05-15-2008, 05:30 PM

Send some tape my way then. :lol: :wink:

Jumbo · #27 05-16-2008, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Phreddo

I used to deal with the Saia (formerly Madison Freight) terminal, and i remember seeing a note from the head guy about cleaning out cabs.

Why would management worry about cleaning out the cabs. The maintainence was so poor on the old Madison Freight trucks how they ever got anything delivered was beyond me.

BigWheels · #28 05-16-2008, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Jumbo

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Originally Posted by Phreddo

I used to deal with the Saia (formerly Madison Freight) terminal, and i remember seeing a note from the head guy about cleaning out cabs.

Why would management worry about cleaning out the cabs. The maintainence was so poor on the old Madison Freight trucks how they ever got anything delivered was beyond me.

Well...suppose one of their trucks was broke down on the side of the road and DOT rolls up, hops up on the running board, and looks into the cab. Perhaps they might be inclined to do a full-blown inspection! :lol:

TruckerChris · #29 05-16-2008, 05:10 PM

I don't have anything on my dash because I don't like the reflections it makes when I'm driving. I have my map and log book on the passenger seat and one of those seat back organizers with all my stuff in it.

I watched this guy in a nasty FFE truck yesterday at the fuel island get out of his truck and you couldn't even see the floor... NASTY! To top it off, he jumped out with a XXL pitcher full of piss and then dumped in on the ground while half of it splashed all over his truck... some people are disgusting. :shock: :?

coalregion · #30 05-16-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Uturn2001

Back in CDL school our classroom teacher was a semi-retired DOT certified cop. He told us that the keeping the cab of your truck organized and reasonably clean as well as keeping your log book entries neat will do more for keeping the number of close inspections down than anything else you can do.

Guy who trained us was an ex Marine. Needless to say,if you turned in your logs looking like something a cat threw up, he'd hand them right back and make you do them over. He said the same thing, that if your logs are neat and presentable, it goes a long way when a DOT person is doing an inspection on you. :wink: