Comments By Mr. Curmudgeon

If that lasts more than 4 hours he should contact a doctor

Last driven by "Smilin' Bob the Enzyte Guy"?

Arejay, I did 28yrs of pushing a squad, and was reputed to be "that guy" when it came to knowing the nuances of how to legally provide extra loving to someone what needed it. My immmediate thought was "Oh, HELL no, I aint pulling a crappy vin retag stolen trailer through the PRC". Liley a valid explanation, but when the first third is missing, and I dont know where the confidential numbers are on a semi trailer to verify against the registration....

Oh, the people from Amazon said thay it was OK to pull. I submitted a DVIR and made it unsafe to pull so that HAVE to give it attention... axle seals, brakes, registrations, and now VIN tags. I am pleased to hear that Im not the only ine that's looking at the paper registrations... i am constantly stunned by the huge level of grab and go with pool trailers...

Mylar label not squarely on the misshapen metal tab it was adhered to. 7 of the 17 vin digits / characters are missing. Headed into San Bernardino, CA by way of the I-10, including Banning scale routing. I opted to NOT pull it since it is an incomplete VIN tag. Thoughts?

Nothingwrong with thatkind of recognition from your outfit. Becoming a professional driver is a journey, one that I have been on for a decade now, and still have days where the "ah-hah!" moments happen.

Congrats on the safe driverof the week award, and kudos to you for gritting it out and staying with the career. It never gets "easy", but it does get "easier". If it was easy, it wouldnt be as much fun!

Well done. And THANK YOU for being a driver willing to do what is needed to keep rolling (carrying parts / tools / attitude allowing repairs to be made in the field rather than waiting for mobile service to get there, or worse yet "pulling and rolling" (rolling the dice).

I've never seen an air line bubble like that, gives me pause to dive deeper into my pre/post trips. Thanks!

Not sure what is driving the recent set of Ring messages from CEO, but our outfit's benefits are contracting effective Jan 1.

401(k) match going away. Guaranteed 40hr pay if three days are worked going away. Picking up the tax on the $50/night road life per diem. $50 weekly safety bonus. No guaranteed overtime (THAT is a benefit I was not aware of, and suspect it is something grandfathered in for local drivers).

The last two are not huge, but the top one is effectively a 6% pay cut - they did a 6% match, and all of my money was Roth. Being over that certain age, that one is kinda stout.

Not sure how to react to this stuff. She has a company meeting scheduled late January, I'll withhold judgement until then in the event that I may have missed something or misinterpreted the message.

BK, initially it was serious, but then I realized the humorous component as well.

Absent the medical diagnosis of alopetia (i think thats the condition) - anyone that has no available hair for a follicle test through shaving or dipilatory use is making a lifestyle choice. Pornstar, swimmer, matters not. It is a choice. Just like smoking weed, using coke, smoking meth, spiking H.

So, yank that nose hair. No sympathy from me.

Hurts like the bejeezeez i would think...

Sounds like another Todd post. Doesn't make any sense and too far fetched to be truthful.

THIS Todd?

Watching the goings on in the fulfillment centers that I have been in, I constantly see the spotter drivers hook, lift and then drag the trailer several feet forward before hooking the air lines. I wonder if this could be causing the frequency of seal leaks. The dock pads look like the starting line at Great Lakes Dragway (where the great ones run-run-run-run!)

I was with my previous outfit for about seven years, and in that time can only think of three or four leaking inboard axle seals on trailers. (Rail Pool IM chassis dont count, those are a "high percentage stop" in the lingo of my first career)

Any mechanic experience here that can comment?

Can they pull a nose hair for a follicle test?

I guess i am confused about your dissatisfaction. In one statement you are critiquing a rigid training system designed by those whom you say have no experience driving a CMV, then you follow that up with the fact that you will be training drivers, when you yourself acknowledge your two weeks of driver training. Is there a reason you can't do both with them, drive and also do the training tasks?