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<blockquote data-quote="ezrider" data-source="post: 53260"><p>804 every message board needs at least one good rant and since it doesn't look like Mr Roboto will post on this thread I figured I'd do it.I doubt I'll ever see a new truck in my tenure at this occupation.The truth is we've lost a good portion of newer diesels from our building to California to help meet some EPA mandate.Here the "cadilacs" are few and far between and a driver better have had a lost-time injury or some kind of doctor's order to get one of them.The building I work out of has the most mechanics out of any in our region so the company has the old worn down cars here and the new stuff goes up north.From a bussiness standpoint I can see where the company is coming from to an extent. </p><p> </p><p>Dannyboy don't get me wrong.I do follow the methods and I report anything I feel might lead to something worse.One of the safety co-chairs here is a very good friend and the committee as a whole has made a difference.Our center made it almost 10 months without a lost time injury so it's efforts to promote awareness obviously paid off.The center manager said a few months back that the money budgeted to be set aside for injury-related claims hadn't been touched.(The amount in $ really shocked a few)If my ranting came off sounding like some diatribe against any safety co-chairs efforts I can assure you it wasn't intended that way. </p><p> </p><p>The problem that persists here is that a driver could be executing the methods to perfection but the unpredictable nature of the job can put a driver in situations that can change from safe to hazardous in an instant.If a driver rings the doorbell for a signature required package and a 5yr old lets "Fido" out the door(don't laugh because this happens)that driver either breaks the methods or he's a chew toy.And that's just one example.What normally may be a safe place at 2 in the afternoon may not be at 7 at nite.I like the safe approach as much as anybody posting on this board but I think sadly that it either takes a back seat to or is caught like a deer in the headlights in front of the "bussiness" approach. </p><p> </p><p>P.S.-804 I actually had a really nice old P-800 with a 3.4 liter Italian made turbo diesel engine.It had old scratched up paint so I didn't have to sweat grazing by tree branches and it had power down low to get moving quickly on the endless maze of two-lane highways I'm on.A part-time truck re-spotter filled the tank up with regular gasoline and,well,like I say,it can all change in an instant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ezrider, post: 53260"] 804 every message board needs at least one good rant and since it doesn't look like Mr Roboto will post on this thread I figured I'd do it.I doubt I'll ever see a new truck in my tenure at this occupation.The truth is we've lost a good portion of newer diesels from our building to California to help meet some EPA mandate.Here the "cadilacs" are few and far between and a driver better have had a lost-time injury or some kind of doctor's order to get one of them.The building I work out of has the most mechanics out of any in our region so the company has the old worn down cars here and the new stuff goes up north.From a bussiness standpoint I can see where the company is coming from to an extent. Dannyboy don't get me wrong.I do follow the methods and I report anything I feel might lead to something worse.One of the safety co-chairs here is a very good friend and the committee as a whole has made a difference.Our center made it almost 10 months without a lost time injury so it's efforts to promote awareness obviously paid off.The center manager said a few months back that the money budgeted to be set aside for injury-related claims hadn't been touched.(The amount in $ really shocked a few)If my ranting came off sounding like some diatribe against any safety co-chairs efforts I can assure you it wasn't intended that way. The problem that persists here is that a driver could be executing the methods to perfection but the unpredictable nature of the job can put a driver in situations that can change from safe to hazardous in an instant.If a driver rings the doorbell for a signature required package and a 5yr old lets "Fido" out the door(don't laugh because this happens)that driver either breaks the methods or he's a chew toy.And that's just one example.What normally may be a safe place at 2 in the afternoon may not be at 7 at nite.I like the safe approach as much as anybody posting on this board but I think sadly that it either takes a back seat to or is caught like a deer in the headlights in front of the "bussiness" approach. P.S.-804 I actually had a really nice old P-800 with a 3.4 liter Italian made turbo diesel engine.It had old scratched up paint so I didn't have to sweat grazing by tree branches and it had power down low to get moving quickly on the endless maze of two-lane highways I'm on.A part-time truck re-spotter filled the tank up with regular gasoline and,well,like I say,it can all change in an instant. [/QUOTE]
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