Changes to DVIR and Vehicle Inspection Procedures

[menotyou]

When you are the Queen, AJ, it doesn't matter. All that does matter is that you are the Queen. And, you are a Queen.

 

[dilligaf]

I don't have any package car experience but I do know trucks.

It's all DOT. Doesn't matter .... pkg/tractor trailer.

 

[ajblakejr]

i believe they get rid of the paper copy after 30 days and keep a electronic copy that they input into a computer.

Do you have a DOT number on your vechicle?
If you do, you are expected to follow DOT rules and regulations.

 

[dilligaf]

​We don't have an ICC on the trucks but we follow DOT regs.

 

[cachsux]

I think you are telling that to the wrong person. It's her job to know.

A.J. may seem to come across as a cute ditsy blonde but rest assured it only SEEMS that way. She'll lure you in with the laughs and innuendos but thats only to get you close enough to slap you straight.

 

[badpal.]

We as mechanics need it where we can read what your concerns are.. I for one love the mirrow broke, morrw loos, or my latch thingy dunt work, and my all time fav, "my stool is loos" . take the extra time and be legable, be specific, learn termanology.

My mechanics tease me because I tend to "write stories" when something is wrong with the truck. They also appreciate the fact that I'm descriptive and try to use as proper of terminology as I know.

 

[bluehdmc]

​We don't have an ICC on the trucks but we follow DOT regs.

The ICC was abolished in 1995. That's when the trucking industry was deregulated and started the downward slide for unionized carriers. The ICC had a lot of archaic rules, and was a bit of an "old boys club".
You could have ICC authority to haul machine parts from NYC to Buffalo, but couldn't find a backhaul load that you had authority for, ex: televisions or produce.

 

[dilligaf]

The ICC was abolished in 1995. That's when the trucking industry was deregulated and started the downward slide for unionized carriers. The ICC had a lot of archaic rules, and was a bit of an "old boys club".
You could have ICC authority to haul machine parts from NYC to Buffalo, but couldn't find a backhaul load that you had authority for, ex: televisions or produce.

LOL OK.

 

[menotyou]

My mechanic went to the center manager to complain that I wrote up too much. The center manager looked at my books. The mechanic was told to do his job. I guess he was mad because I didn't need any touch-ups. hehehehehe

 

[ajblakejr]

A.J. may seem to come across as a cute ditsy blonde but rest assured it only SEEMS that way. She'll lure you in with the laughs and innuendos but thats only to get you close enough to slap you straight.

You say the sweetest things...ok, I will follow you my next vacation and do all your dirty work on pre-trip; pitman arm, slack adjusters, and steering mechanisn. I draw the line at checking your oil but I would fill the DEF.....

 

[brownmonster]

I once wrote up "front end vibrates on the Interstate". Mechanic replied "don't take the Interstate".

 

[menotyou]

I once wrote up "front end vibrates on the Interstate". Mechanic replied "don't take the Interstate".

Sounds like mine.

 

[Packmule]

Best DVIR write up I ever heard about was "vibrates so hard over 80 mph, I can't do my paperwork." Wasn't me, and it was just a joke, but the guy sure got hammered on.

 

[bluehdmc]

I once wrote up "front end vibrates on the Interstate". Mechanic replied "don't take the Interstate".

Sounds like mine.

They all must go to the same training seminar, ours have similar answers.

 

[menotyou]

Mine will come in early to touch up your bumper, or a chip out of something. He loves his paint.

 

[bluehdmc]

Mine will come in early to touch up your bumper, or a chip out of something. He loves his paint.

Doesn't PMI stand for Paint Most Items?

 

[menotyou]

Doesn't PMI stand for Paint Most Items?

 

[IslandGirl]

The mechanic is the one who can't read them!...the mechanic(an outside agency)..comes to the centre every morning now..and checks every DVIR book himself..the vehicle washers were supposed to be reporting the problems..but they were so busy crashing into things, they probably needed their own DVIR book..!!

 

[AKCoverMan]

I once wrote up an old P-500 before they crushed the last one (at least in our center) for being "old and worn out". Mechanic replied "Agreed. Ok to operate."

 

[over9five]

You've probably all seen these attributed to UPS pilots "DVIRs", but it's very funny!