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<blockquote data-quote="retiredTxfeeder" data-source="post: 5307730" data-attributes="member: 52978"><p>When I was a newbie in feeders, I came up to dispatch to punch out one night.&nbsp; Dispatcher told me they had a hot overflow, and&nbsp; to take a tractor that was in the fuel island.&nbsp; He told me to not pretrip it, that The load was already 30 minutes late.&nbsp; Just get in it and go.&nbsp; When I got to the meet point,&nbsp; (a closed restaurant parking lot) there was already 3 drivers from my building waiting for MESTX and DALTX drivers to get there.&nbsp; After I dropped my trailer, I went over to hang with the other drivers from my building.&nbsp; One of them asked me about the tractor I was driving.&nbsp; He asked me if they had fixed the flat on the inside of one of the duals.&nbsp; He told me that he had caught it and refused to drive it, as he should have done.&nbsp; Bottom line, a dispatcher told me to drive a tractor that he knew had a flat, and specifically told me not to pretrip, knowing I&#039;d catch it.&nbsp; When I got back to the building, the dispatcher had left for the day.&nbsp; The next day, I lit into him as well as the feeder manager.&nbsp; He got into a lot of trouble for that.&nbsp; I learned a valuable lesson that day as well.&nbsp; He put my life in danger as well as anyone on the freeway with me just to get a load somewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="retiredTxfeeder, post: 5307730, member: 52978"] When I was a newbie in feeders, I came up to dispatch to punch out one night. Dispatcher told me they had a hot overflow, and to take a tractor that was in the fuel island. He told me to not pretrip it, that The load was already 30 minutes late. Just get in it and go. When I got to the meet point, (a closed restaurant parking lot) there was already 3 drivers from my building waiting for MESTX and DALTX drivers to get there. After I dropped my trailer, I went over to hang with the other drivers from my building. One of them asked me about the tractor I was driving. He asked me if they had fixed the flat on the inside of one of the duals. He told me that he had caught it and refused to drive it, as he should have done. Bottom line, a dispatcher told me to drive a tractor that he knew had a flat, and specifically told me not to pretrip, knowing I'd catch it. When I got back to the building, the dispatcher had left for the day. The next day, I lit into him as well as the feeder manager. He got into a lot of trouble for that. I learned a valuable lesson that day as well. He put my life in danger as well as anyone on the freeway with me just to get a load somewhere. [/QUOTE]

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