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Write Up Your Damn Truck....Please??
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<blockquote data-quote="cachsux" data-source="post: 1361187" data-attributes="member: 5529"><p>Really?</p><p>Around here we do what we are told which is to use our experience to determine whether to write something up that needs to be fixed right now and something that can wait until the next PMI so that the shop won't be inundated with chicken shiz nickel and dime stuff so they can get to the vehicles that really need repairs. </p><p>I had a rig I inherited that had a rebuilt motor in it. I noticed a minor oil leak at the front seal. I wrote it up. The mech explains that UPS went cheap on the rebuild and that's why the motor would leak when cold. Once up to temp it stops. So know I know what I'm looking at. Stay on top of checking the oil (add 3 quarts every 2 weeks) and it runs fine. The guys with expierience that shared it with me would either leave me a note pointing out what they saw or would swing by the shop and the mech would fill them in. The inexperienced, don't know a wrench from a toothbrush, DF's that might get into it would just up and red tag it without checking any further. Every time the mech would sign off and give it back to me. It got to be so bad we wrote a note on the DVIR book and STILL had people who wouldn't pay attention and would red tag it. Eventually when the shop had time for this NON SAFETY repair they took it in and replaced the front seal. </p><p>That's just MY expieriance with a situation like we are debating. It's also why I said I will leave a note on something minor or swing by the shop to get it looked at but I will NOT red tag a vehicle for every squeak I come across.</p><p></p><p> Some of us know wtf we are doing as opposed to being " told what to do" to make things run smoother at big brown.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cachsux, post: 1361187, member: 5529"] Really? Around here we do what we are told which is to use our experience to determine whether to write something up that needs to be fixed right now and something that can wait until the next PMI so that the shop won't be inundated with chicken shiz nickel and dime stuff so they can get to the vehicles that really need repairs. I had a rig I inherited that had a rebuilt motor in it. I noticed a minor oil leak at the front seal. I wrote it up. The mech explains that UPS went cheap on the rebuild and that's why the motor would leak when cold. Once up to temp it stops. So know I know what I'm looking at. Stay on top of checking the oil (add 3 quarts every 2 weeks) and it runs fine. The guys with expierience that shared it with me would either leave me a note pointing out what they saw or would swing by the shop and the mech would fill them in. The inexperienced, don't know a wrench from a toothbrush, DF's that might get into it would just up and red tag it without checking any further. Every time the mech would sign off and give it back to me. It got to be so bad we wrote a note on the DVIR book and STILL had people who wouldn't pay attention and would red tag it. Eventually when the shop had time for this NON SAFETY repair they took it in and replaced the front seal. That's just MY expieriance with a situation like we are debating. It's also why I said I will leave a note on something minor or swing by the shop to get it looked at but I will NOT red tag a vehicle for every squeak I come across. Some of us know wtf we are doing as opposed to being " told what to do" to make things run smoother at big brown. [/QUOTE]
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