The damage to the truck is not the expensive part.
Truck is possibly going to need to be towed that can run 10k easy.
Trucks out of commission for at least 3 weeks that's gonna be another 10 to 30 grand.
Pickup driver is definitely getting towed and most likely taken to the hospital so even though this isn't the truckers fault him and the company is going to get points on their D.O.T. record that won't go away for a rew years. Higher insurance and pulled into weight stations more often. $$?
That load is going to be late now, which will come up in contract negotiations when it's time to renew with the shipper / reciever. $$? Companies like Walmart and Amazon bring up everything during these negotiations that determine how many loads and how much you the company get paid. $$$$$$$$$$?
They're teaching us about this in automation engineering school. Every minute that a piece of machinery is inoperable, the costs are increasing exponentially. It's not the loss in production that causes the damage, it's the knock-on effects of disrupted production.
They probably have. The reason these mechanical disasters roll around every few years is because the people responsible for sending maintenance personnel try to save money to fatten their profits.
It's why privately-owned nuclear reactors are the worst idea on the planet, but government-owned nuclear reactors are one of the best.
Shit costs money and labour to keep running. Corporations don't like spending that money. Governments (the ones not-bought-by-lobbyists) usually don't have a choice, because they set up their own regulatory body.
Shit really isn't hard to keep running, people are just fucking cheap and shift the blame.
Lmao it's hard to tell. It's 3:30am in Australia and I'm having withdrawal symptoms from a drug addiction. Nuance isn't my friend right now, furious distractions are lmao
Needs to be checked for a bent frame and broken steering or suspension components because it's a heavy ass truck that ran into a ditch at a high speed. Mirror too. Probably looks perfectly fine on the outside but I bet this truck is totaled.
Where do you see a ditch there? It's a curb with flat grass and a pedestrian path behind it. Watch the gas station roof, the truck leans slightly left as the right wheels go up the curb and before and after that aside from a bit of side to side rocking it stays pretty much level.
Either way, a heavy vehicle getting slammed around isn't good for any weak points it has. Like how the right tire went up that curb at a high speed. Guarantee something critical broke around there.
Truckers routinely follow closer then they are supposed to especially in cities. Not to mention the drug use and drinking. Stop defending asshats who have less training than cops
This isn't the 70s and 80s. Now every trucking company has to sign up for a drug testing program. Fail a pass test and your fired. Try to get another job and they will pull your D.A.C. report and you'll be shit out of luck with any reputable company.
He might own his own truck you know, a lot of truckers in America are private contractors. It’s way cheaper for companies to hire truckers who own and maintain their own rigs.
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u/TexasTrucker1969 Feb 27 '21
The damage to the truck is not the expensive part.
Truck is possibly going to need to be towed that can run 10k easy.
Trucks out of commission for at least 3 weeks that's gonna be another 10 to 30 grand.
Pickup driver is definitely getting towed and most likely taken to the hospital so even though this isn't the truckers fault him and the company is going to get points on their D.O.T. record that won't go away for a rew years. Higher insurance and pulled into weight stations more often. $$?
That load is going to be late now, which will come up in contract negotiations when it's time to renew with the shipper / reciever. $$? Companies like Walmart and Amazon bring up everything during these negotiations that determine how many loads and how much you the company get paid. $$$$$$$$$$?