bent and beat up trucks? Both these companies buy new trucks every year to replace the fleet. I drove for werner before becoming an O/O and never had a bad truck or a truck over 2 years old so I dont understand that comment of bent and beat up trucks. Every trucking company has there bad equipment and bad drivers

 

I think what he was saying was because of the bad drivers, their brand new trucks get bent and beat up quicker. - I could be wrong though. 8)

 

Truck age does not mean it's in good condition. If your company drivers are primarily new students - you can end up with "new" equipment with battle scars. Sure the company may let that student go but they also have a fresh class of guys comming in next week.......


Werner trucks I have seen on the road tend to be a bit.....worn. Swift's seem to be ok. The nicest is a small local outfit -- all Pete 379s that are immaculate - I was in one with 600k miles on the clock and it was like brand new. Carpet clean, no cig burns, everything nice and neat. Been in some that have 35,000 on them and I wouldn't drive it to the store to get a loaf of bread.

 

yea well it was a few years back so maybe thing have changed over there. That is why i have my own truck nobody else drving it so if something is broke I did it

 

That might be one of the very best reasons to own your own. You know every mile that was put on the truck and anything to do with the truck is because of YOU.

 

I have had 3 trucks through Werner in the last year..all fairly new and all pre-damaged .....

trk #1. a blk 2004 century class freightliner with 140k on the odometer....

TRUCK HAD BENT RUNNING BOARDS....AND TONS OF CIGARETTE BURNS IN THE INTERIOR...

I had a steer tire blow out comming over I-70 in colorado..I took 3 days off and lost the truck..I did no damage in the blow out..I was very lucky...

off to recover my second TRK..........

TRK # 2...A DARK BLUE T-600 with 40k on the odometer.. abandoned and brought to a wrecker yrd for recovery in Billings Montana.....Damage report ..a bent Wing A chunk missinmg out of the roof..a crack in the bumper....

TRK Number 2 was parked at a T/A I went into the T/A to call the shp to schedule re-loading for over weight issues , and came out to find my truck smacked out of it's parking spot...

onto trk # 3 an abandoned trk set for recovery at a wrecker yrd in Madison Wisconsin.........

TRK#3...A BLACK 06 CENTURY with 30,050 on the odometer.....

Damage report ....2 Bent wings...one badly bent at the very top by the Qual-com dome......And a hand full of cigarette burns in the interior....


Werner / Swift may buy new trucks every year.....But they are handed to new drivers that for some reason can't stop twisting the truck beyond 90 degrees...or just have real poor depth perception and run into things A-LOT.....

MY 3 TRKS IS WHERE I BASE MY STATEMENT.................

 

Big jeep I hear you on that. I dont know why you cant look in the mirror and notice you are about to bend the fairings on your truck.

 

I offered 2 bottles of Jack Daniels and a plug nickel for Swift. Haven't heard back.

 

That's because the selling price was three bottles, and a pack of bubble gum.

:wink:

 

what I heard and have been hearing is SWIFT is and has been trying to buy WERNER for some time now......