http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/27/six-money-saving-tips-for-owner-operators/234.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/27/six-money-saving-tips-for-owner-operators/234.html/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Jim Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:29:33 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/27/six-money-saving-tips-for-owner-operators/234.html#comment-747 Schedule a meeting with the General Manager and Service Manger together. Present your case and tell them exactly what you want. This is simply taking the problem up the chain of command. Too many people do not do this, and just take what they get. Schedule a meeting with the General Manager and Service Manger together. Present your case and tell them exactly what you want. This is simply taking the problem up the chain of command.
Too many people do not do this, and just take what they get.

]]> http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/27/six-money-saving-tips-for-owner-operators/234.html/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Pam Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:44:51 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/27/six-money-saving-tips-for-owner-operators/234.html#comment-178 Can anyone offer some helpful tips on maintenance for international vehicles? My predictament is occurring with a International service department that I feel is not honest in the repair of my husband's international truck. His truck is currently in the shop for repairs. He took his truck to the shop exactly 1 week and 2 days (Tuesday 21 August-Friday 24 August 2007) ago for a check engine light. They repaired a Cam sensor malfunction. After driving the truck for a total of 4 hours (Monday, 27 Aug 07) his transmission light came on, so he immediately took the truck to a transmission (Monday, 27Aug07 to 29Aug07) shop to get it repaired. The transmission shop said it was not a transmission malfunction, but a sensor malfunction leading to the transmission. So my husband returned the truck to the International repair shop (29Aug07) where they have created a seperate invoice for this service. The service manager tells me this two separate functions, but they haven't even looked at the truck, they basing this all on my husband telling them the transmission light is on. My husband is not a mechanic, he is a driver. The thing that gets me, The shop has repeatedly done this before, They know he is not mechanically aware of problems, so they treat him like a sucker. Whereas, he has taken his truck to this shop in good faith, only to have to return it to for the same repairs over again, and over again, and charged over again. He is not a mechanic, but he does do scheduled preventive trips to the service department. He only lets qualified International repair centers service his truck. Most times, I say nothing because he trusts them, so he keeps returning it until they finally get it right, but it is getting out of hand. I may not be a mechanic but, I smell a rat, some pretty big rats. I would also like to add that my career is in the Maintenance field and I have 13 years of experience with driving and doing basic operator PMs on deisel engines, 2-1/2 & 5 ton military vehicles. I am not a mechanic, but maintenance is my environment. Can anyone offer some advice? Can anyone offer some helpful tips on maintenance for international vehicles? My predictament is occurring with a International service department that I feel is not honest in the repair of my husband’s international truck. His truck is currently in the shop for repairs. He took his truck to the shop exactly 1 week and 2 days (Tuesday 21 August-Friday 24 August 2007) ago for a check engine light. They repaired a Cam sensor malfunction. After driving the truck for a total of 4 hours (Monday, 27 Aug 07) his transmission light came on, so he immediately took the truck to a transmission (Monday, 27Aug07 to 29Aug07) shop to get it repaired. The transmission shop said it was not a transmission malfunction, but a sensor malfunction leading to the transmission. So my husband returned the truck to the International repair shop (29Aug07) where they have created a seperate invoice for this service. The service manager tells me this two separate functions, but they haven’t even looked at the truck, they basing this all on my husband telling them the transmission light is on. My husband is not a mechanic, he is a driver. The thing that gets me, The shop has repeatedly done this before, They know he is not mechanically aware of problems, so they treat him like a sucker. Whereas, he has taken his truck to this shop in good faith, only to have to return it to for the same repairs over again, and over again, and charged over again. He is not a mechanic, but he does do scheduled preventive trips to the service department. He only lets qualified International repair centers service his truck. Most times, I say nothing because he trusts them, so he keeps returning it until they finally get it right, but it is getting out of hand. I may not be a mechanic but, I smell a rat, some pretty big rats. I would also like to add that my career is in the Maintenance field and I have 13 years of experience with driving and doing basic operator PMs on deisel engines, 2-1/2 & 5 ton military vehicles. I am not a mechanic, but maintenance is my environment. Can anyone offer some advice?

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]]> http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/27/six-money-saving-tips-for-owner-operators/234.html/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Paul Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:59:00 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/27/six-money-saving-tips-for-owner-operators/234.html#comment-170 Thanks for the info Wayne. These simple things are sometimes forgotten, especially the food part. Thanks for the info Wayne. These simple things are sometimes forgotten, especially the food part.

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