Treasure Transport, Cheltenham, On
- Thread starter bubba-one
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I'd take a look at their SMS scores and then determine whether you want to give them your freight;
Safety Measurement System - Vehicle Maint. BASIC (U.S. DOT# 3620315)
ai.fmcsa.dot.gov
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Granted... the OOS% is AND it's based on not many inspections.I'd take a look at their SMS scores and then determine whether you want to give them your freight;
Safety Measurement System - Vehicle Maint. BASIC (U.S. DOT# 3620315)
But dig deeper and look at the types of violations (its all stupid $hit that doesn't cost much to fix... but they don't - This always triggers me to think... What else are they doing?).
Typical of these types of carriers running junk trucks up and down the highway.
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Fair... but if you're a young carrier with only 3 inspections and one of them put you out of service then you find yourself with a 33% OOS rate.
So the resolution... is to get more inspections.
but when you see violations like loose brake line, tire fabric showing, discharged fire extinguisher, driving beyond 14 hrs. lights out, unsecured cargo... all this stuff (or most of it) is preventable with pre / post trip inspections.
STOP GIVING FREIGHT TO THESE GUYS !
STOP lowering your standards... your companies standards... your customers standards... to gain capacity for a cheap rate.
Use a decent carrier that plays by the rules... pay a fair rate and life all of a sudden gets easier.
... end the ramblings of a grumpy old man.
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Hear hear lets as an industry start policing ourselves we can starve the shitty carriers out all you have to say is load is covered. A month of no loads and the repo depot will be at the door.
Update, after speaking with the owner over my concerns, I did give them the ltl shipment from On to Wa . He stated they did start operations in 2021, had purchased new equipment but still had a few hiccups. Does have Ontario address and Ontario insurance, not playing game with AB or NS mailbox. Driver was clean spoke good English and truck/trailer was newer and well kept. picked up on time and delivered ahead of schedule. I would definitely use again, but will keeping an eye on safer stats that the oos rate goes down.
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I do agree. For example, we have not had many inspections. We take care of our equipment however, 1 driver left a greenhouse under construction and as he was leaving ran over 2 large bolts that were dropped somewhere in the yard not even 2 miles down the road he was pulled into a roadside inspection and he failed because the tire was pissing our air. He did inspect before leaving with photos but between A and B that happened. It's a good thing they did pull us over cause it needed to be repaired before hitting the highway but just bad luck. The second driver's truck blew a fuse mid-trip and his trailer brake lights would not engage, was pulled into a scale and of course another OOS for a couple dollar fuse. So our score is pretty bad if you look it up, but in 25 years we have not had many OOS. That being said I agree it is good to look at what they were put OOS for instead of just looking at the number.