Prime Question
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Its a deerguard. Have you ever seen an animal hit a truck? It wrecks the entire front of the truck. The guard is to protect against extended damage. They save a whole lot of money by using those. My buddy actually hit a deer once and it cost him 2,300$ dollars of damage.
Those guards aren't because we suck and we need the extra protection.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Haha. I was hoping you would answer Daniel. I wasn't actually thinking you guys sucked but I just thought it funny that i haven't seen other companies put on the whole fleet before.
And yes I live Maine so I've seen plenty of deer and moose hits before. Definitely not easy on equipment
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Haha. I was hoping you would answer Daniel. I wasn't actually thinking you guys sucked but I just thought it funny that i haven't seen other companies put on the whole fleet before.
And yes I live Maine so I've seen plenty of deer and moose hits before. Definitely not easy on equipment
Haha, what's so special about me?
That's just how Prime is. They invest in gadgets in an attempt to reduce accidents/future costs.
On all trucks they have:
A Lane Alert System-
Basically, when you cross the lines in the road the speaker makes a loud rumble strip sound to alert you. Cross the lane on the drivers side and the drivers side speaker goes on, cross the passenger side lane and the passenger side speaker goes on. This is to ensure that the driver is maintaining his lane and perhaps to alert the driver that they're driving into the shoulder if they're dosing off.
Tire Inflation Monitoring System-
On a small screen on your dashboard you'll actually have the current reading off all the tractor tires PSI. You can be cruising down the road and see that you have 107 PSI on your passenger side steer tire, or 98 PSI in your drivers side back drive tire. It alerts you when the PSI is low. On the trailers they also have an automatic tire inflation system. Basically, it ensures the tires on the trailer stay at the proper PSI. All of this is to prevent flats and maintain proper PSI in all our tires.
On-Guard-
A device that monitors your following distance. Get too close to the vehicle in front of you and it'll either turn on the Jake Brakes or actually hit the brakes (depending on the distance). This is to prevent rear-end accidents and ensure that every driver is maintaining the proper following distance.
This is just how Prime operates. They like their equipment equipped with many gadgets.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Just seems like a lot of extra cash put in to stuff that doesn't increase productivity.
Just seems like a lot of extra cash put in to stuff that doesn't increase productivity.
True, but it reduces costs. I've actually seen the statistics about the On-Guard, the total companies at-fault rear end accidents dropped significantly. Productivity is number 1 no doubt, I think Prime is smart enough to have run the numbers and see if its actually worth it to invest in all these things. Apparently they think so. And personally, I don't really care. They pay extremely well that's all I care about.
Also the truck will automatically slow down if you take a corner to fast. The coolest feature I like is the gauge that reads your weight on your drive axles. Because of this and the split axle trailer I rarely stop to get a Cat Scale.
CAT Scale:
A network of over 1,500 certified truck scales across the U.S. and Canada found primarily at truck stops. CAT scales are by far the most trustworthy scales out there.
In fact, CAT Scale offers an unconditional Guarantee:
“If you get an overweight fine from the state after our scale showed your legal, we will immediately check our scale. If our scale is wrong, we will reimburse you for the fine. If our scale is correct, a representative of CAT Scale Company will appear in court with the driver as a witness”
Just seems like a lot of extra cash put in to stuff that doesn't increase productivity.
Yea but I have seen these systems in action and if not for them how much productivity is done when a truck is laying on its side or in the shop for weeks do to a rear end crash. It equals out in the end.
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