Had a bad week just passed by…
About a month ago during a regular service they noticed my nice new truck had used about 8 pints of transmission oil, the following week I was told to report to ‘North Jersey Truck Center’ in Saddle Brook NJ, where after about two hours they showed they had found a tiny pin hole in the top plate of the transmission and would order one. I went about my job for two weeks and Tuesday morning bright and early I went back. The sign on the door said open 07.00 to 18.00 and the door opened promptly … at 8.00am, “It’ll take about 6 hours” said the guy.
“I’ll be in the waiting room then” I replied, at about 4.30pm a guy asks me what I was waiting for and I explained, he looked shocked and said it would not be ready till next day, I looked in the workshop to see every mechanic had packed up and gone home. My dispatcher had no idea how to get me a hotel, put me through to so girl who didn’t know what to do except check Expedia.com, she found a hotel 13 miles away, no chance. My darling missus booked me a hotel 1.9 miles away on the same road, the guy from the workshop took me there, cost me $95.00 including tax for the night, the company will refund it in my next pay check. The hotel was a bit of a dive but free HBO and ■■■■ LOL, I had to cross US46 to get some grub at a ‘Halal’ eatery that to my surprise was run by half Muslim and half Jewish staff, so no inter racial problems there then. Next morning I went get a call saying the truck will be ready by noon and ask the desk clerk to order me a taxi, I stand outside on the steps waiting and soon a limo arrives, not extra long but with one extra panel in the sides, the driver gets out and walks past me then comes back and asks “You order a taxi ?”
He motioned me to the back door of the monster and asked where I wanted to go, I explained that it was 1.9 miles east in a straight line and off we set, about 5 minutes later we pull up at the workshops “Twenty dollars” he say’s.
“Excuse me, twenty dollars, twenty dollars for just under two miles, that’s ten bucks a mile, do you have any vacancies ?” The guy just stared at me, “can I have a receipt?”
“No receipt” the man then sped off leaving me standing there. In the workshop waiting room it gets to 1.30 pm and no damm truck so I ask about it and am told it will be out and test driven in an hour, two hours later I notice it has been standing awaiting that test drive for an hour and ask again, “We will test it now” was the answer I got, at 5.00 I got my company to call them and say if I wasn’t out of there in 15 minutes they would loose all work with us, a guy came out and tested it and said “The breather is leaking, I’ll order one but it’ll be ok”
I left there and rushed to Yonkers, hooked to a loaded trailer, dropped and hooked Allentown and back to find the transmission loosing air and leaking oil worse than ever, so Thursday I drive back again, they spend and hour on it and tell me the air dryer needs a new canister but they don’t have one. How the hell can the main dealer for New Jersey not have an air dryer filter FFS ?
Interesting as it is shouldn’t this be in the expat forum Pat?
David
Pedancy Rules OK! 
Nothing wrong with my feet ROF.
Or did you mean pedantry?
David
Thick old country bumpkin with basic state education.
What did you expect, yet another lorry driver with a university degree?
David Miller:
Interesting as it is shouldn’t this be in the expat forum Pat?David
You’re right David, I am sorry … admin can you please move this to the expat section ?
Dish the dirt a bit more then please. What make of vehicle, engine and transmission?
leave it where it is pat , it makes good reading and it also proves that all the pillocks don’t live in the uk . cheers , dave
Name and shame, worked for this bloke.
cav551:
Dish the dirt a bit more then please. What make of vehicle, engine and transmission?
It’s a Freightliner Cascadia, 2014, and has now been completely ruined by a small job which needed to be done under the warrantee. This is the second Cascadia I have had, I love the model, people complain about the dash warning lights coming on but if they were intelligent enough to actually understand how the regeneration system on trucks actually worked they would have no problem 
You are going to have to help me out here, Pat. What in the hell is a regeneration system?
David
cargo:
Name and shame, worked for this bloke.
That car “advertising” it’s faults reminds me of a Teutonic built tractor unit that was seen regularly in the North East of England several years ago. The owner had advertiser all the faults in large letters all over the cab!!! 
He changed the model name to “atrocious” 
and written on the cab was the legend, quote. “Prone to catastrophic engine failure” 
. I think he had been in dispute with the vehicle supplier and this was the only way he could get his problems addressed. I think his protest got noticed. 
Regards Kev.
cargo:
Name and shame, worked for this bloke.
Fackin’ Aussies.