Full strength Monday 

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 07/09/2018 at 17:10 • Filed to: None

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One of my c rews called in, saying our flatbed just lost it’s driveshaft on the highway. The low-mileage, just-had-$3k-worth-of-work-done-to-it flatbed. And... Apparently the pressure washers on said flatbed aren’t functioning correctly. Can you say, “money pit?”

Spent an hour on the phone trying to get a tow through our company insurance, only to be told at the end of the frustrating ordeal that “you’re not covered for tows”. Uhm, the fuck? You towed the same vehicle twice, just two weeks ago? We have unlimited towing. Thanks for wasting an hour.

Called an expensive (but good) tow company and they dispatched someone in three minutes. I’ve never been so close to professing my love towards a customer service rep.

And that’s where I’m at. Waiting for the tow, trying to handle three major issues and many minor ones, and getting more and more worried that nobody is calling me. I need updates. Gaaaaah.

G otta get the flatbed working ASAP. P ressure washing service shops are few and far between, insanely busy and have atrocious customer service. Diesel shops that will service Isuzus are just as rare, just as busy.

This is the side of the job I don’t like.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > AestheticsInMotion 07/09/2018 at 17:32

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What kind of truck? :(

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > AestheticsInMotion 07/09/2018 at 17:34

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good luck :)

as they say... theres good days... bad days

and then theres fuckin monday

Urambo Tauro > AestheticsInMotion 07/09/2018 at 17:37

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Y ikes. I used to work for a company th a t went through multiple driveshaft failures ( on different trucks ) . I can recall at least two incidents off the top of my head that left my coworkers stranded on th e freeway. Scary stuff.

pip bip - choose Corrour > AestheticsInMotion 07/10/2018 at 07:13

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time for a new vehicle.

time to replace the pump if not’s not upto scratch.

AestheticsInMotion > Urambo Tauro 07/10/2018 at 13:00

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Very scary. Glad I wasn't there when it fell out

Urambo Tauro > AestheticsInMotion 07/10/2018 at 13:48

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Me too. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more incidents after I left, but I was almost involved in one on the truck that I drove. It was shaking like crazy, so they replaced... ONE of its U-joints. Because $. It didn’t even have a carrier bearing or anything, just a simple one-piece drive shaft.