Steve W

Another one from a parking garage:

Things to micromanage: Safety, Yes. Critical Procedures, Yes How they like to keep thier truck - No Color of undershirt they wear - No

Yea but letting them fail in a pizza shop means you end up with a pie on the floor. In our business it might mean a funeral. Some things should be micro managed.

Allstate just as stingy with customers as they are with us!

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Guy was doing OK till he wasn't .

We all do some kind of work with tools and screws. I have seen these silicone (I think some are even even magnetic) tool trays that are pretty neat. And you could smack a logo on them. Here is an example. Not all of them mind you but the small one would be neat to give away. https://www.amazon.com/HORUSDY-Non-Slip-Flexible-Organizer-Christmas/dp/B089QCPPX4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1J1AY2S2Q43AK&keywords=silicone+tool+holder&qid=1642185418&sprefix=silicone+tool+holder%2Caps%2C464&sr=8-1 Also I have liked these little magnetic stick on do hickys to put in the cab for phone mounts or Radio Mic mounts. Cold even stick some small tools to them in the rear boxes: https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Universal-Rectangle-Dashboard-Tablets/dp/B07ZVJ7191/ref=sr_1_68?crid=1V48278LDRBH2&keywords=magnetic+phone+holder&qid=1642185978&sprefix=magnetic+phone+holder%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-68 Then a more low tech one. For us guys that do roadside work. A nice tire marker to mark a puncture on a tire. Always seem to loose mine. https://www.amazon.com/Steelman-00062-Yellow-Marking-Crayons/dp/B00IJW2Q9E/ref=sr_1_10?crid=2YFJJNQEV03IC&keywords=tire+marker&qid=1642186141&sprefix=tire+marker%2Caps%2C705&sr=8-10 Or a nice paint marker to write on impounded vehicles. https://www.amazon.com/PACK-Sharpie-Sanford-Paint-Marker/dp/B01CWZ08O8/ref=sr_1_9_mod_primary_new?crid=2YFJJNQEV03IC&keywords=tire+marker&qid=1642186223&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=tire+marker%2Caps%2C705&sr=8-9 Then there is always the old stand by's Small pocket drivers. Ones with the Tire Valve stem tool on the top are the best. https://www.amazon.com/Gato-Tools-Valve-Removal-Pocket/dp/B08RZDRRYP/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Z0VWR25PRBSZ&keywords=pocket+screwdriver+tire+valve&qid=1642186385&sprefix=pocket+screwdriver+tire+valve%2Caps%2C287&sr=8-2

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Here is some pics from the last year of injuries from the Facebook Group. More common than we think. I was trained on them during new employee training for the FSP program. Drilled home to never stand in front or to the rear of the path of the bar. Take it across your body with your arms. Made us practice that 3 times a day for 2 weeks!!

Fundraiser put up by the companies owner for the family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-funeral-expenses-for-derrick-plante?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

What would be great to see from all these guys that do videos of this stuff is a few attempts at a "minimum safety hookup " , see how fast a time they can get from pull up to take off. Maybe a challange is in order? Or a TicToc Trend, or whatever the kids call it these days!!

> Police said the tow truck’s flashing lights were on at the time. That seems to be a no win situation. Keep them off (as the research says) to prevent the drunks from being attracted to them and driving right into the lights. Or Keep them on to alert the people texting and driving to move over a lane that they probably won't do anyway. But bridge work is the ultimate no escape situation. They did not mention where the driver of the disabled car was. If it was an unattended tow that would really suck that it could have waited till daylight hours or a lane closure at 3am. We gotta start looking out for ourselves in some situations.

Think I have seen those beds before they have no storage on the passenger side of the truck is that correct? That is just building danger right into your own truck. Luckily had a wide shoulder but still spent too much time on the traffic side. The safe? Operated all controls from inside the cab. But the more I see I notice that safety chains and Hi Vis clothing are just optional for most folks.

Very good example of staying on the non traffic side of the vehicles in this vid during most of the hook up. Still walked back to the customer on the traffic side of the disabled car though. But at least he used the controls on the correct side.