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Impact of User Care on Truck Durability

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What happens here

The discussion takes a humorous but practical turn as JT and his employee talk about how team members sometimes treat company vehicles. JT recounts instances where tools like shovels and rakes were carelessly leaned against the truck, causing scratches. A more serious incident involved a brand-new dually truck where an employee, in an attempt to clear a large chunk of ice with a snowplow, caused the plow to jump up and tear off one of the dually fenders. This part of the video highlights the human element in vehicle longevity, suggesting that how a truck is handled by its operators can significantly impact its condition and lifespan, especially when employees may not have the same personal investment in the vehicle.

Goal: Understand how human factors and employee care affect the lifespan and condition of work trucks.

Tools and materials

  • Rakes — Items carelessly leaned against the truck, causing scratches
  • Shovels — Items carelessly leaned against the truck, causing scratches
  • Snow plow — Attachment used in an attempt to clear ice, leading to damage to the truck

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of a truck and worst part is when you give it to the crews it's not even their truck anymore then they don't try what do you do start leaning like shovels and rakes up against the side of the truck guests were scratching oh hold this once the worst was when I had the the truck and my hay load up the side of the truck guys now I'm you know barefoot in shorts right now they put their foot up here to climb over the side of the truck right in front of me I don't remember yeah yeah I never even seen that before don't you step on the new layer dude no it was a regular pickup truck stepped on the tire then stepped on the fender too cold oh my god just like oh why need a stepladder what however there's a tailgate don't Oh some of the crap I've seen Wow yeah I didn't say when they said shovels and rakes and stuff you catch that dirty sandy wretches slides down the side of you can hear the scratch get through we had one guy take my brand-new dually truck and tore the dually one of the Dooleys right off now I plowed with the truck for up to that point like seven or eight years not a scratch on it I leave town he hops in it the dually tore off then I knew a guy that was we had a big snowstorm and he buried my red truck in the snow my fault that the tlb just kept running over a big pile made a chunk of ice this big so I go to try and scrape it off with the truck in it's apparently had a little too much weight and it did the plow just jumped up and then the wheels there's I was on ice now so there's no way I'm getting out of course it wasn't his fault somebody else was driving it yeah it was it was the other guy in the other pieces of equipment that it wasn't stuck that was his fault huh that all that works that's how it works Hey all right now I understand it better so the blame keeps getting just pass it

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