Hey, Boss, remember that cheap…..

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Dave Campbell

Hey, Boss, remember that cheap plastic plug you bought for the port pontoon?

YEAH…….

Well, I think it might be leaking.

Calling the boss about auto transport damage

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How would you react?

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Dave Campbell

How would you react if you looked in your mirror and saw your trailer doing this?

broken auto hauler trailer

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Beware, Looks like Evergreen may be in trouble!!

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Dave Campbell

Evergreen auto transport broker 2

Looks like the typical “grab the money and run” routine. They must teach that at broker school. There is a screen shot below from transport reviews. You can click on the image to see it full size so it is readable.  I hope none of you are waiting on a check from them!

UPDATE: email from evergreen “In July, 2011 our website was stolen after we discovered fraudulent calls coming from the marketing company we have a rental contract with. The long term rental contract was specific about the website and its phone number. The website produced about 90 percent of our incoming quote requests and bookings. The other 10 percent comes from our other website and repeat customers. We then tried advertising on Google, Yahoo and Bing sponsored ads. On September 13th, 2011 we filed a lawsuit in Portland, Oregon for $520,000 to recover the website and damages. The case number is ASP No. 110913.

As it turns out we did end up losing money on the sponsored links so we laid off several employees and since our office lease was up we were going to move to a tiny office space. In October council told us that the lawsuit was settled and in fact we did get the website back in October. We then leased a bigger office and hired new employees. We even did a press release about it….a Google search will find it. The defendant refused to sign the settlement agreement and stole the website back on December 12th in the afternoon. Since the website produced 90 percent of our revenue, we were forced to immediately cease operations. Evergreen Auto Transport, Inc after meeting its payroll and refunding some customers has no more money.”

 

 

Evergreen auto transport broker reviews

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Auto transporter gets hit hard in driver door.

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dave Campbell

This is off of whiotv.com:

DARKE CO., Ohio —truck that hit auto transporter in ohio

Two people were injured in collision between a truck and semi in Darke County Thursday night.

The crash happened around 8:33 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. Route 127 and State Route 185.

Deputies, along with fire and rescue crews from Ansonia were called to the scene. Careflight was also called.

According to deputies, their preliminary investigation revealed that a 2006 Dodge truck, driven by Joseph Fortkamp, 35, of Rossburg, was traveling west on Route 185 and failed to yield at a stop sign.

ohio car carrier hit in driver door

Investigators said Fortkamp drove into the intersection and slammed into a semi that was driven by Robert Baker, 59, of Ludlow Falls. The semi was hauling seven new Chevrolet pickup trucks and came to a stop in the on Route 127, blocking the intersection.

Fortkamp was taken to Miami Valley Hospital by Careflight, where he is listed in critical condition. Baker was taken to Wayne Health Care in Greenville and then later transferred to Miami Valley Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.

 

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Bridge spikes a van into the pavement.

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dave Campbell

bridge knocks van off of the back of auto transporter

This is off of WFAA.com:

DALLAS – Westbound lanes on Interstate 30 were reopened early this morning after a van that was knocked off of the back of auto transporter by bridgesmash-up near St. Francis Avenue.

A car hauler was passing under the bridge, but couldn’t clear it, hitting the nose of a van on top of the hauler. The van tumbled from the hauler, causing a mess for cleanup crews.

Part of the interstate around the bridge was closed for about an hour as TxDOT crews inspected the bridge and clean-up was under way.

No one was hurt and the bridge is intact.

 

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Was this the first stinger rig?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dave Campbell

From the 1940s

old auto transport stinger rig

Was this the first stinger auto transport?

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Android VIN scanner app instructions

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Dave Campbell

Once you have downloaded your EZDispatch Vin scanning app an EZD icon will appear android EZD vehicle VIN scanning app instructionsthat you will use to access the app.

 

 

 

 

A familiar EZDispatch login screen will appear that has the normal login fields for your username and password. It also has the android EZD vehicle VIN scanning app instructions auto VIN decodingnormal remember me function to streamline the process.

 

 

 

Once you have logged in you should select the view orders button to display the list of loads assigned to your truck. Choose the correct load from the list and touch theandroid EZD vehicle VIN scanning app instructions auto VIN decoding magnifying glass symbol to access the load details.

 

 

 

When the load detail opens there will be a green field at the bottom for a driver to update vehicle description. Choosing that field to drop all The VINs scanned into makes android EZD vehicle VIN scanning app instructions auto VIN decodingyou ready to scan the vehicles you intend to load.

 

 

 

In order to activate the scanner you will need to choose the options button on your phone. When you do this it is best if you are near the vehicle VIN that you intend to scan android EZD vehicle VIN barcode scanning app instructions auto VIN decodingbecause you want to have it pointed at the VIN bar-code while the camera focuses because it if focuses for long range instead of close-up it will have  a hard time getting a good read on the VIN bar-code.

 

 

Simply place the VIN bar-code in the rectangle that appears. When the Vin barcode is successfully captured you will be notified android EZD vehicle VIN barcode scanning app instructions auto VIN decodingon screen.

 

 

 

Once you have captured the VIN the EZDispatch system takes care of vin decoding and the complete vehicle information is now visible by you dispatcher and the information has been updated for the accounts receivable dept to send an invoice with complete vehicle information including year make models and full 17 digit vehicle identification number. Everyone on you system will also now have access to the weight of your load.

 

 

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Violent auto transport crash in NZ

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Dave Campbell

There were no injuries but the damage to the trailer and its 8-car load looks extensive. nz car hauler auto transporter carrier crash1There are a bunch of news reports online but the one with the best pictures is stuff.co.nz. The driver apparently clipped the shoulder of the road and lost control. I’m not sure what the tie down regulations are like there but notice that some of the cars are completely free of the carrier. Also the impact looks like it was hard enough to tear the upper rear deck completely off of the trailer!

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nz car hauler auto transporter carrier crash3

auto movement load lost when car carrier crashes in NZ

 

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My oldest grandson gets to start racing.

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Dave Campbell

My oldest grandson has reached the legal age to start drag racing. He lives in Arizona and I live in Oklahoma, so I won’t get to see many of his races in person. Since his dad is pretty handy with electronic gadgets we are expecting videos to be posted on a regular basis. Xavier has a great source of technical advice and help, since he lives right next door to Pinks all out winner Doug Combes. Doug is also Xavier’s other grandpa so he will enjoy the inside line to all of the secret tricks that go into making a winner.

Xavier goes racing

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FleetCar lease gets busted

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Dave Campbell

Several news outlets are carrying a story about fleet car lease owing the port authority fleetCar auto transport car carriers owes tolls$250,000. This is one from Bnd.com:

“FORT LEE, N.J. — A traffic stop on the George Washington Bridge may have yielded a jackpot for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Port Authority police say a car carrier owned by Illinois-based Fleet Car Lease was stopped at 9 a.m. Friday for having an inoperable E-ZPass transponder. Further investigation revealed that the truck had nine previous E-ZPass violations totaling more than $800.

Apparently that was only the tip of the iceberg: Port Authority spokesman Al Della Fave says the company that operates the truck owes the Port Authority more than $250,000 in unpaid tolls and fees.”

None of the stories tell us if it was owner operators or company trucks involved, and none of them have any statement from FleetCar. I have a call into Joel Cox for an official statement form FleetCar.

Update: Second call placed to Joel, still no response.

 

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