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        Trailwood Traveling Times

A Publication for the Drivers of Trailwood Transportation, Inc.
For Information on Trucking Jobs call 800-845-8136 or email Gary Miller or visit this site from the Trailwood Transportation Truck Driving Jobs Home Page.

Join us! Trucking Jobs in Linehaul, LTL, & Local Cartage.

 

 August 2006

 

Welcome to Trailwood!

Driver Appreciation

 Week

 Aug 21st - Aug 25th

  Come Often!

 Come Hungry!

In appreciation of  Y O U our drivers, Trailwood will be hosting a cook out from 10:00am to ????, Monday August 21st through Friday, August 25th

EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE MUCH APPRECIATED and we look forward to you stopping to ‘indulge’ so to say in the cookings and receiving of our appreciations.

Wisconsin will also be planning something for drivers. 

(More info will be coming)

 

SafeStat

Monthly Update

SafeStat results as of June 23, 2006, Trailwood had an Inspection Selection System (ISS) recommendation of ‘34’, which is passing.  Broken down there was 0 DOT recordable accidents; 0 drivers placed out of service for log violations and 0 vehicles placed out of service for equipment violations.  Our SEA (Safety Evaluation Areas) ratings for the past 30 months were: accident 22.39%; driver OS 48.78% and vehicle O/S 21.79%.  These numbers attribute for the acceptable ISS score of 34.  (We need to be below 50 to be in the "Not Recommended for Inspection" category).

 FANTASTIC JOB EVERYONE!

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Congratulations Art Bystrom

who has completed 500,000 miles of accident free driving! 

 

ATTABOY!

We would like to personally take this opportu- nity to recognize and thank David Birch who successfully passed a DOT inspection during July with NO VIOLATIONS!

 

STOP

Critical Crashes

 

Avoid Distractions on Highways

                                                                                         Great West Casualty

 

Professional drivers, like yourself, have to pay close attention to their job.  When driving down a highway, whether in the city or in wide-open, rural spaces, there are many distraction of which you need to be aware.  Below is a list of distractions that can be very dangerous:

 • Slow vehicles

• Farm equipment

• Animals

• On/off ramps

• Accidents

• Boredom

• Vehicles passing in the other lane

• Fatigue and stress

• Weather conditions such as ice, snow, rain

• Electronic devices

• Road construction

 Be professional and make the right decisions.  Do not let distractions create poor driving habits.

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                      Don't be a Victim of Mail / Identity Theft

 

You can protect yourself from becoming a victim of mail theft:

• Retrieve you mail as soon as possible after delivery to the mail receptacle.  Do not leave mail in your mailbox overnight.

• Use collection boxes or letter slots at the post office to mail letters instead of leaving them in your residential box. The red flag up could alert  would-be crooks.

• If allowed by your employer, take your outgoing mail to work and place with their outgoing mail.

• If your mail receptacle has a locking device, make sure it works.  Apartment house boxes should be maintained by the landlord.

• Contact your local post office to hold your mail when you're out of town.

• Report any suspicious activity to mail delivery in your neighborhood.  Remember, only the Postal Service is authorized to deposit items in your mailbox.

• Be conscious of normal receipt of monthly financial statements.  Contact the sender if they are not received in the mail.  If you have applied for a new credit card or have recently ordered personal checks which haven't arrived in a timely manner, call the bank or credit card company involved.

• Report all lost or stolen credit cards or checks immediately.  If you become aware of any mail theft or fraudulent activity on your accounts, immediately contact your local police department and the US Postal Inspection Service.

 Additional information is available at:  www.usps.com/postalinspectors

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Terminal Fueling

For the month of June fuel purchased at the terminal was 36.8%.  Be mindful that there is a $.21 p/gal difference between a TA and our own fuel tanks.  Plan you fuel purchases such that you can get as much in Mounds View or at the Pilot in Oak Creek as possible.

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For Information on Trucking Jobs call 800-845-8136 or email Gary Miller or visit this site from the Trailwood Transportation Truck Driving Jobs Home Page. We have Trucking Jobs in Linehaul, LTL, and Local Cartage.

Trailwood is a member of Smartway and MTA.  We take pride in our long standing good DOT Safestat numbers and our low idling percentages.  Let's keep our roads and our environment safe!

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Trailwood Transportation, Inc. is part of The Tyson Companies, a privately owned company in St. Paul, MN.
Last modified: August 7, 2006