Work Truck Magazine, February 2018

be trusted to share our desire to live in a nice neighborhood that doesnt look like a commercial district Im not sure what the answer is but I certainly see both sides of this issue Matthew Betz Vice President of Fleet Channels SambaSafety Greenwood Village Colo Use the Clunker to Get Home n I read the January 2018 editorial entitled Discrimination Against Vocational Fleets and want to say that my fleet experienced this firsthand The discrimination against vocational fleets has been a huge problem for service fleets with cargo vans Weight limits ladder racks and lettering all present big problems especially for fleets that need to have their employees take vehicles home I once had an employee rent a storage locker keep an old beat up car keep the truck in the locker overnight and use the old clunker to get home Julie Bromley Retired Fleet Manager Julie Bromley retired on June 30 2017 as the manager Shared Services at Reedy Industries Mechanical Group in Bensenville Ill culminating a 25 year career with the company Editor Problems When off the Clock n Branding a vocational work vehicle helps draw attention to your business But as Mike Antich editor of Work Truck notes it may also cause headaches for your employees off the clock Sent via e mail by Kyle Martin Lack of Respect for Others n As a city police officer we had to pass an ordinance restricting commercial vehicles one ton and above from parking in residential districts See January 2018 editorial Discrimination against Vocational Trucks This was enacted because of the lack of respect of certain drivers for their neighbors The primary offenders that initialed the enactment of new ordinances were tow truck drivers 8 WORK TRUCK FEBRUARY 2018 Know Your Needs n The January 2018 article How to Spec a Truck Chassis and Suspension by Lauren Fletcher was a great article You see this data all over and segmented Thanks for putting it together in a single brief and concise article Know your needs predict your future and build the right vehicle on the right platform Mark Brochtrup CAFM Fleet Manager City of Coppell Coppell Texas HOAs Violate Right to Work n I read the editorial on discrimination against vocational vehicles and would advise lawyers to use the constitutional right to work to defend why employees need to park the commercial vehicle there I cant stand homeowner associations HOAs and I work to fight any unjust rules such as these Sent via e mail by Chris Facente Nanny State n The January 2018 editorial on discrimination against vocational trucks illustrates just how far the Nanny State has gone So now Big Brother in some cities and HOAs in some communities want to dictate whether someone can park their vehicle in their driveway Where does this end In my humble opinion theyll push this to the point at which they will tell people theyre using too much air or that their living room light is too bright or that they dont like the color of the window treatments inside ones home Wait what about the person whos required by law to hang a shingle like an attorney real estate broker etc Cant wait to see someone use branded window treatments inside their house to advertise their business Lets get government out of this Let people live and prosper People have lived this long without anyones death being caused by a hung shingle or a logo on a vehicle Sometimes someone has to stand up and tell them to stop the madness Tell them to put that in their pipe and smoke it Lee Presser Director Productivity Coaching Dept Keller Williams New York City Issue Goes Beyond HOAs n I read the Work Truck blog about discrimination against vocational vehicles by homeowner associations HOAs But this doesnt just apply to developments with HOAs the city I live in also has rules against the size of the vehicle parked and I dont have an HOA Suzanne Laidlaw Executive Assistant Element Fleet Management Eden Prairie Minn I See Both Sides of the Issue n The editorial in the January issue on Discrimination Against Vocational Fleets was another insightful editorial in Work Truck magazine The fleet guy in me wants to be sympathetic to the problem this causes for fleets However years ago we lived in a new development that didnt have a strong HOA My neighbor owned a carpet cleaning business and regularly had three or four vans with logos parked in his driveway I can attest to the frustration caused by situations like this Not everyone can MAIL STOP