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Old 09-10-2005, 06:06 AM   #1
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Organizing Your Truck


I ran across this checklist and thought I'd share it.


Cab Checklist:

TOOLS/SUPPLIES:
Medical First Aid Kit
Fire Extinguisher
Reflectors/triangles
Power adapter
Scale
Camera
Coffee mugs
Trash bag


PAPER/SUPPLIES which
change frequently:
Copy of job card
Current customer phone numbers
Frequently called numbers
Daily planner


PAPER/SUPPLIES which
don't change frequently:
Insurance card
Registration card
Emergency phone numbers
Materials price list
Map book
This checklist
Pens/pencils
Calculator


The following can be their own books/binders:
Safety program-MSDS book
SOP Manual


PAPER/SUPPLIES you
grab at the jobsite:
Blank purchase orders
Time Sheets
"New Arrival" booklet
Recent Company brochure
Business cards
Magnetic business cards
Company forms
Refferal forms
Employee warning notice
Maintenance card
Scratch paper


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Old 09-10-2005, 11:31 AM   #2
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Medical Kit? Fire extinguisher? Road flares and reflectors!

How about a weeks worth of food.

Jeez. If I had a medical kit I could throw away the roofing cement and duct tape.

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Old 09-10-2005, 12:17 PM   #3
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Great list Tom. How many people do you run?
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Great list Tom. How many people do you run?
Nathan,

How easily you forget, I'm a one man business.

Of course if I had it my way, I'd be running a large, highly efficient painting machine (crew) able to paint large structures in a single swipe of the brush.

LOL

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Medical First Aid Kit
Fire Extinguisher
Reflectors/triangles
These are required by law in any registered commercial vehicle in my state
You could have flares instead of the triangles though, either or
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Nathan,

How easily you forget, I'm a one man business.

Of course if I had it my way, I'd be running a large, highly efficient painting machine (crew) able to paint large structures in a single swipe of the brush.

LOL

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I'm a one man business."


You would use an employee warning notice on yourself?
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You would use an employee warning notice on yourself?
I had to give myself a warning the other day
I'm such a jerk though, I wouldn't sign it
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Good news, I fired myself yesterday, and I'm going fishing.
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Damn Men, you're killing me.

LOL

I'll try to be more specific in the future.

I actually ran across the "list" in an old PDCA Manual called the Business Systems Workbook and decided to share it with all of you BIG DOGS!

Are we clear now?

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Truck what truck,don,t professinal contractors work out of the back of 78' ford station wagon,preferably the kind with the wood paneling?????
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I'm a one man business."


You would use an employee warning notice on yourself?
That's why I asked. I knew you were one guy but your list included some employee stuff. I thought maybe you had grown.
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Truck what truck,don,t professinal contractors work out of the back of 78' ford station wagon,preferably the kind with the wood paneling?????
I love those things
I'd have one now if I could find a good one
Maybe an older one though
Maybe a '72 ...
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I love those things
I'd have one now if I could find a good one
Maybe an older one though
Maybe a '72 ...
I'd haul my stuff in one if I could get Chip Foose to restore it! :Thumbs:
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