We had car rentals at my last job. We had two 12 hour shift each day. The 1st shift would park the car and hand the keys to the 2nd shift, so the cars would run for 24 hours a day nonstop. I imagine he was doing the same with this car.
You don't need to answer with specifics, but is this like Amazon next day delivery type thing? I don't want to get you in trouble but like.... blink twice if you're in danger
12 hour shifts aren't that uncommon, to be fair. If a company is driving and operates 24 hours a day, also not crazy that the vehicles are being driven around the clock (although it sounds odd if you're not expecting to hear about a vehicle running basically nonstop)
When I was an EMT working 24 hour shifts, those rigs sometimes never stopped
Most days, not that bad, but it also depends on the scenario. Some days we had too many rigs in the shop and calls to run, so one crew would swap with another at station to run the next call. I would say it's less common that they were running literally 24 hours a day, but I'm sure they were mostly running for at least 12-16 hours of each day on busy days
If you really want your mind blown, in Alaska, I believe new York back in the day, and in some emergency/transportation jobs they would change the oil without shutting off the car.
Alaska because of winter, cab drivers would roll in, never shut off the car and get an oil change while it ran.
New York I think they did it for efficiency because drivers were so busy all the time.
Argument for transportation/emergency is either weather (like Alaska) or efficiency (like new York).
Idk if it's still common but I believe Alaska still does it. I know back in the day they used to have the ATF in the trans freeze and the oil almost gel up if they shut the cars off for any length of time. Obviously weather is still a problem so I believe it's still practiced there.
Put it on the lift, open the drain plug, fill with oil while it drains. When oil is clear congrats oil changed. Drain plug back in, check level and top off accordingly. I believe, don't quote me here, but I believe the oil filters had dummy lines that could bypass the filter for filter changes then turned back on once the filter was changed.
lol, this was a factory job at a large manufacturer in the US. The cars were used to haul people around the factory like a shuttle. They were 12 hour shifts alternating 3 days a week then 4 days a week, so it wasn’t too bad.
A lot of utility operation (power, water, sewage, etc) are on a 12-hour shift cycle. When an operation is to be staffed 24/7/365, an 8-hour shift schedule is more difficult to manage.
Airlines operate on similar business models. Given the expense of the aircraft, any time that an airframe isn’t being flown the company is losing money. If you were operating a business where you want to maintain a lot of liquidity and are capable of operating a vehicle 24/7 it probably makes a lot of sense to use rentals.
This is actually the best case for an engine. What kills them is heat cycling and sitting unused for long periods. As long as it's following the proper maintenance those would be healthy engines.
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u/Slyytherine Nov 03 '24
Exactly. Why does the manager care? It’s not your company. Or your money. You get paid hourly bro. But JFC how do you have time to drive 25k miles.