Dillon Logistics Shuts Doors..

[krelithous]

Dillon Logistics, an Illinois-based tank carrier, abruptly shut its doors the last day of August, according to several published reports.


News about the closure circulated on Facebook from drivers and from other trucking companies eager to hire Dillon’s drivers. The company’s Facebook page appears to have been deleted. There's no indication on its website of the closure.

The Burr Ridge, Illinois-based fleet got its start at the dawn of deregulation in 1980 as a temperature sensitive transportation provider to the asphalt industry. According to the Department of Transportation’s SAFER database, the carrier had more than 300 power units, and its out-of-service rates for the last two years were well below the national average.

Dillon Logistics Shuts Doors

Dillon Logistics, an Illinois-based tank carrier, abruptly shut its doors the last day of August, according to several published reports.

www.truckinginfo.com

 

[Mike]

Added some text from the article. I’d be interested to hear what brought this on. Hard to believe any established company would be failing right now.

 

[krelithous]

all i can find right now!!!

 

[Rigjockey]

So Dillon was a victim of a nuclear lawsuit verdict.

They had to be losing money or the verdict just cost too much for the equity company to justify keeping Dillon company afloat.

The only good thing here is that drivers were offered jobs at other companies but it really sucks to have to start all over again.

 

[Sinister]

One of the things I didn't like about chemical tankers was the level of responsibility and risk involved.

Half the time my nerves were just shot after doing things like unloading Sulfuric.

As far as I'm concerned there's no such thing as a "peaceful, relaxing drive" with a load of horrendous chemicals behind you.

Then add in all the other crap that went wrong and coming to Walmart was a God send.

I'd rather go back to heavy haul and being gone all year at 200,000 pounds than to pull chemicals.

So whatever morons are doing it for 18 bucks an hour have to be the dumbest drivers among us. I mean FARGIN STOOPID.

 

[Duck]

So whatever morons are doing it for 18 bucks an hour have to be the dumbest drivers among us. I mean FARGIN STOOPID

Keendriver's been awfully quiet lately.

 

[389 Hood]

Any kind of Haz-Mat tank work keeps you on edge. It's not how you are operating, it's those around you. I've had 5 friends incinerated in gasoline tank crashes. Two were their own faults and just driving stupidly. You always have to respect the power of the product behind you. Even smooth bore food grade is hell. It beats your body to death.

 

[Shreck]

Any kind of Haz-Mat tank work keeps you on edge. It's not how you are operating, it's those around you. I've had 5 friends incinerated in gasoline tank crashes. Two were their own faults and just driving stupidly. You always have to respect the power of the product behind you. Even smooth bore food grade is hell. It beats your body to death.

I pulled food grade for 6 years and it does take a toll on your spine.

 

[mndriver]

So Dillon was a victim of a nuclear lawsuit verdict.

They had to be losing money or the verdict just cost too much for the equity company to justify keeping Dillon company afloat.

The only good thing here is that drivers were offered jobs at other companies but it really sucks to have to start all over again.

Likely their insurance rate became unsustainable.

no, I didn’t watch the video. I can do without the commentary

 

[Mike]

So Dillon was a victim of a nuclear lawsuit verdict.

And it sucks that something like this can kill a company overnight. I mean, I can understand a company being forced out of business when their safety record is absolute crap, but that's just not the case with this company.

SAFER Web - Company Snapshot RECORD INACTIVE

 

[Electric Chicken]

And it sucks that something like this can kill a company overnight. I mean, I can understand a company being forced out of business when their safety record is absolute crap, but that's just not the case with this company.

SAFER Web - Company Snapshot RECORD INACTIVE

Is that 4 separate fatal accidents or one accident with 4 fatalities?

 

[389 Hood]

Crashes
Each crash is only recorded once and at its highest level of severity. For example, if an crash involved one fatality, three injuries, and one tow-away, the crash would only be recorded as a single fatal crash. The crash total is therefore the sum of the fatal, injury, and tow categories.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Crashes
Each crash is only recorded once and at its highest level of severity. For example, if an crash involved one fatality, three injuries, and one tow-away, the crash would only be recorded as a single fatal crash. The crash total is therefore the sum of the fatal, injury, and tow categories.

So that's 4 separate fatal crashes then. If I'm understanding you correctly.

 

[389 Hood]

That was a direct copy & paste from that website, because I too, had the same question. I appears to read that way. I would say it's up to your interpretation.

 

[Mike]

So that's 4 separate fatal crashes then. If I'm understanding you correctly.

Yes.

 

[Mike]

For reference, here is a larger company with 31 fatality crashes in 24 months. This one being self insured and not having to be concerned with insurance rates.

SAFER Web - Company Snapshot SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO OF ARIZONA LLC

 

[Rigjockey]

Crashes
Each crash is only recorded once and at its highest level of severity. For example, if an crash involved one fatality, three injuries, and one tow-away, the crash would only be recorded as a single fatal crash. The crash total is therefore the sum of the fatal, injury, and tow categories.

But that is like 4 crashes with a company that had 400 power units.
That doesn't seem extreme to me but I don't know how FMCSA Calculates crashes per unit in regard to imminent danger.

 

[Sinister]

For reference, here is a larger company with 31 fatality crashes in 24 months. This one being self insured and not having to be concerned with insurance rates.

SAFER Web - Company Snapshot SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO OF ARIZONA LLC

Pardon my dumb. I'm not seeing the crash stats...

 

[Electric Chicken]

For reference, here is a larger company with 31 fatality crashes in 24 months. This one being self insured and not having to be concerned with insurance rates.

SAFER Web - Company Snapshot SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO OF ARIZONA LLC

So 31 fatals out of 15,898 power units for a 0.0019.

Vs

4 fatals out of 323 power units for a 0.012.

Sounds like Dillon was roughly 6 times deadlier than Swift.

 

[mndriver]

And it sucks that something like this can kill a company overnight. I mean, I can understand a company being forced out of business when their safety record is absolute crap, but that's just not the case with this company.

SAFER Web - Company Snapshot RECORD INACTIVE

Our rates went from $8700 annually to $24,000 per truck.

for four claims.

there were no nuclear verdicts involved.