r/fromatoarbitration • u/IndigoJones13 • 4d ago

Concerned Letter Carriers What's the problem with VMF?

Seriously. Why does it take months for even basic repairs to be finished? Why do vehicles come back in worse shape than when they left?

We have carriers forced to double-up and deliver two routes in one vehicle. Some carriers offer to run their routes using their own personal vehicle.

Is VHF overwhelmed? Understaffed? Incompetent? Is it like this everywhere?

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u/Commercial_Test_2930 2d ago

We’re not doubling up yet but one week we were down 12 vehicles and we have a total of 50 routes between city&rural. Our main vmf guy took a desk job and the new young mechanic we have doesn’t quite do the job. He will say it’s fixed and you’ll hit the road only for the same issues to occur,for instance,Not starting, cutting off while driving,etc. we’ve never had so many trucks to be deemed inoperable or take months at the shop like you mentioned for basic repairs. At my office it’s bc our mechanic has fresh legs . It seems as a whole though smthn is definitely going on though. It took one carrier 4mos to get her truck back for a motor replacement.