Electric Chicken
Well-Known Member
It was my USX P&G dedicated days. Had to spend about 4 weeks with a trainer as a newb.Tunkhannock you say?
That must have been a P&G load.
It was my USX P&G dedicated days. Had to spend about 4 weeks with a trainer as a newb.Tunkhannock you say?
That must have been a P&G load.
I used to ride with the seat almost all the way down. I'd have it just high enough it wouldn't bottom out.Got to be a cool dude Petermobiling type of driver. I always have my seat to the floor. everyone always asks why I have the seat to the floor? I like to feel what the truck is doing.
I am 6'3" and the guy that I shared the truck with was 6'6" he would have the seat all the way up. In the morning I would have to let out like what seemed like 150 PSI from the seat to lower it down, that seemed like it took 10 minutes.
How about "safety" eat a bag of dicks? I've got no time for stupidity of that calibre.
Just trying to justify her paycheck.
Yeah this is the crap I've been dealing with, and the crap that caused me to leave the first time.How about "safety" eat a bag of dicks? I've got no time for stupidity of that calibre.
I don't blame you.Yeah this is the crap I've been dealing with, and the crap that caused me to leave the first time.
Doing some serious sleeper shopping so I can get out of this place once and for all.
Oh and my snarky email reply was as follows:
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The terminal manager replied:
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I dunno if he was defending the stupid or just playing so I let it go. I was going to say something about whipping it out at 5mph like everyone else seems to do.
Yeah it's one thing to live in one for a company. It's another to do it for yourself.When my company asked me if I needed a sleeper, I said, 'No thanks. You would then expect me to use it.'
That's my theory. We've got some that go into the states up by the ice roads and all sorts of dumb shit. I never did like long hauling in country because honestly Canada and Ontario especially just suck for trucking. Got a bad taste in my mouth about crossing the border ever since they started that shot nonsense. I haven't been over in a truck or otherwise even since they stopped that. Hell, my truck doesn't even have the registration or IFTA to leave anyway.When my company asked me if I needed a sleeper, I said, 'No thanks. You would then expect me to use it.'
as an o/o, go for the sleeper, if all things considered, it would be the better deal, you will not regret it.One of my neighbors has 2 trucks for sale. One is his RV style sleeper KW W900 and the other is a regular W900.
They don't appear to be beat to hell. Got me curious.
this happened to me as well when i was at the now defunct NEMF...we line haul guys had day cabs, and as a result, we were home after our shifts.When my company asked me if I needed a sleeper, I said, 'No thanks. You would then expect me to use it.'
To be clear they're both sleepers, one is just the big ARI style like you see Reliable etc Al using and the other is a traditional studio or whatever.as an o/o, go for the sleeper, if all things considered, it would be the better deal, you will not regret it.
this happened to me as well when i was at the now defunct NEMF...we line haul guys had day cabs, and as a result, we were home after our shifts.
then the city driver would take those trucks, and do thier jobs.
here in lies the problem, say the city drivers are out of trucks, due to being in the shop, well them the sleepers get pressed into city work, and if that guy does not come back before your shift starts??
you get a city truck.
so i had refused a sleeper for the longest time, then the company said, "take one or leave"...
so i left, which worked out great, since they closed up, and further, i did not wish to be on the road more than my usual 11 hours, then be home.
i had, had enough of living in any truck, i don't appreciate living in a truck.
for an o/o, it does make better sense, as they can get more loads, and earn more money.
then go for the smaller sleeper.To be clear they're both sleepers, one is just the big ARI style like you see Reliable etc Al using and the other is a traditional studio or whatever.
I'm not convinced I want THAT much truck although the wheelbase would be a sweet ride compared to what I'm used to.
I also know neither of those will be fuel mileage trucks. Probably get the same as my day cab. Trucker Dan on YouTube has one and last I heard he said he's around 5.5mpg pulling a flat.
I putz now for fuel mileage. Less than the speed limit most of the time. Prime passes me these days. Having about 6 feet of wall above the cab and 6 feet behind the cab makes for some hellatious drag.then go for the smaller sleeper.
drive the speed limit for fuel mileage.
i'd imagine that nearly any sleeper wouldn't compare to your day cab for miles per gallon.
look at resale value when you decide to be rid of that sleeper.