Motor Carrier EC's Going For It

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.
I used to ride with the seat almost all the way down. I'd have it just high enough it wouldn't bottom out.

I started doing that in the Kenworths because up front in the cab, above the seats, the ceiling is just as low as in a flat-top day cab.

I hit a pothole in a parking lot once and bashed the top of my head on the ceiling. Didn't hurt my head, it was my neck that was hurting for a while.

I didn't even have the seat all that high either.

I'm 6 ft tall with shoes on.
 
I just wish someone would make a day cab that a tall person can fit in without feeling like you're in a sardine can. My 379's had the UniBilt Ultracabs and you could move the seat itself back a few holes on the pedestal. You were then sitting with your back a few inches into the sleeper. They were great! Like sitting in your living room in a LazBoy recliner. This cramped 389 daycab sucks. The seat back is always hitting the back wall and my tint on the rear window is getting torn up.

The side windows have limo tint on them and it's great for high beam flashers and idiots that have their high beams on all the time along with the fag lights in the bumper. It's funny though, it's always some POS Freightliner with the high beams on or one of the old junk Classics that have the 4 headlight system running all 4 on low and high beam. Does law enforcement care? Nope! Will the DOT site them for falsifying inspection documents? Nope! Now the big thing is undercab lighting, lighting in the wheels, antennas that are lit up and God knows what else. It comes in green, red, blue, purple, pink and every other color of the rainbow.
 
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. 🤔
 
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.
 
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. 🤔
as an o/o, go for the sleeper, if all things considered, it would be the better deal, you will not regret it.

When my company asked me if I needed a sleeper, I said, 'No thanks. You would then expect me to use 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.
 
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.
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.
 
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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.
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.
 
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.
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.
 

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