U.S. Express Equipment.

Any updates on Apu's on trucks.

 

Yeh i like the fender camera, it sure helps. I came out of trucking school in July, started with USX training in August, and have been out as Solo Driver for 2 months now. Pay is on sliding scale about 26-31 cts/mile.

 

Us xpress has the volvo 780 the have freightliner century's and cascadia's the have new kenworth's and international prostar's they have peterbilt 387's which they are starting to use for lease trucks. As for what you get when u start or finishing training is what ever they have available. Two of my recent students have got brand new trucks 1 got a international and the other got a new cascadia

 

Thats good to hear I go out with my trainer monday. I hope I get something spacious as my first truck it doesn't have to be new.

 

USX has the following:

Freightliner Century Class
Freightliner Cascadia
International ProStar
Kenworth T700
Kenworth T660
Peterbilt 387 l/o only
Peterbilt 386 l/o only
Volvo VNL780

KH

 

Dang one of those Volvo's would be nice.

 

Is it true that they are going to a full manual transmission fleet? I heard within the next 3 years the transition will be complete.

 

I talked to the head mechanic in tunnel hill and said they are mainly getting a shipment of super 10's right now because of issues with the new Eaton Fuller trans are defective. But there is some talk that they are trying to go back to manual transmissions some higher ups say they are trying to bring back the real drivers to us XPRESS. All I hear about since being here is complaints about auto transmissions hallways failing and that 50% of the time the truck is in the shop because. Of transmission issues

 

Oh well whatever they do I'm ready.

 

8 years, 1,700,000 miles, and 9 trucks (340,000 on this one) and have ONLY been in the shop 1 time for 2 days (this truck) because of transmission repairs.

the thing is they don't spend the 30 min to show new drivers how to drive them.