Radios

your own extra idea. you buy your own radio

 

Interestingly enough, Danny Herman equips all of their Company Trucks with a nice Cobra CB. I don't think it is very common in the industry at all. I was all set to install mine when I came to work for them. It is still in my side box.

 

Depending on the kind of trucking you do, they’re almost a necessity. I communicate with most of the scale houses at our customers via CB. Our trucks come with CBs, but, as the others stated, they’re on your dime at most places.

That said, that $120.00 Cobra 29 classic will pay for itself 10 times over with the lost time you’ll avoid by getting a heads up about wrecks, construction and other crap that you can detour with enough warning.

 

X2 on the Cobra 29 Classic. Add a Astatic or Road King Noise cancelling mike for clarity, and a small speaker for clear reception. All are often on sale at Loves. Trucks are usually pre wired. Might need to buy an in line fuse for the CB. Easy enough to figure out, just a power plug, and an antenna, speaker plugs in back also. If you need an antenna. Francis, or Fire stick are pretty cheap, and work great. Usually a 4’ works best. Pretty standard set up, all I’ve ever used.

 

Negative on the car..
You will have enough of it in the truck..no training needed

 

I used to hook mine up for traffic reports on vacations, came in handy when 1-40 slid off the side of the mountain, while in the Smokies. Lol. Took a crazy backroad through the Smokies in the Jeep. Best part of the whole vacation. Lol. You’ll need a plug for cigarette lighter, and an antenna. Wilson Lol’ Wil magnetic rooftop works real good. Kind of expensive, maybe $70 or more now? Nice to have anyway for future use on vacations, or long trips to a Terminal/ home, if wanted.

 

If your company doesn't supply a CB, your truck will most likely still be pre-wired for one, so it's just a matter of hooking up the wires. Super easy. Some guys go all out on their radios, but I just have a cheapo cobra with factory antennas. Suits me fine as I'm not a big talker.

 

I'm old school, but can't even tell you the last time I had my CB hooked up. Part of that has to do with the horrible setup in Cascadias for antennas (2019 so I can't even find a mount that works), and they had the moronic idea of an internal antenna. The 2nd part of it is that despite all of the "it saved me" stories, I've received more bad information, and bs than if I'd sat at the counter of the Country Pride listening to super truckers.

It was, and for some still is, a good tool. Most of the time though it's as useful as a hacksaw to fix a tire.