At least one of the things he has been complaining about is very legit. Crete has made a very poor choice to use opti-idle software in their trucks instead of APUs.
A few years back, that wasn't as much of a problem as it is today. Freightliner's old opti idle system with a dedicated thermostat actually worked without requiring a top notch technician to deep dive for problems.
Modern opti-idle systems are a nightmare. They have consolidated controls to eliminate a dedicated A/C thermostat, and the electronic options and connections are far more complex in the truck.
When opti-idle was first picked up by Crete, it might have been a money - saver. These days, it is not. Shop downtime and drivers leaving the company because Crete is too stubborn to put chainflaps (mount chains on racks over the mudflaps) and move an APU into the position currently used for chains. Then there is the new model A/C compressors which do not work well at 600 RPM instead requiring 900 RPM for maximum cooling. That's another cost increase for the system.
I have had few of the other issues Snackbar has had outside the opti-idle crap, but when your sleeper gets to 85 degrees every night because your company is foolish enough to use opti-idle instead of APU's, and they can't make yours work right, it makes everything else look much, much worse.
Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer
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Looks like I'll get to see how bad the Shaffer side is now. Just got word my return to the Red/Blue has been approved. If Shaffer OTR pays the same as when I was doing the dedicated walmart then ill be happy.
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Crete doesn't like to change though, and when they do change, they will stay with a failed choice until it starts to hurt them.
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Local work just was not my cup of tea and Crete/Shaffer has paid me the most out of any other company I worked for.
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