Can you refuse a truck assignment?

Cornbinders were, for ME, MYSELF & I, a whole heckuva LOT BETTER than Any Mack I eva Drove.
Of course a Pete or KWhopper would have sufficed, long as the Heater and A/C were fully functional, and a MANUAL Trans.

Refusing to Drive what's Offered, unless IT IS UNSAFE, is the Same as Your New Tag Line: "You Want Fries With That?"

 

Right now you are a commodity, so if they give you a corn binder, drive it, you need experience first and foremost.

 

When I started with Swift 10 years ago my first truck that was assigned was an automatic. I asked for a manual (I wanted the experience) and it took an extra day but they had no problem giving me one, once it was available.
Now days the only truck I refuse is one that doesn't pass inspection.

 

Does that company have better equipment you could possibly move into in the near future? If they do then stick with it for a bit. If their entire fleet is old worn out Pro Stars then I would move on.

 

it's called "entitlement", everyone thinks the best of the best to drive is a Pete, or KW, and nothing else matters, and if they don't get what they want, (again entitlement), they bash everything else.

i have driven many different makes/models, and to me...a truck is a truck, is a truck.

it carries the load, it gets you from one point to another.

again, in my opinion, this lends itself to entitlement...."i gots me a brandy new CDL and i am OWED a real neato super truck., like all my buddies at the truck stop counter".

 

christ, i can smell the "i'm an entitled newbie CDL holder, and imma gonna cry like a little girl if i get an IH truck", all the way here on the east coast...