Cigarette smoke clean-up in a 2023 Cascadia

Definitely no need to do that last part. Do you reserve a set number of trucks for smokers and non-smokers or do you let it sort itself out? For example, if you got four new trucks, would two be smoking trucks and the other two non-smoking? Or would you assign all four trucks irregardless and if the driver's a smoker, then make that a smokers truck?

 

We have no set policy in place, but I know the last set of trucks all went to non-smokers. Come to think of it, all the new trucks last year went to non-smokers, too, so that probably plays a major factor with the Services Manager in truck assignments when new trucks come in. I just looked on the list, and no 2022 or 2023 trucks have been assigned to smokers, so... I guess that's a good question to ask when he is not running around like a chicken with his head cut off (its annual trailer trade-in time, so he's busy commissioning and decommissioning 36 reefers (plates, insurance papers, graphics, reefer tests, Omnitracs tests, fueling, and adding load locks).

 

That's good. Sounds like it's not a problem at your company. I guess the only other question I've got right now is if you've ever seen the resale value of a truck go down because it had been smoked in.

 

I couldn't tell you. We trade them in based upon age and in batches, so there is usually a set price for the batch.

 

there must be a cabin filter someplace. if he had air on recycle instead of bringing fresh air, then the cabin filter would be dirty with cig smoke residue,change it… use baking soda powder ssomeplace ? ask the home renovators who restore after a fire. they must know the tricks

 

Good to know. I appreciate you letting me pick your brain

 

I would bet it’s the darn weed burners. They need to outlaw them. That way even if they ain’t running right atleast it’s not building up under the cab seeping in.

 

I agree I’ve moved spots often when a weed burner was next to me idling. If I smell the fumes the driver must as well .. I had my bunk window open and truck shut off the brand new looking international was idling and my bunk carbon monoxide detector was showing a moderate reading.

 

It sure is.
Here i would be in big trouble if it was found out someone smoked in a company truck or piece of equipment.

Hardly anyone smokes anymore anyway.

If 90% of people are non smokers, why would any company piss off the majority, by subjecting them to that disgusting stench.

 

It might be that smokers are more willing to quit a company that won't let them smoke than non-smokers are to refuse a truck that's been smoked in.

If 10% percent of drivers are smokers and half of them would quit if they couldn't smoke in the truck, a company would lose 5 out of every 100 drivers by banning smoking.

If only 1% of non-smokers would refuse a truck that's been smoked in, that's 0.9 drivers out of every 100 drivers. And that 0.9 won't quit, they'll just refuse the truck.

With that said, I wouldn't take a truck that I smelled smoke in. I'm a former smoker and the smell of cigarettes produces the same disgust in me that the smell of feces does.