Refusing a truck

Do you even have a job yet? have you fiished school? Personaly I would be more concerned with the overall condition of the tractor than wether someone smoked in it. You can always clean it.
Does it leak any fluids? good tires? hows the suspension? There are 100's 1000's of things about that tractor that are way more important than if it's been smoked in. I'm not trying to give you crap, it just seems that you may need to reprioritize your concerns a little.
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Personally I deive one.of the oldest trucks in the fleet... runs fine and I get paid the same so no biggie.

 

My first truck was not clean but was not a smoker. I was dang glad for that... I cleaned it. It did have several mechanical issues like a broken engine mount. No big deal there, right? Heheheheee

Well they called that one back in for the lease program and I got my second. It was previously used by a heavy smoker! The whole truck was orange with tar and nicotine. But luckily it was not the worst I had seen... I had clorox wipes. It took two or three just to clean the steering wheel! And that was easy to clean rubber/vinyl.

http://mnmstudios.smugmug.com/Truckin/KLLM-Driver-1/i-49jbNJQ/0/M/20120711100941-M.jpg

(my photos are not embedding the last few days... not sure why.)

I wiped down the entire front half of the cabin the first day. It took about two hours. Then I worked on the sleeper section. Another two hours. Febreezed all the fabric areas and got a deodorizer pellet type concoction.

After a few days I did it all over again. It is bearable now. But not brand clean....

Mikeeee

 

suk it up nancy jst clean it n put ur favorite deororant

 

lol not even driving yet n he wants wants lol stay where u are this job aint for u.

 

We have threads about how to clean a truck. Use the search feature.

I run across a similar article a couple weeks back. Here's another with the same natural remedies to get rid of the smell that makes sense.

http://voices.yahoo.com/easy-ways-rid-smell-cigarette-smoke-1447929.html


When I changed companies if I couldn't get a nice truck I would pick the oldest, ugliest truck on the lot. It won't be long and you will be driving a new one.

Most trucks have cabin filters. Change them. There is usually one under the hood near or behind the engine air filter and another under the bunk bed. You can ask the shop to change them if needed. I usually stocked up changed them myself.