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  1. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I don’t even like doing that.
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    You might not be able to eat off my floor, but you’ll certainly never find trash in my truck. It gets vaccumed every time I fuel up.
     
  4. supergreatguy

    supergreatguy Road Train Member

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    That’s equivalent to using your shirt to clean truck stop sink snot rockets to brush teeth then putting it back on
     
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  5. God prefers Diesels

    God prefers Diesels Road Train Member

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    Even after I clean the inside of my truck, it still looks dirty. Just had a hard life before I bought it. Looked like hell inside. I keep any trash in a small grocery bag, and throw it away when I get fuel, and I clean the inside once a week. It will never be a show truck, though.
     
  6. bryan21384

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    My truck gets cleaned in and out with regularity. There's always time to get it cleaned up. To live in a pig sty, in that small of space is unacceptable.
     
  7. black_dog106

    black_dog106 Road Train Member

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    Mom, 80 years old, went for a short, 1/3 day trip with me a few months back. She climbed in, looked around. Said she could eat off the floor.
    Don't believe I can top that approval rating!
     
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  8. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    My truck is dirty as hell on outside. But keep it clean on the inside .
     
  9. AKDoug

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    It's a challenge this time of year for us.. Sloppy, slushy snow everywhere ... people just dump salt and sand with reckless abandon. It'd be a ten minute process getting your boots off and changing for a clean pair of shoes. Not going to happen running LTL. We do clean our garbage out at the end of every day, and vacuum on any day the truck isn't moving.
     
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  10. scott180

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    First trucking job was as a dirt hauler. The inside of the truck was still fairly clean. I had a whisk broom and an air blower for heavy mud on the floor and every once in a while I'd get the dust with a wet rag and wipe the floor as well.

    All my lights including markers and the reflective tape got a cleaning every time I got out of the truck. Remember it's not just you looking at the truck.

    On the road to the main Rock Quarry they set up a permanent road side inspection spot. They were known to be tough but I was never pulled in. My truck wouldn't always have passed inspection but it looked like it would.
     
  11. supergreatguy

    supergreatguy Road Train Member

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    that’s right about where I’m at haha. My old freightliner fits the stereotype of bungee cables and duct tape, but it’s clean as can be with most of the money dumped into the vital parts.
     
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