How do I play this game?

If it's just a sensor, when you remove the plug from the compressor your A/C turns on FULL BLAST, and won't shut off until you put the plug back in. If you threw a belt or if the refrigerant has leaked out, you're $h!t outta luck....

 

Just put your foot down. No working AC, your bringing the truck back. Tell them you like working for Western but your not going to work with out an AC.

Trucking is a dick bag gig. 80% of the starting companies suck and you have to do this ultimatum bull #### to get anything done.

Oddly everything school, news, sports heros, tell us not to do. And the trucking companies know that and take advantage of the pre conditioning of us. So you have to threaten to quit.

 

How many newbies do any research before signing up for CDL school or signing a contract for "free" CDL from a Mega? Not many.

 

Easy solution. Tell them the truck is in the shop for an AC fix or after your next delivery you are going to deadhead to the nearest terminal because you quit.

 

(This is going to be one of those times where I come off as an A-Hole and I really don’t mean to be….BUUUUUUUUUT…)

You started this thread over a week ago. And you are still groaning and moaning about the AC. It’s like listening to a teenage girl complaining about an abusive boyfriend that she refuses to break up with.
We teach people how to treat us. You have taught your travel agent that he can ignore you and walk all over you. Do you like being walked on?

“Well, ho hum guys. Still no AC. Dispatcher tells me that my having AC isn’t a priority…what should I do? Ho hum, I am so sad.”

 

I remember when I worked for Western, the AC went out going up a hill north of Phoenix. I pretty much stripped down immediately and kept running the load. Knowing Western, you'll probably get it fixed once you get to a terminal. It took me some time before that occurred. In the mean time, I bought some fans and just made it work. Eventually, they took me out of that truck and put me in a brand new truck. The rookie year is always tough for one reason or another. Trucking will have these random discomforts from time to time, even to this day, 15 years later. Don't get discouraged man. It does get better.

 

By not standing up for yourself you’re only showing them how they can treat you.