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I guess I'll put in my two cents.... I am a dedicated driver for SNI so I think miles are good (1800-2800) but it varies from week to week. I have a few friends that run OTR for SNI and they do about the same. I have the new MCP 200 in my truck and I absolutely hate it. Not a bad device, but it keeps up with you by the second. Haven't heard anything about them getting away from it either. As far as the inverter is concerned, I was told that we could have nothing that would not operate on a cigarette lighter adapter. So if that has changed I'm glad to hear that. Once again I'm on dedicated so I'm home every weekend and often during the week. So no layovers for me. I haven't had a beacon truck wash in years. Only the BS wash at the OC so I will have to look into that. I'm paid $15 for each stop after my first but I know most accounts are different. For instance family dollar is $25 after the first. I always get detention after 2 hours... I hope this helps. I too went to roadmaster and I don't wish them on my worst enemy. They do teach you the fundamentals but at a ridiculous price. Looking back I would definitely go the community college route. The orientation week in Dallas is not nearly as hard as some of these other drivers would make it seem. True days are long and at times can be very boring, but all of the instructors will know that you are a new driver and will work with you as such. You will have to be completely lost inside the truck to get sent home. On button-hook day I took out 3 out of the 4 curbs. LOL! And as a professional driver you are going to become friends with a lot of curbs and trees. Some places just were not made for us. Finally, I wish you the best of luck and hope to see you on the road. Be safe!

 

In Reading your questions about the recruiter, the only thing that stands out to me is the inverter issue. The way I am interpreting the rule is that there is no inverters allowed t be installed. If you have sleep apnea , they will install a 300 Watt inverter at the cost of $180.00. However, that is not enough to run a microwave or a fridge.

Best of Luck!

Raid3r

 

They sell TV's that run off a cig lighter. WHat my set up is this. I have a TV , a digital converter box (there is a TV antenae feed in the TV hole), and a DVD player. I try to fire up the TV and converter, and if there is a few channels I just stick with that. If not, I use the DVD player. I have a small inverter I bought at Wal Mart I use and it is concealed and mounted behind the TV, so someone would have to be searching to find it. I have had my truck in the shop 4 times, and noone has ever noticed or said anything about it.

About the OC, I am finding myself there about every other day. I was fueling and sleeping there as well. Now, my run goes past the OC twice a day, so it was convenient for my situation. However, this week I was committed to trying to a being a real truck driver, and I fueled where SNI told me to (not once at OC) and I tried running until I was out of hours opposed to stopping when it was convenient to me , as to stop at OC was leaving me with 1-2 hours left to run each time I stopped there. This experiment had mixed results, as I was scrambling to find a place to park, spending too much time waiting in line for fuel, and twice this week I missed some turn either into the truck stop, or getting back onto the interstate that cost me time.

It is a huge learning curve for me, but I keep moving forward.

Good Luck!

Raid3r

 

There are four in my truck. One at the dash, one behind the driver seat, one in the bunk, and one in the "tv box".

Raid3r

 

THD ,,,,,,Your not painting a pretty picture at all here!
I'm thinking the tanker division as a new graduate.
Hopefully I'll see some positive sounding stuff, but I do appreciate all pro's and con's.