Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Hi <waving> I'm the wife side of the equation... I have a question... what is the difference between 'Supersolo's and 'Team's??

Thanks

 

Anyone know what size the sleepers are at central on the company trucks, I know they have volvo's & prostars for company trucks

 

That is not a bad idea... We are really starting to look forward to the new change in life...
We will look into it.

 

yeah... lucky if you dont get slapped with a service fail.

 

About a thousand miles....Most Husband and wife teams run as Super solo's and 2 guys run as a team LOL At our company the super solo teams average 4500 a week and the Solo's around 3500.

 

Company trucks are all 9 speeds. 13 speeds are for lease ops that want to pay $270 to have one installed, or who leased a truck with one already installed.

The biggest difference in shifting is you don't pull the shifter all the way over and down to go to your first high range gear. Takes a little getting used to, but you'll manage. I trained on a 13 speed truck, and the only thing my trainer had me do was use the top gear when we were at cruising speed.

 

Super solo are loads that are either solo loads dispatched to a team, or loads that are too much for a solo driver to handle, but not true team loads.

Team loads are loads that will take both drivers doing full shifts of driving to accomplish. Most teams average 900-1100 miles a day, solos usually average 400-600. This is all relative, depending on many factors.

 

Volvos have a 61 inch sleeper if I'm not mistaken. The bed is slightly smaller than a twin, with a similar upper bunk that folds up, and a decent amount of cabinet space. Some volvos are equipped with a bed that folds into a table, at least for a few starting with 9.

Prostars differ a lot. If you get the condo cab ones, it's a 71 inch sleeper, with a twin sized bed, an equal sized upper bunk that won't fold up, and less cabinet space than a volvo, but still ample. I can kneel on the bottom bunk, and sit straight without hitting my head on the top bunk.

There's 2 other kinds of Prostars, both are short topped but look likethe condo pro stars. If you look at them from the back, you'll see a gap of about 18 inches between the top of the sleeper and the actual fiberglass 'roof.' The ones numbered under 1000 are the first Prostars were recieved, they have a twin sized bunk, but the space between the bunks is narrower. They also have a lot less cabinet space, with cubbies that pull down to open instead of actual cabinets. I believe the sleeper is 71 inches as well, although it might not be.
The other prostar is what they call an ultralight. It has a shorter sleeper than any other truck, with a smaller than twin bed in it. Like the short prostars it has cubbies in place of cabinets, but no upper bunk. You can tell them apart from the other prostars because they have no faring where the steps and fuel tanks are, it's juzt metal steps, and metal fuel tanks, no siding. They've been giving a lot of solos these trucks. I don't know if they can even put a team in one, as there's only one bunk & my co-drv and I couldn't fit in it side by side without one of us falling out.