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The equipment is pretty decent. The majority of the fleet is 06-08 Freightliner Columbia flattops but they're in the process of rolling over to new Mac midroofs with a few Internationals thrown in for god knows why. The older equipment is obviously a little more run down but I haven't heard of anyone having any major problems yet. If you do get a truck that has problems, it can most likely be blamed on driver negligence, not BTC. You need something fixed, make it known and it'll get fixed.

The miles I can't really comment on right now as I haven't been here long enough to get a good average, plus freight is slowing down some for winter. I will say though that I've only sat 2.5-3 days in the past three weeks and I'm working this wkend. Any other lack of miles is due to my learning curve and the time it takes me securing a load, tarping if it calls for it and undoing everything on the other end. Haven't got a quick system figured out on that yet. FYI, strap rollers come in very handy. Haven't gotten one of those yet either. Tarping is my biggest slowdown right now but fortunatly I haven't had a bunch of those. Maybe every third load or so.

Blacktop, congrats if you make it in, I think you'll like it here. They do have their rules but overall they're a fairly laid back company and easy to get along with. I like it here.

 

Yeah, all I can do is dream when I'm pulling a hill and I have trucks passing me like it's flat ground. I really should start writing down names for future reference. I hear the macs are pretty torquey. Haven't gotten a chance to see the inside of an international yet, are they nice? Are they equipping them with APUs or bunk heaters?