those with company trucks and 400w inverters

LOL...give my truck a few days, I'm sure she'll want back in a shop any day now. Heading to Laredo for the beginning of next week.

 

Crap! We're on opposite legs of the triangle! Slow down and let me catch your slow Swifty rear end

 

The Volvo's are a little faster on flat ground. My first flatbed truck only ran 48 mph from Phoenix to Gary I limped the whole way on 2 blown injectors the shop couldn't find in Phoenix.

 

i forsee swift turning down the company trucks to 60 here if the fuel creeps up closer and closer to $4/gal. the L/Os wont get touched...since swift dont pay that bill...it'll be up to the driver/owner to reduce the speed. I actually got 8.1 mpg in my t-660 going from Richmond, VA to Memphis, TN....thats for a truck that normally gets high 6s....but then again, i ran 60 all the way thru TN (truck speed is 55) and i only had 7,000lbs....

 

i just picked up a 400w inverter. i am using it for my xbox. the inverter is the cobra model with the option to use the ciggy plug or direct to batt clamps. a sticker on the ciggy plug warns not to use the plug if drawing over 150 watts. since my xbox and monitor together draw 200 watts, i thought i would give the plug a try anyway. after two hours gameplay, the plug was definitely hot. i am in a volvo and using the bunk outlet. of course i have to run the engine while i play or every low batt alarm in this thing goes off when i fire up the xbox.
i was thinking about getting some cheap 12 gauge jumper cables, cutting the clamps off one end and crimping on some ring terminals. i would then run them through the side box to the batts whenever i play xbox, which isn't very often, so it's not that inconvenient.

 

I have a 2010 Freightliner. I have a colman cooler that stays pluged in all the time. At night if the batteries get near 12v output available, the truck will shut down all auxilery power, including the cooler. The wabasco will still run though.