Truckers Report Jobs

Find Trucking Jobs

Company Driver Company Driver Dry Van Dry Van Flatbed Flatbed Refrigerated Refrigerated Specialized Specialized Owner Operator Owner Operator
More Trucking Job Searches ⌄ Fewer Trucking Job Searches
⌃

My Swift Adventure

Discussion in 'Swift' started by Fewe, Sep 13, 2010.

Page 15 of 18
  1. Aug 17, 2011 #141
    Fewe

    Fewe Light Load Member

    293
    288
    Aug 20, 2010
    Arlington, TN
    0
    She's my little PornStar, she's a full condo double bunk with a 15 liter Cummins. She ain't afraid to get dirty and put in work when necessary... and remember, big girls need love too!!!
     
    Fewe, Aug 17, 2011
    Fewe, Aug 17, 2011
    #141
    scottied67 and AZS Thank this.
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Aug 17, 2011 #142
    Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

    8,501
    9,491
    May 15, 2010
    West o' the Big Crick
    0
    K, mine did that too, with the exception of derating. Have them check the crank case filter, too. It's up on the driver side of the engine. All the code would show is high crank case pressure. I didn't know about that filter or it would have been changed at the 100K PM. Apparently, not many of the PM shops know about it either.
     
    Injun, Aug 17, 2011
    Injun, Aug 17, 2011
    #142
    Fewe Thanks this.
  4. Aug 17, 2011 #143
    Fewe

    Fewe Light Load Member

    293
    288
    Aug 20, 2010
    Arlington, TN
    0
    Well, another night without my girl. The dealer was putting everything back together today to then regen and test drive. Hopefully all will be good to go and I can get back to work in the morning.
     
    Fewe, Aug 17, 2011
    Fewe, Aug 17, 2011
    #143
  5. Aug 18, 2011 #144
    Lady K

    Lady K Road Train Member

    3,651
    2,130
    Dec 1, 2010
    Somewhere between here and there...
    0
    Here is hoping for you!! At least we aren't the only ones to name our truck - we named ours Matilda (as in Waltzing Matilda)... since a Matilda is a traveling satchel with all of our belongings in it, and we are waltzing down the highways - LOL! We just won't jump in a lake after dinner is all ;)
     
    Lady K, Aug 18, 2011
    Lady K, Aug 18, 2011
    #144
    Fewe Thanks this.
  7. Aug 18, 2011 #145
    jdimes

    jdimes Medium Load Member

    556
    542
    Apr 22, 2011
    somewhere, usa
    0
    What are some of the medical things that cause potential new drivers to get dismissed?
     
    jdimes, Aug 18, 2011
    jdimes, Aug 18, 2011
    #145
  8. Aug 18, 2011 #146
    Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

    8,501
    9,491
    May 15, 2010
    West o' the Big Crick
    0
    Needle dependent diabetes, blood pressure 140/90 and higher, seizures/epilepsy, certain mental illnesses, certain heart problems.....

    But if you have Tourette Syndrome, you'll fit right in.
     
    Injun, Aug 18, 2011
    Injun, Aug 18, 2011
    #146
    Fewe and inkeper Thank this.
  9. Aug 18, 2011 #147
    MilwaukeeTrucker

    MilwaukeeTrucker Bobtail Member

    37
    9
    Jul 19, 2011
    Fort Worth,TX
    0
    What happens as in pay when you this kind of stuff occurs?
     
    MilwaukeeTrucker, Aug 18, 2011
    MilwaukeeTrucker, Aug 18, 2011
    #147
  10. Aug 18, 2011 #148
    inkeper

    inkeper Road Train Member

    1,440
    1,059
    Jan 30, 2011
    Texas
    0

    :biggrin_25517: Too funny :biggrin_25526:
     
    inkeper, Aug 18, 2011
    inkeper, Aug 18, 2011
    #148
    Injun Thanks this.
  11. Aug 19, 2011 #149
    Fewe

    Fewe Light Load Member

    293
    288
    Aug 20, 2010
    Arlington, TN
    0
    $50 for every 24 hours you are in shop status. Swift pays for the hotel room and you scan receipts as with everything else.

    The old girl is fixed, for now, and we are rollin' again. Made it back to PA to deliver a Walmart load to a DC then to chase down a repower. The only problem is that, as per usual, the address where the trailer is was wrong in the computer as was the phone number and name of the company. The notes in the system had the correct phone number but I ran out of hours trying to find the errant address so I am posted up outside a WalMart for the night and will retrieve the trailer tomorrow afternoon and attempt a 2 stop Sam's Club delivery a day late. Should be fun since the appointment time was 8/18 22:00 and 8/19 02:00 and I will be arriving 8/19 18:00.

    As for The PornStar, the shop said there was a problem of some kind near the turbo but wouldn't go into much detail. All I know is that she is back to her old self, including the Warn Engine light coming on for old time sake shortly after hooking to a 11,000 pound trailer. Guess we'll see what the future brings. I'm just glad to be spending the night in "my bed" instead of in that motel bed. With all the hubbub in the news recently about bed bugs in hotels I felt like things were crawling on me while falling asleep at night. Of course I never saw anything, but I did learn more than I ever wanted to know about the creepy critters thanks to my old chum Google.

    Also, I may be spoiled but I don't remember the last time I turned on a TV and only had 34 channels to choose from. I watched a lot of Discovery Channel and History Channel, which I would have done even if I had my normal 4,000,000 channels I have at the house.
     
    Fewe, Aug 19, 2011
    Fewe, Aug 19, 2011
    #149
    scottied67 and Lady K Thank this.
  12. Aug 19, 2011 #150
    Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

    8,501
    9,491
    May 15, 2010
    West o' the Big Crick
    0
    If that check engine light keeps coming on whenever the motor is under load, have the crankcase filter replaced. There's a sort of square box on the driver side, frony of the engine just under the head. It's painted the same color as the rest of the engine, so it's easy to tell if the bolts have ever been removed. If they haven't and you have over 200K on the engine, that filter needs to be replaced. It takes 5 minutes to do it.
     
    Injun, Aug 19, 2011
    Injun, Aug 19, 2011
    #150
    Fewe Thanks this.
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

    • Page 15 of 18