Arm Rest?

A right side arm rest is pretty standard with most seats, which you are probably already aware of after 2 years in the biz.

 

Most of our Volvos actually dont have an arm rest on the right side. I dont understand why they do this. I guess its a cost cutting measure.

 

I can honestly say I have never been in a freightliner in 27 years (counting my time driving as well as riding with family) without arm rests. I have seen some where the arm rest has been removed, but I don't consider that the same as a seat made without it.

 

Gotta have that right side arm rest. If I got a truck without one, I'd have fall back on my redneck engineering degree and whip something up. 500mi. a day with no arm rest is cruel and unusual punishment. Now how long before an old hand talks about running coast to coast sitting on a milk crate in an old cabover with no windshield.

 

LOL! Dont forget sleeping on a wood plank using a lit cigarette between the fingers as an alarm clock.

 

Harvey, what about curling up on the doghouse for a short nap?

 

"When we needed air in the tires we had to blow in them!"

Lol no disrespect intended to the old timers...I love hearing their stories.

 

I actually remember sleeping on the doghouse in an old cabover Mack. Pawpa slept in the sleeper and I was short enough that was where I fit lol. Hell when dad and Pawpa drove team for a little while in a Freightliner century that had overhead storage in the sleeper I actually slept up there.