My Pride Transport thread as a newbie

I have a buddy that I have known for a while that has been there since he got out of school, He went with a trainer and is looking at like 18 months with them, I wouldn't go there now but maybe should have straight out of school??

 

Hey, Didn't Pride run Automatics in the freightshakers?

 

They tried out a few but went back to manual trans.

 

Well that lost me in the running!, I'm going in another direction, I thought this would give me some good reefer experience before I went elsewhere. Oh well. Take Care Drivers.

 

I thought I was going to go crazy without a hard wired inverter but we manage fine with the plug in inverters.. he has a huge chest freezer he has on his bunk (he sleeps in the fetal position so it doesn't bug him.) I'm on my laptop whenever I'm not behind the wheel.. like right now. which means laptop/wifi hotspot/charging my phones etc. we also have a small TV.
When I got stuck at the truck stop for his anniversary for 5 days I only had the low batt. warning come on once, kicked the truck on for an hour and it was charged back up.

When I get my truck I'm having the shop mech. install a mobile tracking KVH DirecTV Satellite system http://www.kvh.com/Leisure/RV-Systems/Television.aspx
get a little LCD TV, small fridge and my computer/internet.. and I'll have all the comforts of home except a toilet/shower. I am considering getting a little gene but I'm afraid it will get swiped while I'm showering er something.
all of that should run just fine on a two or three plug in inverters.

 

Another England company, Ran by a bunch of tithes paying morons!! They say one thing one day and then talk out of the other side of their mouth the other. I'm going to put all of my issues on the hate board, See you there!!.

 

Just being curious, when did they start installing the back up beepers, to wake up any sleeping drivers that might be around??

 

At least since the 2010 trucks. Luckily, mine works maybe once a month. Definitely don't write that one up as broken.


Spent 2 1/2 days in Albuquerque at Freighltliner over last weekend broke down. Cracked injector cup and fuel got into the cooling system so the tank had to be replaced. First time the truck has given us a real problem over the last year. Still don't want to give this one up though but it's looking like we'll be getting a new truck in the next two weeks unfortunately.