Lightweights

I was using a 102 whip on the passenger mirror for hf. I used a mfj autotuner. That was in the baby pete. I recently went lease and now am in a fullsize cascadia trying to figure out a hf antenna solution. Kinda thinking hout a tarheels screwdriver antenna on the bambi smasher.

 

I was thinking along the same lines. U-bolt a piece of stainless plate to the front of the guard, and mount the antenna mount to the back of that (directly above the guard). With the plate facing the front, the coax connection is somewhat protected from "road crap".

Looked at the Tarheel big rig installation pics, and I noticed that photos 3 and 4 are of a Prime truck...

 

I'm not sure what folks are talking about when they say 'mini'. Are there any pictures around someone could point me to?

 

Try this...

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/album.php?albumid=2288

 

And compared to the cascadia I have now, they are tiny.

 

So, Prime pays more per mile to those who drive a smaller truck?

 

Yup. If you're on the company side running solo you'll get a lightweight. Outside of the Pete 386 (which we're getting rid of) the other selections have enough headroom for a six-footer to stand up in. Outside of headroom in the mid-roof versions, the big difference between them and a full condo is the vertical storage cabinet section behind the driver and passenger seats isn't there along with the extra length of the sleeper. Other folks have found creative ways to utilize the space in a lightweight to make up for this. I will admit, among many other things - and this was way down the list - that this is one of the things that convinced me to lease, even though I was offered a full-sized condo to stay on the company side.

5 cents-per-mile is added to your per-mile rate on the company side to run in a lightweight. If you team or train, that will get you into a full-sized condo. A very general comment: IMO, if you're going to train, do your victims the courtesy of having enough experience to be really able to TRAIN them!

 

Do they get better gas mileage?

 

About the same as the rest of the fleet. The driver's technique is responsible for as much as 30% of the fuel usage.

 

Can you lease a lightweight?