Swift - How old are the trucks, and what brand of trucks?

Dumb question new to trucking is apu a heating & cooling unit?

 

an apu can heat and cool your truck along with provide power, its kinda like a generator if you want to think of it that way. They can cost upwards of $10k and Swift does not provide these on the trucks.
I saw one system that seemed decent, it ran off of propane instead of diesel and supposed to be much more efficient saving $2k a year in fuel cost, saw one where it was $250 a month for 36 months, I might look into them once I have my own truck in the future.

 

I hear that Inverters are not allowed? Is that true and if so how strict is that policy?

 

no hard wire inverters, you can use a plug in inverter. I use a 410 watt to run my cpap and laptop
If you have sleep apnea they will install an inverter but its a pain to get it done, I tried to get it done last week and they wanted me to take a few days off to go get a letter from my doctor stating I need my machine out on the road...like wtf idiots of course I need it, if I need it at home then what makes you think I dont in the truck? So i said screw the process I will use a plug in and just get on the road.

If your in an owner op truck then you can install whatever you feel like, I hope I get to go drive for my mentor I had, he called me up yesterday and said the plans are still a go, he is just waiting for his house to close escrow next month and the end of July or early August he wants a new truck.

 

lol plug in inverter so if i take my 1200 watt inverter and hook up a plug in that is acceptable? a plug in is easy to hook up to them have one around my house some where.

 

I went solo about two months ago, and I'm on my third truck so far. I had a 2006 Volvo first with 530k miles that was in surprisingly good condition, and I had no problems at all with that truck. It popped up on the trade in list, so I went to Greer and got a 2009 Prostar that had a bunch of issues. It was in the shop for the majority of the first week I had it with various problems. The qualcomm had issues the entire time I had it (constantly turning off and on/locking up/etc.), and the egr cooler blew up on it a couple of weeks ago. After the egr cooler blew up, I got sent to pick up my current truck which is a 2013 KW T660. I haven't had any problems with this truck so far, and it's a comfortable ride, but the turning radius on it does leave a little to be desired. Overall, I'm happy with it though.

 

yeah I think the volvo has a better turning radius in my own opinion but I have only drove a couple freights and volvos.


back on the inverter subject, if your talking about doing any wiring to the truck at all then its a no go, you will get in trouble if caught, if you go to get the truck serviced I was also told the mechanics will take it from the truck since its not allowed. As for wiring the 1200 to a cig plug then that wont be worth your trouble, a cig plug puts out like 180 watts so you will never use the max potential.

 

I just want to be able to charge my laptop. they have 12v dc chargers for laptops but mine needs 16v, so i need an inverter. I was just planning on getting one that just plugs into the cig. outlet. Im assuming having one of those would not be a big issue right?

 

Yep, not a problem. I've had at least one, sometimes two, in my truck all the time. Even left them plugged in while truck was in the shop without any issues.

 

yep they just dont want to see you tampering with stuff example running wires to THEIR batteries