Getting a T680 as a company driver.

If your wife rides with you , most teams will get the new trks

 

Very well put. i like your name now that i looked at it twice haha

 

No they don't deserve a nice truck. A good worker earns one. Or buys his own. You're a guy who's been through a couple jobs in a year, never lasting more than a few months and looking to leave the one you're at again. Learn how to work kid. You make your own "quality of life". If we "stood up"??? For what? So a guy who's gonna leave anyway gets a "nice truck"? Get ####### real.

 

Just to toss this out there....my Cascadia has been one of the best company trucks I've driven. The mattress? Get a 2" foam pad from Wally...less than a C note and it has served me well for over three years (I bought it while I was still at Schneider).

Don't misunderstand....it DOES matter what you drive, but in terms of cleanliness, dependability and the like...not the name on the manufacturers plate, especially with just 14 months under your belt.

Dont like it? Leave. Problem solved.

 

With due respect to the shaker owners..

In my opinion: I dont drive junk. Did that for years when I first started, that freightshaker crap doesnt go by me any longer. I am a human being and need comfort as such, not a **** hole for a dog to lay on.
I hate weird sounds in my cab, freightliners want to come apart at every pot hole you drive over, make you look like an amateur right out of truck school no matter your age, their suspension sucks to say the least, but what can you say about a truck made always with cheap materials?
Did I mention they are all alike? Coronado, columbia, crapcadia, century, fldXXX

Did I mention even internationals are better, volvos way better, and petes.. well there you have it.

 

In my opinion: I drive to make a living. I don't drive junk, either. My Cascadia has 427k on it and has fewer rattles and such issues than a lot of trucks of any brand. And yes, there is a difference between FL models. I drove Century class trucks for years.

I don't drive to be seen. And I'm plenty comfortable, thank you very much.

 

They are very much alike, but I can say for certain that the cascadia seat is WAY more comfortable than their crap columbia gliders. The gliders lumbar is worthless and the oscillator barely even does anything. Your back takes the brunt of every pothole and bump. And I've had 3 of them and they all suck like that.

The cascadias, on the other hand, have lumbar that actually works and the oscillator at least absorbs some of the road shock.

 

Your best is to go with a company like Tribe or TA they equipe there 680 nicely. The sni 680 is just as bare bones as the Cascadia. But I love my Cascadia and its parksmart system. I get po when drivers like you or even newbies you expect to jump to the top of the pack in pay n equipment. If u think it's tough to sleep on that mattress wait till it's 10 degrees out or 75 and u can't idle then u have a reason to whine about being unhealty or tired. And if I recall the 680 is from green bay oc. So if your not dispatched from that oc doubt you'll get one.

 

Hubby started in April and his truck was a 2006 Columbia. It was worn out. Hubby didn't say a word to his DBL other than the truck is tired. He went to Portland for his extra training 3 weeks ago. The trainer was walking the lot with him and just laughed at that truck and asked him, "Is that POS yours?". Of course, Hubby said, "Yep". The trainer said, "I'm calling your DBL, you need a better truck". DBL calls Hubby 2 weeks ago and says he now has a 2015 Cascadia waiting for him in Fontana. Hubby has never turned down a load, complained about not getting home on time or anything and his scorecard averages 103%. Look what he got in 3 months. He's very happy with the truck.