Glad I moved over to Poly Trucking

Yeah, maybe even a potato, they got a great website, a girl ate 2 dinners real quick a while back.

 

Due to the oil boom in SOTEX you can now find a truck stop at almost any exit between San Antonio and Laredo. As well as hotels. Although most rooms are probably filled with oil field workers and those that aren't may be pricey.

 

Truck got done yesterday just before quitting time. Put myself on the board for a load as early as they could get. Ended up getting offered quite a selection, but nothing that I could get delivered and get back to GP by Sunday. I ended up choosing a Loveland, CO run.

It took the International guy about 5 minutes to diagnose my throttle position sensor and 15 minutes to fix it...In fact it took longer to go get the part than it took to install. He said the DPF problem didn't throw a code so...since it cured itself after the 3rd try, he said there isn't anything wrong with it...then told Mike in the shop that I was confused about how to do a parked regen... I had to explain to Mike that I did it like it should be done all 3 times...it just didn't clear the request for a regen on the 1st 2 tries...and I also made the comment that if there wasn't anything wrong, why did I have to do a parked regen in the 1st place. It refused to do a passive regen while driving, that right there should be a red flag that something is amiss. I've been in a Maxxfarce POS off and on for 250k miles, that's the 1st parked regen I have ever had to do.

 

I have had 6 different Maxxfarce trucks since 2012 and have never had to do a parked regen EXCEPT the one I had 2 trucks ago that refused to do a passive regen and called for a Parked Regen going straight to a flashing light while rolling down I44..pulled over started a parked regen and about 20 minutes through it throws a stop engine light and would not start another parked regen.(I tried to restart the regen 3 different times) Stop engine light and would not start a parked regen. was towed to dealer and multiple codes, switched trucks so I am not sure what they did to fix it.
It's not that hard to do a parked regen ( I guess if you are partially mentally retarded ) you may be "confused"
The blame game..gotta love it

 

Strange..... got my frieghtliner back yesterday and it also made me do a forced regen on the way t o Laredo. ....

 

If its a maxxforce they automatically raise rpms if its below 68 degrees. Its suppose to help to fully combuste diesel. Help stop soot build up in engibe
keep engine from burning cold and not completl

 

Mine doesn't, and neither of my Crete Maxxfarces would (but needed to, at 0 degrees, their engines wouldn't put out any heat at idle)...if it's in the 40's Maxxfarces have an intake heater kick on for cold weather starts (little sqiggly icon flashes on dash)...I remember reading about other drivers reporting the same issue, but for the life of me, I can't recall where. They said you can make it stop by hitting the gas, it'll do it 2 or 3 times, then quit trying to idle up.

 

Don't miss the meeting that Poly is having in the near future.
Ive been told if you duck out or dodge it , it's gonna cost you 1 Point.
But if you can't get there because you are on a run 1200 miles
away you may get cut some slack. 😊

 

You have 3 chances...but for some reason they're on Sunday this time....maybe Sam's club didn't have any time slots for Poly-night at our normal times this year.

 

Well, one of the things I like about Poly is the advanced knowledge of loads. I am headed to Loveland, on the trip sheet it had CO-WY-3, so I guessed a Green River load was in my future. I don't deliver until Friday, but at 9 a.m. Thursday morning I get my back haul info, and sure enough...Green River to Sand Springs, OK for early Monday and they said too far to roll back. So, since it's a 5 a.m. delivery on Monday, I guess I should hope for a Friday call from out bound on an OK-to-TX load to pick up.

And this is what I call a SERIOUSLY heavy haul....notice there are 3...yes 3 push trucks for this sucker...and each side's axle has 4 tires...that makes this a 104 wheel trailer!


This officially sucks...Johnson's Corner here in CO sold out...at least everything but the restaurant/deli...everyone on the fuel and convenient store side is wearing Petro uniforms...I guess they couldn't afford the upgrades to the equipment needed for the new trucks (as in DEF at the pump) so they sold out to Petro...Corporate America can put another notch in their money clip at the cost of another independently owned business(and the assist goes to Uncle Sam's EPA and their emissions regulations, which don't seem to apply to industries subsidized by them...aka the rail industry. I don't see 100 gallon DEF tanks next to the 1000 gallon diesel tanks on a loco)