Lessors Inc, Eagan, MN

Another question. What type of Tripac APUs are on these trucks? Are they regular Tripacs or are they Evolutions and what is the difference between the two (if any) ?

 

Anchor bank, older trucks have tripacs, the newer ones have the evos. I dont really see a difference besides the size and control panel for it

 

Will be nice to have a truck with a working APU. Looking forward to working with good equipment again. Don't know how much you take that for granted till you get into bad equipment.

 

How much drop and hook do you guys do, compared to live loads and unloads? Give me an estimated percentage of each.

 

I heard that guy is on his 4th company in less than a year.
Guess someone can't handle the miles.

 

I have to say that I'm not totally a big proponent of drop & hooks. Sure, they save time and can really help you rack up miles, but if you are with a company that doesn't care much for trailer maintenance, or has quite a few drivers who don't care, you can end up going through "hell" with getting bad trailers. Nothing more frustrating than having a brand new, or nearly new trailer, in great condition, and dropping it for a piece of crap that probably hasn't seen the shop since it was manufactured. Of course I'm exaggerating a bit, but any experienced driver knows what I'm talking about. Sometimes I just prefer to do live loads/unloads and keep my good trailer.