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His answer proves what I was always saying. You can drive one month and know more about business, than somebody who drives for 5 years. Being company driver for more years, does not mean better chance at succeeding being an o/o

 

I never said he had to drive for years but asking what an APU is? I mean c'mon.

Show me someone who started out right from the beginning as an owner operator from day # 1 and I will show you someone who could have benefited learning basic things driving someone else's truck for a little while whittling out all the inefficiencies inherent with any green driver.

I have always said it is best to get a year, actually several years, experience driving someone else's truck and I think that is still 100% the case.

There are guys who never drove for anyone else that have been on their own for years that take a statement like that as a personal affront. When really if they are honest about their early green days they will admit, yeah I am right, a little insight here and there might have helped to avoid some simple mistakes.

I know in my own case driving for someone else put me light years ahead of where I would have been had I not done so. Mainly in the area of freight and lanes, what's what, where, etc. Granted some people are blind and do a job forever never really picking up on anything much outside of their mundane every day tasks at hand so it's not really a given it will benefit everyone in the exact same manner.

 

its not surprising, alot of companies won't spring for them, but if you do the math on a breakeven of fuel costs vs apu purchase and maintenance, in the long run it makes sense to get one. However, most megas lease trucks for 2 or 3 years, thus the extra expense wouldn't be justifiable...

 

APU is the manager at the Kwik-E-Mart. "Thank you, come again".

 

So whats a Growing Dyke?

 

No you don't need your authority but any info you need just google the question with mercer and type the truckers report behind it and it'll give you all the info you need. We also have a thread you could read through

 

One that eats good