Truckers Report Jobs

Find Trucking Jobs

Company Driver Company Driver Dry Van Dry Van Flatbed Flatbed Refrigerated Refrigerated Specialized Specialized Owner Operator Owner Operator
More Trucking Job Searches ⌄ Fewer Trucking Job Searches
⌃

if you could have your truck do anything automatically...

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RickSparks, Jan 10, 2016.

Page 3 of 5
  1. Jan 11, 2016 #21
    Sleeper413

    Sleeper413 Bobtail Member

    5
    1
    Jan 10, 2016
    White mountains
    0
    Auto scale ? Consistent weight display ?
     
    Sleeper413, Jan 11, 2016
    Sleeper413, Jan 11, 2016
    #21
    americanmadetrucker Thanks this.
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Jan 11, 2016 #22
    Derailed

    Derailed Road Train Member

    2,384
    2,657
    Dec 10, 2008
    Upstate NY
    0
    Turn itself into the winning billion dollar Powerball ticket
     
    Derailed, Jan 11, 2016
    Derailed, Jan 11, 2016
    #22
  4. Jan 11, 2016 #23
    Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

    22,655
    120,965
    Dec 18, 2011
    Michigan
    0
    Nothing.

    I would like a truck to drive, I am the operator and it is my skills needed, not the trucks, to drive it.
     
    Ridgeline, Jan 11, 2016
    Ridgeline, Jan 11, 2016
    #23
  5. Jan 11, 2016 #24
    RickSparks

    RickSparks Bobtail Member

    6
    4
    Apr 3, 2013
    0
    Yes sir,
    The question was also about possibly anything else you might find an advantage to have happen for you... being able to depend on it happening whether you are there or not.

    maybe something you would want to happen regardless of rolling or parked. Maybe with no notice from you at all. Maybe when you are not in the truck..

    Sorta, "if you could train the truck to take care of something for you.. "

    Is it possible I came across as "let's make your truck drive itself" ?
    That is NOT what I intended.
    I meant like your interior lighting, HVAC engine-off, genset, a media system, trouble-monitoring of something, etc. That something may be your truck or the bunk refrigerator.


    But your answer seems to agree with all the posts prior to yours, so...
    Again, only asking the question.

    I don't have anything to sell.
    I was curious if I could see an opportunity to change that.
    I've done similar stuff for marine applications...
    charging system monitoring, large marine Diesel controls, instruments and fault alarming, breaker-panel/fuse status monitoring and alarming, cooling-system controls.

    -I'm just less able to do that sort of thing at the moment.
    My uncle was a trucker, and I spend a little time here occasionally learning from ya'll, (not posting).

    Sorry to waste everyone's time.
    Again, thanks ya'll, stay safe.
     
    Last edited: Jan 11, 2016
    RickSparks, Jan 11, 2016
    RickSparks, Jan 11, 2016
    #24
    Chewbongka and blairandgretchen Thank this.
  7. Jan 11, 2016 #25
    americanmadetrucker

    americanmadetrucker Logistical Engineer

    896
    3,280
    Jul 3, 2012
    0
    Something where company drivers could pick the loads they wanted to run. Access to the same loads the company has access to. If the company doesn't have the loads, ability to contact a company approved broker to obtain a load. An after hours type thing.
     
    americanmadetrucker, Jan 11, 2016
    americanmadetrucker, Jan 11, 2016
    #25
  8. Jan 11, 2016 #26
    omg-downshift!

    omg-downshift! Light Load Member

    156
    159
    Oct 1, 2012
    South Texas
    0
    I'm trying to "train" my truck to talk to me in a wicked sexy voice. "Oh that turn was so sexy, but not as much as that last back you did, it was so hot"! Then maybe the washer fluid could start spraying automatically. And make me a sandwich.
     
    omg-downshift!, Jan 11, 2016
    omg-downshift!, Jan 11, 2016
    #26
    Al. Roper, blairandgretchen, str8t10 and 2 others Thank this.
  9. Jan 17, 2016 #27
    David Schwarz

    David Schwarz Light Load Member

    150
    82
    Dec 16, 2015
    Indiana
    0
    Let's see, I already converted my driver seat to enclose a porta potty, and I already turned my cab curtain into a projection screen that pulls down into a 70 inch hd projected screen. I guess all I want now is heated window wipers
     
    David Schwarz, Jan 17, 2016
    David Schwarz, Jan 17, 2016
    #27
    americanmadetrucker Thanks this.
  10. Jan 17, 2016 #28
    americanmadetrucker

    americanmadetrucker Logistical Engineer

    896
    3,280
    Jul 3, 2012
    0
    Something to smack the $h!t out of my dispatcher remotely.
     
    americanmadetrucker, Jan 17, 2016
    americanmadetrucker, Jan 17, 2016
    #28
    Chewbongka and Sleeper413 Thank this.
  11. Jan 17, 2016 #29
    peter_x

    peter_x Light Load Member

    89
    51
    Aug 24, 2013
    0
    Most trucks I've driven don't have a momentary wiper function (mist). I have to turn the wipers on and off every minute or so for 11 hours in misting conditions. How expensive could it possibly have been to include this? Auto wipers would be even better.

    Also auto climate control. Especially for people who keep the engine running at night. I think sleeper truck interiors are so big it takes a while for the temperature to stabilize, and I sometimes wake up at night to adjust the temp control.
     
    peter_x, Jan 17, 2016
    peter_x, Jan 17, 2016
    #29
  12. Jan 17, 2016 #30
    Chattduck

    Chattduck Light Load Member

    146
    160
    Oct 1, 2013
    North Ga
    0
    Flux capacitor
     
    Chattduck, Jan 17, 2016
    Chattduck, Jan 17, 2016
    #30
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

    • Page 3 of 5