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Opus · May 12, 2018

Yes. It pops the bags....BOOM. Sour cream and onion all over the place

drvrtech77 · May 12, 2018

kanidana said: ↑

So what's with the deal on the routing stop with the lays potato chip loads? Is it just the way you have to route or do I have to do something special at each spot? It shows a time and location info, but no address. I've got two of these in a row. The one going to the SLC area routes me through Casper Wyoming and a couple of other places I've never been through. I won't just be taking 80 across for some reason. Is it elevation avoidance?
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Elevation...going up to casper and back down to rawlins...too high elevation bags will burst..

driverdriver · May 12, 2018

drvrtech77 said: ↑

Elevation...going up to casper and back down to rawlins...too high elevation bags will burst..
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That's how your routed with Frito Lay out of Denver to West Valley, Ut Frito Lay

drvrtech77 · May 12, 2018

driverdriver said: ↑

That's how your routed with Frito Lay out of Denver to West Valley, Ut Frito Lay
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I know..thats why they route through Casper..

deepdiver888 · Oct 2, 2018

kanidana said: ↑

Hi, I just committed to coming over to Schneider Choice running out of the Phoenix area. I start orientation on April 30th. I picked a 2019 Freightliner Cascadia 126 automatic. $2500.00 down, 1080 a week including MMA. The only standard they had didn't impress me much, so I went with an automatic.So, I have a few question if anybody would be so kind as to give me some answers.

First on the truck..is anybody driving this model truck and how do they like it? I've never driven an automatic are there any tricks to maximizing mpg in an automatic?

How long is orientation? What's involved and what should I bring? Do they draw blood for your blood sugar during the physical or is it urine only?

How much do you pay for insurance weekly? I'd like to get an idea about what this weekly payment is going to be all in.

Now, about freight out of Phoenix, what are the numbers like? I'm going to try and head east out of Phoenix, because I just don't like driving in California. My plan is to try and make my way up to the Midwest and stay out for 4 to 5 weeks at a time then come home. I wish they'd let perspective drivers get a peak at the board, but they don't. Texas is another area I wouldn't mind driving, what are the rates regionally up there?

Now I realize rates fluctuate so I'm just trying to get a feel for what it's like generally. Jumping in blindly makes me nervous.

Thanks
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I have a 2019 Cascadia with an auto transmission and I love it. Had never driven an auto before this but but the fuel economy is amazing. My company publishes a spreadsheet with every driver's monthly MPG figures and I used to look at this and wonder how in the world some drivers were averaging close to 10 MPG - now I know.

kanidana · Oct 2, 2018

deepdiver888 said: ↑

I have a 2019 Cascadia with an auto transmission and I love it. Had never driven an auto before this but but the fuel economy is amazing. My company publishes a spreadsheet with every driver's monthly MPG figures and I used to look at this and wonder how in the world some drivers were averaging close to 10 MPG - now I know.
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I haven't hit that yet but I also don't drive slow. Light loads, driving 65 to 70 I can make 8.5 really easy. Of course, it all depends on the terrain. I love driving an automatic as well.

The only thing I don't like about my 2019 Cascadia is the interior bunk area. Compared to the Kenworth I drove, this is not a driver friendly interior. No surfaces at all. No cup holders. No refrigerator. I have an apu and an inverter but when I run the microwave sometimes it kills the breaker in the inverter and I have to jump out of my truck to reset it.

The important thing is that it makes me money and so far it has been running great. I'm approaching 45k on the odometer so it's still a very young truck.

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