I was a county guy in NJ for a decade. 6 months before auction the mechanics go over all the trucks and replace everything. I've seen them drop...
Was it a state/county truck or a municipal truck? State and county drop tons of money fixing before auction
Most of the loves I stopped at were pretty good only problem I had was the one in south dallas exit 466 of I 20. Driver broke the shower handle...
Rig the 6.4 has had problems with carbon buildup in the turbo vanes causing weak boost and poor mpg because the variable geometry turbo doesn't...
No they scale the truck in motion when you pull in if they want a more accurate weight they throw you to the scale house and you get weighed...
I think if you go O/O you might be able to do it with minimal trucking experience but you do need a business mind to be successful. Keeping doing...
CT is the only place I have been scaled running the NE and I got the bypass so no ticket. Good call though.
I'm running local/regional now from nj to mainly NE I have my tandems at the rear and keep them there but I also miss almost all of the weigh...
When I moved construction equipment I was at a 3.43 in a Mack with mp10 engine with a 6 speed Allison auto pulled like a champ unsure about fuel...
So what happens when a company fails to notify the driver?
Is it the company who requests a random? Or does the driver receive notice from dot?
Frankly I'm just telling the truth I don't even think think most heavy haul would consider 130k all that heavy. When you are a govt employee you...
I worked for a government agency moving Construction equipment mainly paver and rollers combined about 127k all on a low boy. Question is I wanna...
That scale going from NY to CT is HUGE opens 530 am everyday for future reference
It's simple logic really for the old hands autos = unsafe under trained steering wheel holders and manuals = super trucker extrodinaire. I can...
I didn't say getting a shower was difficult. I said finding good clean ones is. Christ there's only a whole thread dedicated to dirty truck stop...
I agree everyone should know both but if you were to ask what I prefer I'll take a good truck with an auto everytime
To be honest I probably could go straight to heavy haul but I want to try everything and decide what I wanna do. Rank is it hard waking up...
That's fine they can laugh I had free Healthcare and a pension too
Because working as an employee of the govt isn't near,y as good as being a contractor for them. Top rate for me was 36k I'll make 55 or more...
