Best company trucks to live in?

Where is your location? With 5 years experience you'll have plenty of options.

 

With 5 years don't go to a mega

 

you want to work for a company based on their truck and not the compensation package?

 

Yeah, that's a head scratcher.

 

Respectfully, i'd like to disagree:
The right caster and alignment settings. Good sound insulation. APU etc., can make a big difference between one company and another-----even though, generally, all van companies haul the same freight. That part is correct.

 

Meh, goes forward, stops, heat and AC working, and a mattress. Anything after that is amenities. It's all above a Hummer in Iraq with a couple of other guys and sand fleas eating at you. I'll take average truck and more pay every day.

 

None?

 

All those details add up. The ######### shoveled by a poorly-run company DOES NOT make up for a few cents extra per mile.

A). It’s one thing to be happy as a truck driver.

B). It’s another to be happy for whom you work.

Don’t mix these up.

I like to stay out long periods. That’s the very nature of being OTR. Out and gone. The nicer the truck spec and the better the maintenance program, the easier it is to live with. Weeks or even months at a time. Thus I’m glad the better companies in what I do turn over the trucks frequently.

Not having the idle the main engine is great. Soundproofing. Storage. Inverter. Microwave & Instant Pot. Refrigerator AND freezer. Sat Radio and/or TV. Quality CB. Keep my expenses down. Satisfaction higher.

What possessions I load into the tractor is all with it’s own zip storage or overbags. I can have everything packed and out of there in a very short time. None of this thirty-seven trips in & out with arm loads of stuff waiting to get lost or damaged. Takes time and making $ “mistakes” to get it right.

Do I want to go stay in a motel while on the road? Breakdown or in general? Not if the weathers even close to reasonable. Do I need to fly home after a week? Not in my situation.

I carry almost four seasons of gear. Tools. Books, maps & atlases. Spares or backup supplies. Etc.

Changed clothing to a Teflon-coated uniform type that all washes & dries in 40-minutes. 5-sets clothes and 10-sets underclothes. Rain Suit. Several types of whatever I think is good.

Etc, and again. Takes awhile, but there’s a day one has transitioned from driving a truck to being a truck driver.

Point is I’m willing to keep that truck moving. I’ve invested in the job. When I go home I don’t need to take anything out. No bags of laundry and trash. Just bring in more food. I have what else I need. What I actually use. Or want.

I’ve stayed running re-cap hours for months. 4-500 miles every single day. Because that’s what worked.

And I don’t want to run up anyone else’s expense. My experience with truck/trailer repairs is to stay right there on top of it. Get an Uber somewhere if I need it. Read up online about where I am. But ride herd in a friendly way about getting that rig unstuck.

I do my best to learn more about the equipment. Procedures at a supplier. Can’t understand those who don’t find this interesting. Trucking is too hard otherwise.

So, yes, one of the points in becoming experienced is in finding the right fit. I’m trying to do my part. I’ll always try to say “Yes”. In return, I don’t expect to get dumped on (define that in a way important to you).

Doesnt matter those truck companies all look the same from the outside. They aren’t.

The job is the tools. Theirs & mine. What’s between our ears, and the combined vehicle. If the truck is good, all else can be dealt with. If it isn’t, is the driver prepared for whatever it takes?

It’s not the paycheck. They’re all about the same in a given place at a given level of expertise for a given job description. So that’s a detail, not a feature.

Find the truck firms where men don’t quit. They get around to calling you back about your app after someone dies or retires.

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