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hey blackcat you are crying way too much over way too little. Sorry but I have to say I would much rather get in a truck that smelled like smoke than one that stunk from the dirty ### stanky no bathing moron that stunk it up with sweat and body odor. And as everyone else told you you don't like it do something about it other than ##### and wine to us cause guess what we don't care what you think

 

+1
When I first started driveing LTL, one night I was in the
Mechanic shop and they were working on a real nice
sleeper truck. I asked the Mech if I could get in and look
around. I wondered about the smirk on his face when he said
go ahead. It smelt like whoever drove it had not bathed in
2 weeks. I wanted to throw up in it to make it smell better.
When I was growing up my mother smoked 3 packs a day
so I don't understand about the bad smell of cigs. Don't
bother me.

 

I have found that unfortuatley when the interior is tufted or pleated, you need to get into every nook & cranny with a good cleaner. I would usually use Simple Green. The pine scent will help destroy some of the odor. There are odor killing sprays you can get at your local Pep Boys, the names right now I cannot think of, sorry. The next unfortunate thing however is that after all that cleaning the company may move you out of that truck and into another one ethier equally smelly or dirtier. this is a problem many of us face when we drive a company truck. The only sure fire way to avoid this would be to either get into a brand new truck or buy your own truck. One will happen, the other won't.

 

Oh please give me that orange vest! Please please! Hey at least I am an honest person
Now for my friend, I did not say I believed her! Although she rarely smoked in her it did not smell like smoke

 

That is because you are a smoker. You can't smell it. A non smoker would pick up on it like a drug dog at a pot farm.

 

More to consider... Unless you're an O/O, it's not really your truck. Not withstanding the fact that you're in it 24/7! But if your company adopted a no-smoking policy for their power units, like most offices have, they'd be in their right. Of course they don't because they recognize the cure would be worse than the disease. Something I don't think was mentioned yet was the fact that this is mostly just a problem that comes up relatively infrequently as drivers and units are switched. In their infinite wisdom (coughs), they know that banning smoking would not only be tough to enforce, but alienate more drivers than it would accomodate. So non-smokers (self included), we lose. What would be our right to a livable workplace it seems is trumped by practicality and reason. As hard as that may be to accept, it's the reality. At least for now... I'm sure everyone's aware of the times we live in regarding litigation. All it might take is one successful lawsuit, and we all just might see some changes. Not advocating, just saying...

All topics are fair game in this forum. I think the poster has a legit beef. But as to what can or should be done about it? Someone mentioned writing it up. Can someone explain how (if) that works? Another thing, I don't understand the comparison of smoking to acts of negligence such as not checking or maintaining your rig.

 

had to trim ends, only smoked 4 months. No filters on them.