Climate Express

Sounds nice. Definitely will be needing to get that inverter installed for meals/cooking on the truck. It's always quieter to me at shippers or rest areas anyway

 

You can get an inverter from climate and they'll put it in and take x amount out of your check every week till it's paid for it. But also the APU has an electrical outlet that when you're sitting still and running the Apu it can power your appliance. You just run a cord from the Apu outlet to the shore power on the outlet outside and it'll power all the outlets in there. We had an inverter just for a backup in case the Apu went down or something.

 

Good to know! I do a lot of "slow cooker" cooking as I'm driving (multi-task that way my dinner is ready when I stop the truck for the night) and I also keep an internet hotspot that needs a 110 outlet as I'm driving because I use TruckerPath and my t-mobile cell/internet service on my phone has proven unreliable at times (mostly when I was flatbedding and delivering to oil rigs and places that didn't even have an address just gps coordinates, lol) I'm also leary of being in the mountains where cell/internet service can sometimes be hit or miss, for safety reasons. I want to ALWAYS have a connection. T-mobile is so sketchy sometimes I've pulled into rest areas for the night with no connection (couldn't even watch Netflix before bed! ) but the ATT hotspot has NEVER left me without being able to make calls, texts or connect to internet. As a solo female driver I just make sure to always have connection, especially if I have to sleep someplace sketchy,
Yes. It costs me a hefty Att bill each month but it gives me peace of mind. And my last 2 carriers were such small outfits i had to do EVERYTHING on my mobile phone... ELD, submit BOLs, all my tracking apps, navigation, etc.

 

Anyone know what time Growers Shipper opens? I showed up 16hrs early for my appt and want to be first to check in.

Those sort of days are my favorite because they are the most fun. Most of these runs arent challenging so I get bored.

 

I'd be ready to check in at 7 AM. If memory serves me correctly they open at 8. Be ready at 7 just in case. If that's the one in town you'll have to go up the street to the public scale to scale in an out.

 

I am sitting at Nestle Mechanicsburg with a load of oatmeal. 2 days early. I hope they take it early or I'm going to be doing a lotta free sitting. Seen a Climate truck East of Cedar Rapids Monday on hwy 30. Thought to myself well now that's an unusual route for a Climate truck.