details about trucks?

Except the automatic, I had all thoses things and more in my truck. So, just what are you asking?

 

Can you idle?, Yes and no. Some trucks are programed to shut down after a couple minutes, and most likely if it has a sleeper cab, it will have a APU. However the "NO IDLE" rule is a State thing. That means a lot of States prohibit trucks to sit and idle. So because it gets Hot and cold outside, to be comfortable, again, APU's and bunk heaters. APU's also keep the truck batteries charged. The question you should ask is, "do your trucks have APU's.

 

Or maybe your, "you can sit and idle" means something different.

 

We are in a Freightliner... It had 'Opti-Idle'. It will idle for 5 minutes and if no input (clutch, accelerator) it will shut the engine off. You can 'set' the O-I and the thermostat in the bunk area to maintain a certain temperature. It will start the truck, run it until the temp is obtained and shut it off again. If the temp isn't set, it will just start it for low batteries.


If you are or get an O/O truck you MIGHT get an APU, but they aren't standard issue and get removed and resold. Again SOME trucks have refrigerators, most don't unless you get that O/O spec truck. Bunk heater... Yep, they pretty much all have those. No automatics that I know of in the fleet and most are either 9 or 13 speed.

 

Can you pick which truck you wanna drive? Say if i prefer a pete, could i get that truck?

 

If there is one available, that's a good possibility... However, fresh upgraded students don't always get first choice...

 

Okay, thank you.