DrtyDiesel Goes Back OTR

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by DrtyDiesel, Apr 24, 2013.

  1. DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    That's what I use, that stuff is amazing. I'm gonna get the power ball you put on the end of a power drill

    thats exactly how I treat it. I was told "why wash a company truck, you're wasting money". I told him the same thing, I treat it as my own, and I want to make sure my appearance is positive
     
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  3. Collord216

    Collord216 Light Load Member

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    I plan to wash and polish my company truck. Not only does it look bad for the company if its dirty but you as the driver! It's your house for Christs sake! And when you get issued a new truck, the good habits follow. Am I right?
     
  4. DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    True. Also, lone star takes out $250 for a cleaning deposit. You get that back if you turn the truck in clean. If you turn it in like a pig pen, don't expect to get that money back. Whoever cleaned my truck did a good job, no one smoked in it, so that's a plus
     
  5. AZS

    AZS Honk if anything falls off

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    you're lucky, first truck I got had been smoked in for so long and so often that it just soaked into my clothes, even months later I would still smell traces of it.
     
  6. DrtyDiesel

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    Thats terrible man, I used to not mind the smell cuz my dad smoked, then I realized I was just used to it. I don't care for it anymore though.

    One of the guys in my class got a truck that had tar on the walls real thick, he got all his cleaning supplies reimbursed because he cleaned the crap out of that thing.
     
  7. Collord216

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    I hope my trainer is a non smoker though I've grown up around it, I quit smoking a year ago and I might get suckered into the bad habit agian, plus smelling like it.
     
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    At the pilot truck stop just south of Waco, TX. Made it with 4 minutes left in my 11. Got fuel, post tripped, and I'm bout to hit the sheets.

    Got 548 miles done, was hoping to get 600+ plus but between Oklahoma City, ft worth, and people not knowing how to drive in the rain, I got cut back a lot. Oh well, off to Corpus Christi, TX tomorrow for a noon delivery
     
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    Gonna be humid down there tomorrow. Be safe!
     
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  10. DrtyDiesel

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    Well, ports closed till Tuesday. I'm in three rivers, TX. Gonna stay at this loves till Tuesday I guess then...
     
  11. DrtyDiesel

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    Great, the loves I stopped at here has no power so they're closed. No truck stops south of here and if I were to back track the closest truck stop to me is 64 miles away
     
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