Home Run Program Question

If I had to slip seat like that and I never have.I would get a slip seat kit you can find them online but the freight haulers get in and out of a different truck daily,they put all their gear in a box that is easy to move from truck to truck.

 

I was there for 1 1/2 years on the home run. I know they talk about a pod of 3 people, but my experience wasn't quite like that, but nothing really bad.
We really didn't have a pod of three, I don't know how many people we had, but it was more than that. It may have had something to do with being from Michigan, there isn't much freight here. Sometimes I'd get in on a Wednesday, sometimes a day or two later, and once a day early. It was no big deal either way, you still take your week off.

Now about the radio, fridge, and all the other niceties. I always took all my own stuff, including radio. There is a mounting plate on the dash. I had my antenna with a vice grip mount, and my mike I hung from the overhead with a mikekeeper. In the center of the overhead, you'll find two screws with starheads. Just take one out, mount the dring that comes with the keeper and you're in business. That was the most complicated thing of loading and unloading the tractor for me. I could be in a truck in 1/2 hour with all my crap, and be ready to roll,once signed on.
Now unloading took a bit longer. Around an hour. I was one of the guys that DIDN'T leave crap for the next driver to clean up. And I never left another with repair issues either, there are a few selfcentered pigs out there, but that was the only time I'd whine to my DBL. A new driver that just plain had no conscience cost me two days of runnuing due to mechanical issues. That was one of the rarer times, but it can happen. Make double sure you get ALL of your personal gear OUT of the truck, it's not guaranteed you'll ever see that same truck again.

But all in all, if I'm ever able to come back out, SNI and the HomeRun will be where I'd hope to be.

Hope it wasn't too boring, but any ? and I'll bore ya some more!

 

I can pretty much guarantee there won't be a fridge in the truck. If you really want one,one similar to what was shown would work. Don't worry about draining the batts. Any truck I've ever had, had a low voltage cutout on it.

I'm not sure about the hotel that SNI was going to put you in. One thing you need to keep in mind, SNI is really a class outfit. I've been with a few others, and they just don't compare. So, I'm thinking what you found on the hotel was likely not entirely true. But then again, I've never been to the hotel in Charlotte.

You may find a small inverter already installed in the truck. It's enough to power a CPAP machine, or charge your computer/cell phone batts, but that's about it.

Take a look at all the threads on SNI in the "Inside Scoop", there's a lot of info there that might help you.

 

Just went back and reread your post. Unless people in your pod are truly exceptional people, read that very trustworthy, I wouldn't leave anything in the truck, especially a radio, fridge, or like I did once, a $400 digital camera that I never saw again. You may never meet the other drivers. All the time I was there, I only met a couple of the other guys. And only twice did we actually swap the truck.
I'm not saying your recruiter is BSing you, things could be different down there. But like you said earlier about wait and see, that would likely be the best thing.