My first couple months with Shaffer / Crete

Crete is one of the better megas, but it's still a mega. They pay a bit better than most megas, but their trucks aren't as nice. No APU (opti-idle for sleeper cooling, Espar heater for sleeper heat.) No power door locks. No adjustable 5th wheel. They now offer power inverters in all their new trucks, and they can install a decent fridge but it will cost you.

 

No opti-idle? Does it have an APU, or the extra battery and refrigerant gizmo that failed so badly with the Internationals?

 

Man, I thought Crete had learned by now that nobody worth a #### is using those things for a reason. Hope it doesn't break down on you too often.

 

Well, I hope it keeps working for you. My first truck with Crete was a International ProStar with a MaxxForce engine and a battery pack sleeper A/C system. It was a nightmare that lasted 3 days from when it was issued to me in Wilmer, TX, until I dropped it in the Marietta yard with a list of 11 major problems. One of them was that the sleeper gizmo didn't work at all, which was likely related to the 5 other major electrical faults I described.

That's when they moved me to the truck I now own.