New career with southeast carriers from start to finish

I just left Oklahoma City, I deliver in Henderson and Las Vegas NV, tomorrow morning. I did this same run a month ago. This company is very generous with home time. Basically as much as
you want. They have been very good to me so far

 

Yeah your home time should be very descent. I do really like the idea of having choice were I go. Think that's really a benefit to a driver

 

Just don't pick anything that take u on 24 around Manchester its bonnaroo week

 

If you are running the a/c at night with the apu I usually have to get up after about 7 to 8 hours and start the truck for a couple of hours. They have already changed my batteries but they dont last as long as they are supposed to.

I talked to one of the guys with an internationals. Those trucks start themselves automatically when the batteries get low and he says his will start up after 5 hours of running the a/c and run for a couple hours to charge.

these battery apus are just an idle reduction system but they dont eliminate the need to idle completely. ..

 

I dont have to every night but I do quite often. I sleep with a cpap and my inverter has an alarm on it that tells me when the batteries are low and that is when I start it and let it run a couple hours.

if I am taking a reset I usually idle most of the time during daylight hours and use the apu at night. In extreme heat I idle..