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Message:: [QUOTE="skibum_63, post: 973914, member: 11141"]Yes we do run a couple of diff options in the trucks for trannys,My Columbia has a str8th 10 speed.  I know a driver in a KW 660 WITH A 13. Not all trucks have apu's The day cabs do not, and the other day while at our Indy Yrd, there was a mid roof ( one of very few i have seen) that did not have a apu.No reason why. 65 off cruse, 66 on cruise, at least for my truck. Have been blown off the road by our newer trucks, ie Cascada's and the KW's Mine gutless on  mountains. They are running Cummins or Detroit'S mine  has a Denutted Cat C15. Small things are sent to T/A if your no where near a terminal. Larger stuff to the dealer, or terminal. Reefer if on the road, sent to  dealer asap. Tires, if you have a spare, you may be asked to give it to another driver who needs it, if your in the same area. Fueling, We can use most any Pilots. There's one i know of in Nevada, they prefer us not to use, due to the high price of fuel. Fueling a reefer. There are 7-8 states they don't want us fueling reefers, because they don't get the tax break for off road use. Look in fuel book. But if the reefer does need fuel now, go ahead pout enough in to last till next  normal fuel stop.  We do pull  hazmat. The concentraite to make Coke and Pepsi is a hazmat load. Just to name a couple.  There are other hazmat products as well. I haven't had one on  months.  Canada, i don't go. When i started 4.5 years ago here, it was an option. Now i hear it's req for new hires.  I still don't goI'm not going to haul frieght to a country that stoled American jobs , thanks to NAFTA. The east coast thing, is a roll of the dice. Haven't been to the north east in 2 months, just made a qwik trip to VA and  out, yesterday.As company driver you gotta go where they send you, but there are ways out of doing something you don't want to do.  About the same mixed bag here.  They get pissy when we call the customer to change appoinments. They want our c/s dept. to  do that.  Send a early/ late call for appoinment changes. We can call the cust, to verifi or ask for directions. I have one of those 'talking' Qaul Comms.  I find it hard to understand it when going  down the road. It's locked out when the truck is rolling. Only works when brakes are set. Depending on how old of a truck you areassigned to , it may or may not have one. But all new trucks  in the fleet are getting them. There is a remote on the dash to  use, so you can hear the msg read out to you.  At night or during my req dot break, i turn off all volumes on mine, to ensure i'm not bothered.  Trucks that are apu equpied  has a factory install 1,800 watt inverter. No need to add your, plus you wouldn't be allowed to istall it it you did. No tearing out anything, ie: cabinets, upper bunk. You can add your own fridge,as long as it's plugged in, but not boleted down, no drilling holes.  There are some dispatchers who can be real ===holes,(thier  'toy' batteries ran out) while some can be great for you. Again it's the roll of the dice, on who you get.  I prefer not to talk to them on the phone. Things  said could be 'forgtton' I use qc as much as possible, so that there is a record. QC records are kept 1 year at min. Needle=ss to say they don't call me very often, which is what i prefer.  Yes there are some, who will send out a msg to a truck, asking if your gonna be  ok for on time del.  A lot of times, the qc computer hasn't updated your trks location in hrs. It' suppose to do this hourly.  15 min if your on a high $$ load.  Another favoret thing they like to do to new hires, is  send, out of route msg to you. All you have to do is reply, is how am i out route? you don't route me. Always route the shortest way.  Don't always go by your fuel recomendations  that come with preplan, cause sometimes they are wrong. Make sure your fuel times on your log MATCH. Or Safety will get upset. 15 min either side, as per co. policy. As per my Safety mng. Mary.[/QUOTE]

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