Questions about local work from new driver

Mike2633 said: ↑

LOL! I took my CDL in test in an old Freightliner FL70 gosh was that truck slow it was probably an old beverage hauler if I had to guess and when I got on the highway the inspector said, "Hammer down, if were lucky will get to 55!"

The thing you must rember is beer companies are not like big fleets with Qualcoms and changing out trucks every couple years oh no they don't do that.

The smaller beer distribution companies buy a truck usually used maybe new, mix and match, and they keep that truck for it's economic life span which can be 15-20 years in some cases and even longer.

The trucks usually are pretty no frills and there city hoppers there pedal units there built to do stop and go city work. Beer distributors don't run by the same rules as the big OTR truck companies. Totally different business and cultures and set ups and everything.

I know where I worked we had these little junkie Freightliners with these stupid small under powered kitty Cat diesels and then the lease was up on those trucks and they went to a beefier version of the Freightliner M2 and those trucks ended up having Cummins Turbo Diesels in them and they were a lot better.

However no, the beer company we didn't have speed governors, but here's the thing you won't need a speed governor in a heavy stop and go city environment, because you'll be to busy doing stops every 3ft to worry about having to race Werner or Swift up a hill.
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Stops every 3 feet? My last 2 today were 20 miles apart.

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