Schneider Chat Room version 2.0

I've found that you need to have the truck running in order to charge the cpap battery. If the trucks off there is a voltage drop so the inverter is trying to draw more than the outlet has, thus burning out the outlet. I may have learned this by buring up 1-4 outlets. Also try and use the outlets that stay on after the low voltage disconnect kicks in

You may also have a battery that's underperforming. Over the last 6 months I've gotten an entirely new set of batteries - one at a time.

 

depends on who built your truck. Most are the one in the cubby behind the drivers seat or the one by the bunk controls. Some (like mine) are the two in front by the seats. Only way to tell is to let the LVD kick in, plug stuff in and see which is still running.

When the second stage LVD kicks in all the outlets will turn off but that shouldn't kick in until after 10 hours of running the bunk heater and a 30 minute pretrip (again, at least on my truck)

 

I was just told by an IC that Schneider is making all ICs incorporate...is this true?
if you're incorporated and independent are you allowed to book your own loads outside of the choice board if you own and are not leasing?

 

If an IC has their own authority then yes, they can book other freight. But I would say 99% of IC's on Choice run under Schneider's authority, so they can only pull Schneider's freight.

I was forced to incorporate because i live in New York and now I run all my income from being an IC through my business and my business accounts. But I could have kept depositing my income into my personal accounts, Schneider doesn't care. I think they are doing the incorporate thing to make another layer of protection between themselves and ICs..

 

Note to self - if you swap a highbeam bulb for a burned out headlight, remember to change the highbeam. Don't go Twitter flipping weeks. #I'mafrigginidiot.

 

The guys at Gary were nice enough to let me have a spare to keep in the truck with me...

And I remember helping out more than one driver who wasn't aware that the high and low beams on the Cascadias are the same part number.

 

There's only two plugs that are powerful enough for the cpap itself. Believe one is inside the cuby behind the drivers seat and other is right accesoriey plug on dash.