seems petty but, how did you pick your truck number?

never got to pick a truck number or truck. Just drove what was assigned. Ok, now i notice this is for oo's.

 

Took my childrens birth dates and added them up equals 105 .... I have 5 children hence 1055

 

Not petty at all.

If you're an independent O/O Carrier - you pick your own number - it's simply an internal "Fleet ID" number.

If you're leased onto a bigger carrier, they usually assign you one.

And if you're leased into a smaller carrier - you can ask for a particular number, and if it's not already assigned - they're feeling nice, and they don't have a particular numbering scheme they're trying to stick with for "organizational purposes", they'll let you use it.

Rick

 

574 was on the truck when we bought it.......so we kept it.

 

Same here. Bought a used truck that already had a number on it.

 

Question - why do some trucks have no number?

 

My truck is 105. the first 05 truck I bought. If I buy another 05 it would be 205, if I bought a 2012 it would be 112, etc.... I used to work for a guy who used this system and as his fleet grew it worked out well. My trailer is SD104 and I'll bet you can guess what that means.

 

I have yet been able to select my truck number, but if I ever do I have one I want to use.

 

I've had 6 trucks with 3 companies in the past 18 yrs... 4 out of 6 trucks had ending # of "078" and had this # with each company as well. Tell me what those adds are... LOL