Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

Not sure how it works. It has 2 enclosed cameras in the windshield and a radar unit in the bumper. The enclosure says Freightliner.

What amazes me, if a truck driver went into certain states with a GPS covering as much of the windshield as these cameras do, they would get a ticket for an obstructed view

 

When I was first assigned this ###-et Mismanager I got the impression that we weren't gonna get along, mostly from the 'here is how you need to do your job' attitude I got from this cubicle dwelling desk driver. Until yesterday, I thought I had just gotten the wrong impression, and we were indeed going to be able to work together...then, I got sent my current load. And he just can't see why I can't turn 4030 miles in 8 days in a 65 mph truck, that doesn't have the power to pull a wet fart out of a good-buddy lot lizzard's butt...(and this truck won't pull #### either). I started Tuesday morning after hometime going from home to Auburdale FL to pick up headed for Mebane, a nice 850 mile start. Then over to Halifax NC to pick up, headed for Salem, OR for Tuesday, a 3160 mile run. They sent me the preplan for the OR load while I was asleep, so 1st thing in the morning on Weds, I didn't refuse the load, but messaged that it would be Weds before I could be in OR legally, and gave alternate locations I could get to, and the day I could be there in case they wanted to set up a t'call enroute, so we didn't have to reschedule. I waited all day to hear back, but got nothing. Before I dropped in Mebane, I asked if he got the msg, and that is when the ''I just don't understand" attitude started....and after the day I had with this POS truck and it's video arcade sound effects...I was in no mood to hear his BS. He pushed the A-hole button and I showed my butt a little, but no alternate plans were set up before he left for the day, so...who knows what is gonna happen on Monday.

As far as how I like this truck...it makes me wish I had the old Maxxfarce powered Prostar from 7 years ago back because it pulled better. This thing is a major DOG when it's loaded. The big bridge coming around the east side of Jacksonville (over the port), it was down to 30 mph. That Cummins Cornbinder I just got out of would have had to drop 1 gear.

 

We're not allowed to reschedule ourselves...they have to do it for us. I swear I am going to buy one of those fez hats that trained monkeys wear...because thats what I feel like sometimes