Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

Same base pay, but no FSC. I clearly would rather avoid deadhead miles, but they help to pay the bills.

 

Aye, but I am spoiled about deadhead miles. The account I technically drive for normally has very few deadhead miles. A lot of our loads are drop then hook at the same customer, moving product from MFG to DC and DC to DC.

I think last year my deadhead miles were less than 10%, but I can't remember the exact number off the top of my head.

 

Total cost for two hours inspection and four hours on the battery test unit, plus 4 new batteries was $1300.00

One of my more annoying expenses, for certain, considering that replacing the batteries last time only cost about $800 parts & labor.

On the plus side, my fuel economy is up noticeably with the new batteries, as the truck does not start as often overnight due to battery charge level. Went from 6.4 to 6.6 MPG. The real number is a little higher than that since I have not adjusted my tire size in the computer. The truck runs about 1.5 miles per hour faster than the computer thinks it's running due to new tires. Somewhere around 6.7 MPG overall at this point, I believe.