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THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - DFO gets a truck and hops on Schneider's IC Choice Program

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amen on the 40k.....sooooooo...here's my solution.....if ya gotta take a heavy one, try to take the one that has the friendliest route. I-75 south of ATL is good......I-10 between FL and TX rules.......and I-95 up the coast has always been good to me. I'm under a 44k load right now running from ATL to FL and still managed to get 7.5 mpg. If I was running the hills, it'd be down to about 6.

DFO........nah man.....look at a map.....there is no good way to get from the Carolina's to Albany....now you can feel my pain!!! LOL
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Yeah, that's what I'm trying to do... just keep going downhill... down... down... dang it's getting warm down here... no icy roads here... some dude with horns just signed my BOL... ROTFL

That's one reason I took this beer load out of Denver. Other than just to get out of Denver, going from there to Springfield is pretty much flat until you actually get into MO. Not too bad on the fuel gauge.

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Wow, sitting down here in Albany, GA, finally gave up had to roll up the windows and fire up the A/C on the APU LOL

Thing works pretty good first time I've used it.

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Any of you guys happen to know who does warranty work on the ParkSmart other than Freightliner dealers? Can't afford to be sitting for several days to get the heater fixed, but idling is costing too much. Was hoping somewhere else less busy might be able to look at it...

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CaptainX3 said: ↑

Other than just to get out of Denver, going from there to Springfield is pretty much flat until you actually get into MO. Not too bad on the fuel gauge.
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By flat you mean slightly downhill all the way. I hit 8.75 mpg with a 40K load coming out of Denver and going to Joplin in a 2004 Century that usually ran 6.5 mpg, but could do 7 if lightly loaded.

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Take it to a OC or freightliner. It's a funky system. I had a broken fuel line and after to many atemps to start the computer locked it needed to hook up and get unlocked

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Any of you guys happen to know who does warranty work on the ParkSmart other than Freightliner dealers? Can't afford to be sitting for several days to get the heater fixed, but idling is costing too much. Was hoping somewhere else less busy might be able to look at it...
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I guess I've just had enough of Schneider's rules which are more stringent than the fmcsa's. No handsfree or we terninate your lease. Don't have a mty for 48hrs or we terminate your lease. And this workflow, well don't get me going on that. And just like DFO has been saying about all these trailer hunts. I tell them NO. I don't work for free. And this crap telling me to p/u a mty and take it to a custumer that has nothing to do with my w/a, drop said mty then bobtail to my p/u, for free?? I think not. And these annual recerts are ridiculous and a waste of money. Unless the driver really needs the check ride. Even the ICA's think they are dispatchers and can order you around. I called their bluff and won. We are not company drivers!!And Schneider must be the only Large Motor Carrier that has mostly all spring ride trailers. That's why they can't get any high paying loads or really high value loads. Well, it's back to Landstar for me. A true owner/operator company. There are just too many changes on the way that is not good for the "Schneider" Owner-Operator. One thing to think about, as big as Schneider is as far as the number of trucks total they have, why do Schneiders O/O's only get $.08 fuel discount at PFJ, when smaller Carriers are getting $.20-$.30.??? Answer: they get the same discount but only give $.08 to the O/O. HMMM. Hello Landstar!!!
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You have 8 posts and they are all bashing SNI.... Good bye and Good Luck!!!

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Wow, sitting down here in Albany, GA, finally gave up had to roll up the windows and fire up the A/C on the APU LOL

Thing works pretty good first time I've used it.
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Nice, 19 here in GB with a wind chill of 5. Expecting 4-6 inches of snow tomorrow. Should be interesting......

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dieselfuelonly said: ↑

Wow, sitting down here in Albany, GA, finally gave up had to roll up the windows and fire up the A/C on the APU LOL

Thing works pretty good first time I've used it.
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Man, had I known you'd be in town, I'd have left the keys for my pick up......might start doing that anyway.

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Nice, 19 here in GB with a wind chill of 5. Expecting 4-6 inches of snow tomorrow. Should be interesting......
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When it gets that cold I'm pretty sure time just stops, well see you in a month or so LOL.

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Man, had I known you'd be in town, I'd have left the keys for my pick up......might start doing that anyway.
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That's a real nice though there Dipschitt, thanks man!

Looks like its gonna quickly cool off tonight so no more open windows. I just can't wait for spring for those cool, but not cold nights when I can park in a nice quiet area, open the little RV-style windows on my sleeper and listen to the frogs and the crickets. That always has and still is one of my favorite things to listen to while falling asleep, along with a thunderstorm rolling through.

Time to hit the load board and see what else is showing up after my next two loads. Gonna stay up for a while so I sleep in tomorrow, my load doesn't pick up until the afternoon so I'll have to drive until about midnight tomorrow to get it back up to NC.

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Man i hope C&S in York does not keep me for an eternity when i get there Tuesday lol

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