Would you work for a company with no APU?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by scott180, Sep 17, 2020.

Would you work for a company with no APU?

  1. No - I require an APU.

    31 vote(s)
    38.3%
  2. Yes - I don't need a APU.

    20 vote(s)
    24.7%
  3. Don't care - Doesn't matter to me.

    30 vote(s)
    37.0%
  1. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    FL flashes codes. Dpf is 300k.

    Kind of like oil change timer.

    Idle is pretty well known. As mentioned in the post above yours.
     
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  3. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    if I spend much more then 12-14 hours somewhere I’m looking for a hotel with a pool and a bar..... if I’m going to sit somewhere for 7 days it’s going to be at my house with buckets on the stacks.
     
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  4. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    How can you have a 2018 truck with 459k miles on it and a 38% idle? The math just doesn't add up....
     
  5. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    Maybe he's local. My truck could be close to that. It idles if it's not moving. Unless parked for the night. I have 2 loads that take me 40 minutes to load and about 20 minutes to unload. I have 1 load thst takes me 90 minutes to load and 20 to unload. The commute is 55 miles one way.


    3 loads a day.
     
  6. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Being generous that's 55 * 2 (round trip) * 3 (loads) * 365 * 3 = 361K That's working 365 days a year for a full 3 years.
    He hasn't had that truck for a full 3 years nor has he likely ran 365 days every day for 3 full years. Yes he could be doing more miles a day, but at the end of the week he's still constrained by HOS.
     
  7. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    My truck is a 2017 but was built in May 2016. I’d say his truck is probably similar and if that’s the case it’s only about 13k a month.
     
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  8. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    I thought class 8's were fairly close to actual year dates. Only a month or two off anyway....
    Oh well, live and learn.
     
  9. gpf87

    gpf87 Heavy Load Member

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    I currently drive a 2019 Cascadia , she was born Feb 2018 and has 290k on her

    Class 8's seem to come out way earlier . I remember the new style Cascadia (2018) was roaming the streets in early 2017 and some megas had them at the end of 2016
     
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  10. CosmoK12

    CosmoK12 Light Load Member

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    It was at 38% around 300k miles. After that I got an apu. I bought it used with 179k miles so I’m not sure what it was used for.
     
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  11. CosmoK12

    CosmoK12 Light Load Member

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    Yep! It’s a 2018 but i think it was delivered in June 2017, at least that’s when it was registered.
     
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