I've been at this for a little more than a year now and there are a few questions I have about the truck I'm in that bugs the crap out of me. I'm sure there is a logical reason for these that I'm missing, so let me hear it.
I'm in a 2002 Freightliner Columbia. Why is there an electronic control for the passenger side window on the drivers side and a traditional hand crank for the window on the drivers side. The passenger door has both. Is it a safety thing or is my company really that cheap? To me, its more dangerous to lean down and roll the window down rather than just using a button. Why would they put one window control in?
Also, on some of our company trucks (all freightliner columbias) the release for the 5th wheel is on the passenger side. Now Im not lazy, but I drop and hook 5 or 6 times a day and it just gets annoying when everything else involved with a drop n hook is on the drivers side and I have to walk around to release the 5th wheel.
This winter my company is cutting back on costs. Especially on fuel. They require everyone to leave their trucks plugged in at the shop so nobody is running the trucks over the weekend. They say that anyone caught letting the truck idol over the weekend will be charged for the fuel. This doesn't bother me, I live one mile from the shop, but how can they or can they tell that you left the truck running? I know they can get info from the onboard computer about you idol time, speed, hard braking and all that, but can they actually tell exactly when the truck is on, moving or exactly where it is? Can they check that in real time? And we do have qualcomm.
Thanks for any info guys