[P A Frederick]

Originally Posted by geeshock

Note, usa truck does not allow apu's. I just went through one of thier orentations not to long ago. They won't even allow a pugin unit in thier trucks

You mean they won't allow inverters. An APU is something the company pretty well has to instal. I've seen a few new USA ProStar's with APU's on them, but now many.

[married to the road]

Did anyonew say Marten? They have apu's on all of their trucks.

[geeshock]

Originally Posted by P A Frederick

You mean they won't allow inverters. An APU is something the company pretty well has to instal. I've seen a few new USA ProStar's with APU's on them, but now many.

I havent seen any but mind you, all the trucks I seen in van buren where the old style 9400's so don't quote me on that. All celedons pro stars came with are bunk heaters. you sure you weren't looking at a lease purchase or O/O truck? I know USA have ICON and Opt Idle in thier trucks but they didn't mention apu's.

[P A Frederick]

May have been a lease purchase or something I guess, I really don't know. I know they were the typical USA Truck ProStar but with an APU hung on the frame. I've just seen a handful of them.

[geeshock]

They might be wiseing up and putting something on for driver comfort or mabe to keep compliant with idle laws. Might just be testing them out. All I know is they said no inverters, and all they covered was icon and opt idle.

[VPIDarkAngel]

Originally Posted by headborg

thanks..

yes that would be Wisconsin Express Lines (WEL)

are they hiring? WEL of Concord?

Not that I know of. If they were, I'd have probably taken the job in two seconds flat. They don't even have anything for career seekers on their webpage either.

[VPIDarkAngel]

...updated...
Dynamic Transit
Westside Transport
Southern Refrigerated
WEL
USX
Celadon
USA Truck
Averitt Express
FirstFleet
New Century
Fleetmaster
Howell's Motor Freight
Werner
Marten
Barnes Transportation
Carolina Tank Lines
Robert Transportation

As for USA Truck, I see quite a few of their ProStars around Roanoke, VA that have TriPacs on them (or maybe it's just one that I see all the time), but they look like standard company trucks, not l/p, o/o, or any other alphabet soup.
FWIW, at Werner, drivers are only given computer-based-training on APU's if said driver has a truck with an APU. If not, then no need to waste his/her time on it.

[geeshock]

Originally Posted by VPIDarkAngel

...updated...
As for USA Truck, I see quite a few of their ProStars around Roanoke, VA that have TriPacs on them (or maybe it's just one that I see all the time), but they look like standard company trucks, not l/p, o/o, or any other alphabet soup.
FWIW, at Werner, drivers are only given computer-based-training on APU's if said driver has a truck with an APU. If not, then no need to waste his/her time on it.

Then I stand corected. I know us express alows for them inverters, celedon, and Even when I worked for risinger brothers. Also one of my trucks with risinger brothers came with a pro heat APU with 2 A/C power outlets.

[VPIDarkAngel]

Originally Posted by geeshock

Then I stand corected. I know us express alows for them inverters, celedon, and Even when I worked for risinger brothers. Also one of my trucks with risinger brothers came with a pro heat APU with 2 A/C power outlets.

One of the guys here at the DG account has a truck with a ProHeat unit on it. It's basically a Canadian Carrier ComfortPro. Last I heard, he was having some problems with it. YMMV.

As for the list, here's a few more I spotted lately.

Dynamic Transit
Westside Transport
Southern Refrigerated
WEL
USX
Celadon
USA Truck
Averitt Express
FirstFleet
New Century
Fleetmaster
Howell's Motor Freight
Werner
Marten
Barnes Transportation
Carolina Tank Lines
Robert Transportation
Kriska
Prime
Upstaging (they haul a/v equipment for concerts, etc.)
Roehl

[Retired in Nevada]

Does any of the "starter" or "training" companies that operates out here in the west have APUs on their trucks and/or allow big (hard-wired) inverters in their trucks?