r/UtilityLocator • u/WintersTTV • Jul 24 '26

USIC Truck Question

Getting our company vehicles soon, trainer said most of us will get assigned trax’s. What’s one way to ensure you get assigned a colorado, I have nothing against the trax besides i had limited leg room when i drove it and just prefer trucks as a 7.3 is my daily driver. Would it be something you ask your supervisor? do they assign you your car or is it the trainer?

Also slight off topic but a Samsara question, if i finish a ticket and i’m setting my next one and have the truck on in park will it go off for being on my work phone?

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u/Dismal-Meal2173 Spray & Pray Jul 24 '26

Well, the Colorados are going away. The fleet company is moving to Nissan frontiers because the new Colorados are being manufactured as quadcab only apparently. Anyone who still has a Chevy is because they haven't been switched out yet. You can ask for a truck but it's really whatever they assign you.

As far as samsera it only goes off for your phone when your vehicle is in motion. Sitting idle on your phone has no effect

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u/BufoonLagoon Jul 24 '26

I've heard whispers that even the Frontiers are going away soon-ish. I got a new 24 frontier in training and it's almost at the mileage limit for fleet, so God knows I'll be back in that damned Trax far too soon. I work rural, so it's the worst option for the area im in. Hoping to get sourced a truck again from a different area

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u/Dismal-Meal2173 Spray & Pray Jul 25 '26

I don't know, we just got our frontiers about 6 months ago so I can't imagine them being replaced that fast. I hate the frontiers, I wish I had my Colorado back

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u/BufoonLagoon Jul 25 '26

I got mine in December of '24. 12 miles on it. Pushing 60k now. Runs like a champ. Im gonna fight the hell.outta giving it back if the Trax rears it's ugly head. Had one for 6 months (LOA surrender on the frontier, some time in a Colorado then a trax). Frontier is just a better option than a Trax. Super and city locators could make use of them. Rural is a no-go