Originally Posted by bigdad7

though i enjoy my hotel rooms on resets ....food for thought my wife reminds me that they never wash the top blankets in hotel rooms and not all allways wash the sheets for every guest just saying i know who sleeps in my bunk every night

The first thing I do is slide the top blanket on the floor and hope the sheets have been washed. Your right though. Lots of nasty motels across the country.

Originally Posted by bigdad7

kinda tough to speculate on hotel/motel costs......they vary so widely plus i believe those daycabs actually get lower fuel mil as they are spec'd for p and d so you would have to spec order the rear ends etc lowering your savings

Some of our day cabs only get 5½ and some sleepers get over 7mpg. Lots of clean air junk in the newer trucks

Kind of rough kicking back in a daycab when the road is shut down for about 4 or more hours. sleeper all the way.

I ran with a day cab for a week while my truck was in the shop, I will NEVER do it again!
No room for any of my stuff not even a gallon of oil! I had 1 fuel tank and had to fill twice a night and it rode rough. My cooler rode on the pass. seat ok and my coat over the back but my over night bag had to ride on the floor and there was no place to keep munchies!
The worst part was no bunk to catch a nap on.

I think your initial cost of the 'big house' is a bit high. Sure, new ones sell for that, but if I were to go that route, then I'd be purchasing a used 'big house' for around $40-50k and having it installed on my tractor. My only concern would be the limitations it would place on the weight of the freight that I could haul.

theoretically a daycab sounds good, but real world practicality, a condo/sleeper all the way.

Also I want to know where you are getting a hotel room for $45 a night???

Im talking one with fresh sheets, fresh coffee and clean bathroom. I only stay at newer construction hotels, usually a Holiday Inn Express or a new Laquinta and it runs between $90-$129 a night.