I am getting into trucking at least in part for the adventure... I am single and have no desire or expectation of hometime. I look forward to "resetting" in unexpected places....

So, how can I be mobile during down time on the road if my truck must stay safely in a TS close to an interstate?

Is it practical to bring a vehicle? Here's how I reason on this score:

A Bike shouldn't take much space, but it's limited range would make it impractical away from the dense non-freeway-based cities of the northeast.

A motorcycle would be harder to stow, incur ongoing insurance cost, but would give me all the mobillity I could want.

One of those 50cc scooterthings needs no insurance, but would be almost as much of a pain to stow, and could not drive on limited access roads.

I also remember seeing somewhere a collapsible version of the 50cc scooter marketed for use in conjunction with a boat or RV... Anyone know anything about these?

Do companies have rules against bringing vehicles along on company trucks? For that matter, will it be safe or permitted for me to leave my truck (in a suitable location) during enforced vacations?

-HF

ive been kind of wondering about something like a goped, but i dont know if itd be legal / acceptable to haul it. they do run on gas, they make electric ones that are uber expensive. i read in one of the posts that someone takes a caollapsible bicycle with them, which wouldnt be bad either, but i think theyre also fairly expensive.

if only i could skateboard.

I wouldn't try to haul around anything more than a bicycle, and probably wouldn't even do that. About the only place to store it is behind the cab and it can be a pain to store there.

If you are going to be sitting for a day or so somewhere, you can always call Enterprise and rent a car. They will bring the car to you

Even during a longer layover I didn't want to crawl out of the sleeper except for bathroom/food/shower time. But thats just me being my lazy self.

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This is exactly what I am afraid of doing... I have been gaining weight slowly but steadily for a while now... I can see this job killing me very quickly if I don't find something constructive to do with my non-sleeping downtime...

-HF

I hear that. I have a crazy metabolism, so I have to eat constantly just to keep up. Running the skateboard I got my exersize in for sure. There are little tricks to getting some easy exersize though bubba. When you stop at a truck stop, park as far away as you can. The walk will do you good. Get some arm curling weights, you can use them in your sleeper. You can do sit ups in the sleeper. There are tons more things that can help out. Just be creative.

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My boyfriend has his bike with him. He has it up on his top bunk.

Hold it. if you are listing yourself as a trucker wife in your profile, what is this 'trucker boyfriend" stuff? Come on, give us all the details here and explain how you work the scheduling so that one goes out on the road and the other is in town. Inquiring minds want to know!!! LOL!

Hahaha!

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Yes, It is important to get your excercise in this buisness...

-HF