How to save money on the road?

Don't eat in restaurants.

 

Buy a mini fridge or plug in cooler. Make your own coffee, eat lots of cereal and milk. Get a 700 watt microwave for soup and burritos.

Can live cheap that way.

Everytime you walk into a truck stop you will loose $$$$$$ Stay the hell out of them except to shower.

 

Get a frige or cooler and buy groceries at super market. Stay out of the toy section of the truck stops. There's lengthy threads here addressing this subject. Check 'em out. Lots of good tips and advice. You'll develop a routine that works for you if you're serious about saving $.

 

I stay out for 2-3 months and I easily spend an house payment in truckstops. But I refuse to shop at Walmart and even getting run through my home terminal takes an act of god, so My Groceries are limited. I could spend less and my waist would approve. If you don't have to stop at a T/s then don't. even a drink costs almost $2, so $4 a for 7 days = $28 x 4 weeks = $112. $112 just to keep my mug filled. I'm not even going to get started on what my food costs. But I enjoy my Hotdogs and a slice of pizza with 6 wings is just heaven after a long day. My self control sucks LOL!

 

I swallowed a sponge a few years back and all I have to do is drink water and I am full.

 

Love the spicy wings...although my stomach doesn't always agree..lol

 

Two more ways:

Fuel at loves so you can get a free refill (and buy a 64 ouce mug lol)

If you are out of free refills, fill you mug with ice, and in filtered water, and lot of the loves have free packets of powdered lemon juice. That lemon water is free and will keep you going!

 

I always kept stuff that wouldn't go bad in the truck and then keep fresh food in the cooler(12v). Try to not buy even drinks at the truck stops. Buy them at a super market..I'd only go in to a truck stop to get a shower or once in a blue moon buy a sit down meal..

 

You can buy a small electric cooler/refrigerator for about $100. You can get milk and some sandwich meat. Cold cereal is pretty cheap. You could eat cereal for breakfast and a sandwich for either lunch or dinner and still eat out a regular meal, if you want to get out of the truck. I found an electric cup at Dollar General for $1. You can heat water for coffee or warm up soup. Dollar General has canned food you can warm up in the microwave. Most truck stops have microwaves that you can use to warm up food. It is difficult to eat a meal in a truck stop for less than $12-15. But, it is also important for you to eat a balanced diet. When you are home you can stock up on groceries. Find a farmers market and buy some fresh fruit. Sometimes, you can find fruit or produce stands along the way that have a place large enough for you to park a truck. I don't like Walmart, either, but you can usually park at most of them and they have groceries to fill in when you are away from home. A toaster oven or microwave oven will usually require that you have a decent sized inverter. Some carriers won't allow inverters that need to be direct wired. They only allow those that can plug into a cigarette lighter outlet. Before buying anything for the truck, check with your company.