Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Playing devil's advocate here... Why worry about idling time? If it's too hot, I idle. If it's too cold, I idle. Period.

 

Thought I would stop back in for a while. Maybe stir some stuff up. Lol!!!

 

Falling out of the top bunk under a hard braking scenario with or without restraints would seriously hurt someone much more than being on bottom bunk. I just tell peoople bring a sleeping bag and problem solved..I mean geesh. And for those who say well the trucks have safety restraints blah blah, yes they do, but they can fail just like any other object. Its more of a consideration for the other person more than anything else.

 

To each his own

 

Top bunk, bottom bunk, doesn't matter to me. I have trouble sleeping in either one if the truck is moving. Don't have much of an opinion on it beyond that.

Well, I take that back. Getting up and down from the top bunk in the KW was a lot easier than getting up and down from the top bunk in the Volvo.

 

I have always had issues with my Qualcom. It contstantly loses its location.

 

Well, just the inefficiency of waste for the company "used" to bother me but, no more. But the excessive idling was more representative of how much I'm sitting out here. Kind of like now. If the truck idles 70% or 80% of the time that means I'm sitting 70 or 80% of my time out here. Call me crazy but, that's not what I signed on for as a LONG haul OTR driver with no need for home time.