Sleep deprived, how do you sleep while OTR/parked next to APU?

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  1. BIGLEFTYINTX

    BIGLEFTYINTX Light Load Member

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    I don't how you all do it , sleep listening to your reefer cutting on and off , your or the truck next to you apu running or sleep in a moving truck .

    It's only been 11 days for me, but I struggle with all 3 of those . I'm going to try listening to soft music in my ear buds to cover up the noise and see what happens. Sleeping while truck is rolling, that one I don't know .
     
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  3. tnevin225

    tnevin225 Road Train Member

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    There are some good Apps for white noise you might check out.
     
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  4. Humblepie

    Humblepie Pontificator

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    You get tired enough you’ll sleep
     
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    CousinVinny Medium Load Member

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  6. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    You’ll get used to the noise the same way you get used to sleeping with another after being a bachelor for years. A moving truck? Good luck with that.
     
  7. akfisher

    akfisher Road Train Member

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    Eventually you’ll get better sleep in. the truck than you do at home. Sounds funny but will happen. Eventually that diesel humming or reefer motor will put you to sleep.
     
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  8. BIGLEFTYINTX

    BIGLEFTYINTX Light Load Member

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    I've checked those out, $250 scares me
     
  9. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Sleep deprivation is a real bank account against you. It WILL accumulate. You are into that 11th day apparently.

    That's one reason I run continuous. It's such a Z generator.

    Find yourself a plush Super 8 somewhere quiet and get a whole day of sleep on your next 34. Don't worry about nothing but sleep until you are sick of it. That is when you are fresh and ready for the next round of trying to sleep in a semi.

    If it's really bad, I sometimes find a mountain and set the truck so that the bunk is on a upslope and sleep really well that way regardless of the situation.
     
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  10. FozzyNOK

    FozzyNOK Road Train Member

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    Sadly.. this is the truth.. you're not really sleeping.. your passed out! lol
     
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  11. Tombstone69

    Tombstone69 Road Train Member

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    If the reefer is keeping you up find a spot where you can set the trailer down and pull away from it.Make sure it's not going to sink.Like that other hand said,after awhile you get used to it.I personally sleep better in a truck then I do in my own bed.
     
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