Hygiene questions

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Jeck, Mar 5, 2017.

  1. Jeck

    Jeck Light Load Member

    Joined:
    Feb 22, 2017
    Messages:
    167
    Thanks Received:
    105
    0
    When your out for a few days how hard is it to find a shower? What do you do in the mean time?
     
  2. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2011
    Messages:
    74,767
    Thanks Received:
    170,265
    Location:
    Henderson, NV & Orient
    0
    Showers aren't that hard to find. Use body wipes in an emergency; can get them at Walmart.
     
  3. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 2011
    Messages:
    22,385
    Thanks Received:
    116,236
    Location:
    Michigan
    0
    YOU can shower every day, IF YOU WANT.

    other wise you will just stink.
     
  4. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jan 10, 2011
    Messages:
    3,583
    Thanks Received:
    4,094
    Location:
    Chicago, il
    0
    Baby wipes. Only use it when I'm done tarping and don't have enough time to hit the truck stop.

    It is not hard to find a shower, most truck stop have them
     
    Jeck Thanks this.
  5. Jeck

    Jeck Light Load Member

    Joined:
    Feb 22, 2017
    Messages:
    167
    Thanks Received:
    105
    0
    Where can you just shower? Cost?
     
  6. Jimmy Hoffa

    Jimmy Hoffa Medium Load Member

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2011
    Messages:
    363
    Thanks Received:
    8,014
    Location:
    Gold Country, California
    0
    Pilots, loves, ect, buy 50 gallons of fuel and you get a free shower.
     
    Bean Jr., Jeck and Shock Therapy Thank this.
  7. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2011
    Messages:
    14,963
    Thanks Received:
    29,154
    Location:
    Longview, TX
    0
    ANY significant truck stop will have private shower rooms that will have a toilet, sink, and shower stall. Very few have no showers and very few have showers unfit to use. Most any will provide for a free shower, by one means or another, with the purchase of 50+ gallons of fuel (ask inside at the fuel desk how their program works). Otherwise, $5-$12 will get you a shower and towels and soap.

    These typically also include a bath towel, wash cloth, and floor towel and some form of soap. Rarely you may have to provide your own towel at some small, independent truck stops. Their "clean status" is up for debate and depending on who you ask but I've been showering in trucks stops with truck stop towels longer then many drivers today have been alive and I have no health problems.

    I'm a driver who showers 9 out of every 10 days if not more. Only reason I may not shower one day is for logistical and timing reasons. Daily clean, hot showers are not a problem for north american truckers. They also typically have continuous hot water so no more issues with running out of hot water like used to be. I say that but I remember the small independent truck stop in Moses Lake, WA a month or so ago ... ran out of hot water just as I was starting my last step, shampooing my hair. I made it out okay, though.

    And BTW, the 50 gallon for free shower means you can easily get 1 every day for the typical truck driver. Key is planning your fueling accordingly.

    However, truck stop shower situation 20-30 years ago and beyond? That's a whole other discussion.
     
    Last edited: Mar 5, 2017
    Bean Jr., p608, Thull and 4 others Thank this.
  8. bigkev1115

    bigkev1115 Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Oct 23, 2009
    Messages:
    2,364
    Thanks Received:
    3,618
    Location:
    Alexandria, AL
    0
    Its not the fact of finding a shower, its drivers who refuse to shower but maybe once a week. You have 30 min and 10 hr breaks to find a shower. Yet some drivers rather go around smelling like sour milk than to take a shower everyday
     
    TripleSix, KB3MMX, Longarm and 5 others Thank this.
  9. bigkev1115

    bigkev1115 Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Oct 23, 2009
    Messages:
    2,364
    Thanks Received:
    3,618
    Location:
    Alexandria, AL
    0
    There are some drivers that I would gladly pay Blue Beacon, Iowa 80 or any truck wash to give them a shower
     
    Sipesh, Lepton1, KB3MMX and 9 others Thank this.
  10. TallJoe

    TallJoe Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Apr 12, 2016
    Messages:
    7,490
    Thanks Received:
    16,271
    Location:
    Chicagoland
    0
    if you skip shower for a week or two then your skin looks 10 years younger.