How do OTR drivers do it? Sitting for so long with no breaks?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ad356, Apr 17, 2021.
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Anybody who is too stupid to use a piss jug probably shouldn't be near a truck. I haven't pulled the truck over to take a piss since cdl school. Stretching is something you get in the habit of between runs. On some days I'll run a full 7 hours before stopping.
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It would take awhile for me to get used to long haul, if I ever did it. If I could, I would get a K restriction because I'm pretty content doing what I'm doing.slow.rider Thanks this. -
It's one of the reasons I became a professional driver..
You run, eat, sleep and everything else how you see fit.
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Stressful? NOPE, I cant say it is. I see my 2 kids, my wife (of 19 years) and the home that I'm paying a mortgage on. Paying for a mortgage and living in the back of a truck seems illogical to me. I am able to maintain a normal martial marital relationship with my wife. I'm also home to do things like fix the cars, mow the lawn, fix things around the house, tend the garden in the summer, clean the pool, ect ect.
The little bit I did drive OTR I found to be extremely lonely and miserable. It's not a job, it's a solitary lifestyle and not one that I'm comfortable with. The wife would call me with something wrong at the house and my response would be something along the lines of "what do you want me to do about it".
My intentions when I went to trucking school was to haul milk locally. I had spent 5 years as a dairy plant reciever, I knew the industry. It's what I've set out to do, and I'm making excellent money doing it.
Driving OTR is impractical and would be very stressful for me. Different strokes for different folks. I do not consider myself a failure by not driving OTR.
my question was how does one cope with bladder and sitting in one place for an extended period of time.
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