I have one of those. It's GREAT. That's the Kamp Rite, same as I have. I take it on weekend fishing trips. As for the truck, I just turn into a bat and hang upside down from the steering wheel or wherever I can.
p.s. I get up your way once in awhile to grab flyash out of Newark.
Sleeping in daycabs
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I always wondered how that worked ???? I never learned how to drive a day cab primarily because of that.
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I did something better for me.
Buy a large and firm pillow.
Buy a piece of 1/4 inch plywood and cut it to the same size, or very slightly smaller, as the pillow.
Buy a large bath towel.
Put the plywood on the ground.
Put pillow on the plywood.
Put towel over the top of pillow/plywood with the towel edges spread beyond all edges of pillow & wood.
Fold towel edges over the 4 sides of the pillow/wood and, using staple gun, staple towel to backside of the plywood.
When complete you have a pillow upholstered by towel over the plywood. One side is soft, the other side is plywood.
I used the above to sleep in the driver seat. I would lean my pillow against the side window/door. I sit sideways in driver seat facing passenger seat and lean against my Driver Resting System (DRS). When I wasn't in the truck, I put my DRS in a nylon bag, like you would use to carry laundry to wash, and stand it behind the passenger seat.
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Poorly.
That said, if youre tired enough to have to sleep in your daycab, where theres a will, theres a wayBadmon, not4hire, snowlauncher and 1 other person Thank this. -
First thing you need to do is find a good hiding place, so the Company doesn’t fire you for “Stealing time”. Lay jacket on wheel, put head down. Keep the hiding place a secret. Or else you risk waking up to that one Jack### from work, pulled up in front of you, nose to nose, Laying on the air horn.
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Padded board across seat stored behind passenger seat, pretty common for line haul drivers.. I've had terminal manager wake me after 7 hours "ah,,they forgot to send you a switch". I don't care,,I sleeping and getting PAID! Handy for road closures or any delays as all are paid waiting time
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Spent about 6/7 years in a day cab. Never ever could sleep in it, I would try when I was dead tired and could never do it. I may have dozed off maybe 1 or 2 times never lasted more then 30 seconds I think. I’ve seen guys full out fast asleep in some tho, I guess it’s just how your body is wired
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Wasn’t there a member here who used to hang a hammock under the trailer for his siesta ..
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Tie knot in each end of hammock and open doors. Put knot out and shut doors.
AC on low
better than a flea bag motel.
Works good under trailer too great for break downs.not4hire Thanks this.
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