Gadgets or unusual but handy stuff that you keep on the truck.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Lennythedriver, Aug 29, 2021.

  1. Dockbumper

    Dockbumper Road Train Member

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    I have cleaned mine with vinegar once about a year ago. Should probably spend $9.99 next time i go to Wally World. This one has paid for itself 100 times over!
     
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  3. striker

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    If mine turned into her Mother, she'd finally cook (and good), clean, do laundry, loose 25 lbs and start her day at 5 am and end it at 11 pm
     
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  4. Dockbumper

    Dockbumper Road Train Member

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    Lol
     
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  5. Lennythedriver

    Lennythedriver Road Train Member

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    I just picked up a compact mini freezer. It wasn’t cheap at almost $300 but I think it’ll be worth it. I also got at home one of those air tight freezer bag systems. This allows me to pre-cooked meals of all different kinds and put them in an airtight freezer bag and then I have my meals already to go for two weeks at a time right there with me.
     
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  6. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    That sounds like my mom Lol, up at 430am and never goes to sleep before 11pm even on her days off

    I don't think I've ever saw her take a nap either
     
  7. Snow Hater

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    Inexpensive but effective hornet killer spray instead of Bear Mace. Squirts a long way.
     
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  8. TheIncredibleBulk

    TheIncredibleBulk Light Load Member

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    yep, I have been known to keep a can or two of cheap wasp spray. only thing i hate is when that can gets super duper hot it makes me nervous being in the cupholder. and +1 on the fire extinguisher too although you've got to have the foresight to unstrap it if caught in the dark.
    A few days ago I test dumped a can of bear mace (Guard Alaska brand) that had a 2019 expiration date. Good fog pattern, consistent pressure and didn't bleed out towards the end.
     
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  9. striker

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    My wife's father was a mechanic, owned a full service gas station, he Mom would help him with the books and little things, once in a while she'd take a job to pay extra bills, but otherwise she raised three kids. My father in law sold the station and mostly retired, except for income from a couple rental homes, before my wife and I met in '95, in '11 he got really sick with blood cancer, in/out the hospital for 10 months, my M-I-L was there to take care of him, run the house, etc., never missed a beat. Since he died in '12, she's still in the house, everyone wants her to get out, but she refuses, she says she'll die there. When my wife and I met, her parents were up at 4:30 am 7 days a week for perpetual adoration at the church at 5:15 am, then home for breakfast and whatever else the day had in store, by 11 am he was either on the couch or the patio with a cold bud light and he'd drink one an hour (when he went to the hospital and asked his blood type, we all joked "bud light") till 8 pm, he was in bed by 9:30, she would go to bed around 10:30.
     
  10. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    You DID marry her, who do you have to blame?
     
  11. striker

    striker Road Train Member

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    That was 25 yrs ago, she was a different person
     
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