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No inverter in the truck and I don't want to eat at truck stops.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by MsMandy777, Feb 23, 2022.

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  1. Feb 23, 2022 #1
    MsMandy777

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    Hi everyone, just wanted some advice on what I can do to save money on food. The company I hired into has no inverter on the truck. Don’t want to spend what I earn on food from truck stops very much. Thanks all in advance
     
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  3. Feb 23, 2022 #2
    Chinatown

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    Which company did you hire on with? Maybe some of their drivers on here has some suggestions for you.
     
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  4. Feb 23, 2022 #3
    Terlingua

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    I don't have a fridge or microwave, so I use a 12v Koolatron 28qt cooler to keep cold items. I also recently picked up a small butane camp stove for cooking and heating food that I can use on the catwalk.
     
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  5. Feb 23, 2022 #4
    Malt Ball Cult

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    CrockPot makes a small soup warmer, only draws 50 Watts, can easily run off a small inverter which plus into a 12Volt utility outlet. Takes about an hour to warm a can of Ravioli.
     
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  7. Feb 23, 2022 #5
    Snow Hater

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    Switch companies fast. I have a 110v freezer, microwave, as well as a refrigerator. Meals are vacuum packed and drinks etc go in the reefer. Estimated savings $250+/wk.
     
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  8. Feb 23, 2022 #6
    MsMandy777

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    Western Express
    Because my husbands DAC had some stuff on it and they wouldn’t hire him anywhere else
     
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  9. Feb 23, 2022 #7
    MsMandy777

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    That sounds like the way we are going to go
    Thank you!
     
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  10. Feb 23, 2022 #8
    MsMandy777

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    We will have to be here for at least 6 months until I get trained so we can switch over to my husbands company. They wouldn’t take him anywhere else because of stuff on his DAC and they wouldn’t take me because their insurance said I needed 6 months of training first.
    He didn’t want me alone so we went with Western
     
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  11. Feb 23, 2022 #9
    Snow Hater

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    My condolences. :(
     
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  12. Feb 23, 2022 #10
    Eddiec

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    Buy a cigarette lighter cooler and a lunchbox cooker.
     
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