Go to Bass Pro Shops, Get the Frog Taugs, Light, comfortable and Simple. Bottoms up to you, I aint trying to swim in it lol
Poncho or rain coat/suit
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by jmcnewbie, Jul 24, 2010.
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I have an extra "rain suit" from the company that I use day to day. Have yet to use the pants but the jacket comes in handy.
I use the other one as PPE. It stays in the side box. I also have some knee high steel toed rubber boots but I never seem to put them on until after I have stepped out of the truck into a foot of standing water.jmcnewbie Thanks this. -
You drive for superior, dont you? that's what the trailer in your avatar looks like anyway...jmcnewbie Thanks this. -
I second what Doc said. Get the Frogg Toggs. They are incredible. They shed water like a duck and they are breathable unlike the vinyl rain gear.
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OK, I looked at Frogg Toggs. They run about $40 around here, not bad. They look like good stuff.
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lol swim suit and a bar of soap lol cheap bath
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I like my Carhartt rain jacket it has neoprene wrist cuffs so water cannot run down my arms when I need to reach up, for about $40 bucks it gets the job done.
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A poncho can get you hurt working around trucks! anything from catching on a latch in the door causing a fall of about 5 feet hitting 2 sets of nice sharp stairs on the way down to getting caught in another truck as it's moving causing you to get drug to the hospital and then with that stupid "dress" trying to keep it down in wind so that you are spending more time holding it down to trying to get your work done so you can make money driving!
Yes, they worked for the military but you aren't going to need to make a tent out of yours or cover yourself in a snipers roost so the "multi use" of a poncho is pretty much not needed in the world of trucking.
Get a nice 2 piece rain suit and wear whatever is the best choice for what you are doing at the time!
I've been in some frog choker storms where ducks were seeking shelter and the bib coveralls and the top worked better than any poncho ever could!
But that's JMHO!Roadmedic Thanks this. -
I will be changing from Van to a flatbed January, so I'm gonna get this one for me, click on it:
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