Hobbies on the road

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...verything/171418-downtime-what-do-you-do.html

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...tops/125455-truck-friendly-places-to-see.html

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ivers/162162-making-life-otr-comfortable.html

Here's a start. There are several threads on this subject.

 

Yeah I'm going to get a hobby I think I'm going to build an rc plane or something I saw this ###### rc car that has a weedwacker motor on it.

 

I suspect the Internet and my blog will keep me occupied, which, of course includes Netflix.

 

The only cheap way to do Netflix if you don't have a rooted phone with unlimited is to pay for the wifi plans at the truckstop. They are usually $5 a day or if you park at the same chain quite a bit, $20-25 a month. A day off watching Netflix will burn up 10 gig before you know it.
As far as non-video internet, I use Verizon. Being an OTR driver you really only have two choices Verizon or ATT. Speed varies on location and 3 or 4g.

 

The key is to download whatever media content you need while at home. Then use phone, TS internet for basic browsing. Another thing that will save a #### load of data is no-script for firefox. It's a must if you're on a limited plan like 5 or 10 gb's a month.

As of right now, I have over 300gb's of unwatched movies, tv shows, documentary's, and so on, on an external hard drive.

 

I used to build plastic models. I might start doing them again, I certainly have enough of them in my storage unit.

For now, it's just the internet, PC games or online poker.

 

Metal detecting would be cool, thats what I plan on doing if I ever find a team for straight trucks

 

Photography, Ham radio digital modes, PSK31, SSTV, RTTY and others as well.