Coleman (new school, if ice costs $1.5o per bag, that's $45 per month. Coleman electric costs $90. ), coffee maker (10 bucks), microwave (40 bucks, 700 watts), crock pot (had an extra at home but maybe 20 bucks), small hand vacuum, lap top, hand tools. I eat pretty well on $40 per week, including coffee.
Buying coffee (2 cups a day) at a truck stop is about $24 buck per week so the coffee pot is a huge saving with only 2 cups per day.
I buy fresh meat and veggies once a week and cook in the crock pot. That makes leftovers and covers about 6 days and makes the truck smell like grandma's kitchen! On the 7th day, I try to find a buffet to undo all the healthy eating!!!
Leftovers get microwaved as do breakfast sandwiches. With the 3 appliances and the cooler, I pocket a minimum of $400 per month more than if I ate in truck stops. Cooler lasts about a year. Even if I needed 4 per year, I am still ahead of the game.
Make sandwiches for lunch. Takes 5 minutes in a rest area, then go for a walk. In winter I may microwave soup, then take a walk. Much quicker than hitting fast food in a truck stop, and healthier.
May not be for everyone, but it works for me.
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All that and you still have room for your student!!
And I don't "buy" ice ....get 64 oz free cup at pilots and fill up at terminals
not a big cooler but it works!
Where are you finding a Coleman for $90? Walmart? Location plz! -
All Wal-Mart's got em in sportin goods there 87.00
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I've looked in a bunch of Walmarts and can't find it
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hmmm thats where i bought mine. its where the coolers are near the guns in sporting goods
great place for em nice cold beer and a gun rofl
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i use AT&T as my cell service will i need to do a contact with verzion to get there internet?
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I had to look in a few walmarts before I found one. The last one I went to, I happened to get the last one. As far as getting good tv stations, I got a good $40 HD amplified antenna from there and have it mounted outside to a pole near a fairing on the back of the sleeper. I get at least 13 good channels wherever I'm at.
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Yea not many Wal-Marts have them. Oak grove sure didn't just went and looked. I know you can spend about $129 and get them at Petro..
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Think some Ambest TS had them fr $99.99
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