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Student driver planning ahead...Comfort for the 10 hr break info

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by joesmoothdog, Sep 22, 2013.

  1. Sep 22, 2013 #1
    joesmoothdog

    joesmoothdog Heavy Load Member

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    I've read through a lot of the posts addressing this but most go so off topic that I felt I'd be better off starting a thread for me and hopefully others with similar questions. Apologies for redundant questions.
    Just finished first week with mentor. Finished 30 minutes short of 70 hrs and drove almost 3000 miles. I'm off for a bit while he attends to personal biz and he's way too good for me to lose him.(no mancrush...just learned 1000% more in a few days than the weeks at td school) Enough background.
    He's an electronic caveman so I need help with time-off entertainment and comfort. My company doesn't allow inverters but the trucks have lots of 12v lighter slots:biggrin_25525:.No sanctimonious replies about company rules, please. I figure 1 or 2 small/portable cobra 400w inverters will let me get by but the question is how limited will I be. I'd like to power a slim ps3, a small monitor attached to same and when not using those power a laptop. A 12v cooler, a fan or 2 and something to make hot food when necessary would probably be all the rest I will need.
    Not all will run at once, I know there are limitations. Wrapping up, I just want to know if it's feasible to do this and why or why not. Thanks.
     
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  3. Sep 22, 2013 #2
    mclass555

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    Yes you can do it. I just have one 300w power inverter. I have a 24 inch flat screen tv with a built in dvd player and connected to that a ps3, laptop. And have a Coleman 12 volt cooler, Roadpro12v stove, and 12v coffee maker
     
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  4. Sep 22, 2013 #3
    joesmoothdog

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    Nice. Thanks for answering. How long does it take to make the coffee?
     
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  5. Sep 22, 2013 #4
    mclass555

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    The coffee maker can be slow. So what I do in the morning is wrap up a ready made sausage egg cheese biscuit in foil, put it in the road pro oven, start the coffee maker up, and go take a shower at the truck stop. When I get back in the truck everything is ready. So about 30 minutes
    And at night I love my TV, it has DVD and inputs for my laptop via VGA and HDMI that I hook up the PS3 to.
    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sansui-SLEDVD244-24-720p-60Hz-Class-LED-LCD-HDTV-DVD-Combo/24292150
     
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  7. Sep 22, 2013 #5
    lonewolf262

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    Sometimes, a long day is driving 600 miles.....I park the truck and go to sleep. When I wake up, boil some water using a propane single burner camp stove (uses a coleman replacement cylinder @ $ 2.50 Wal-mart) last about 4 weeks. put 2 - 3 teaspoons of fresh coffee grind in the water, strain using mess screen filter. Best coffee this side of Seattle. For dinner, It can heat and serve in less than 5 min. I don't use an electric cooler any more, I get free Ice every-day at Flying J. My laptop does everything my Samsung SIII Galaxy cant...Verizon Hot spot to my laptop. Don't have game machine. Have one 300 watt inverter wired to the batteries....that's all I need to keep the laptop charged and keep on truckin!

    I don't do a 10 hour break, run 12 on 12 off, 4 weeks out, then 5 full days off!
     
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  8. Sep 22, 2013 #6
    joesmoothdog

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    Good idea on propane stove. Didn't think we could tote propane. I have a frenchpress machine I haven't used in a while.
     
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  9. Sep 22, 2013 #7
    lonewolf262

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    A small bottle can heat a lot of simple foods. Stir fry thin slices of meat add stir fry veggies heat a bag of uncle ben' cooked rice. Dinner quick and easy. One pot rinse and wipe. While on the long run one can survive out of the crowded fuel networks. Sleep at rest areas...walmarts..petro.
     
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