Items for the truck

Roehl supplies them at terminals.

 

Who needs a camera? Doesn't everybody have a camera phone these days?

 

No, and things can be "deleted". Accidental, or otherwise.

 

They can also be easily modified. Digital photos often don't hold much weight in the court room

 

I keep a few blocks of lumber on the cat walk, they come in handy when you come across a trailer that has been dropped to low.

 

My most used tool is a locking vice grip pliers for holding the pull bar open on the van trailers. sticky back Velcro, box cutter or blade, good metal handle claw hammer (needed to get nails out of floors even in the vans), Sirus/XM radio (can be taken as a deduction on taxes even as a company driver), Lucus 5th wheel grease (Roehl does use teflon plates but if you have an older style it will need grease), small wire cutters (removing some load seals), 2 or 3 way 12volt splitter, extra pair of leather gloves.

 

I use index cards to write down my routes and fuel stops...I also write down the customers directions on an index card. Also The latest Rand Mcnally map...The ROEHL route sent right though the middle of West Virginia University...LOL...when the were letting out for the day...The coleman cooler is ok but the fans will burn out quickly...i fixed it by going to radio shack and buying 2 fans for a computer...it is still working really good after 4 years without any other problems...I also bought the road pro water heater(it almost looks like a thermos) it works great to boil water fairly quick....For people that don't want the XM/Sirrus bill....download the iheart radio app on your phone and get the cord to hook it up to your radio..it works really good and is free.

 

If you have at least a 400w inverter just get an apartment sized refrigerator. Get the warranty and at most you will have to replace it once a year. Mine works better than the koolatron and costs less.

 

I'm going to assume most of you stay in the same truck? Does this list work for those slip seating as well? Sorry for the questions, this whole thing is a new experience for me. I'll be pulling out of Ohio early Sunday morning to drive out to Wisconsin for school thru Roehl, I'm kind of nervous, mostly worked either construction or in factories, but I'm tired of all the layoffs.

 

Hey psychosis , do you start school on the 28th ? I'm also leaving from rochester n. y. Around midnight to be there early afternoon Sunday. GPS says 14 hr. ride. Looking forward to get started. Good luck.