Items for the truck

Hello Psychosis, If you are going to be slip seating be sure to have small duffle or carrying bags with you as you will likely want to move your gear quickly. If you have your own CB, mount it to a 1"x6" board with velcro to the bottom of it, it can stick any where and easily removed when you switch rigs. Milk crates under the bunk is a great way to store everything and move things quickly. Keep a backpack with you so you can throw your odds and ends that you keep near you as well as YOUR OWN TRUCKER GPS!, Rand Mc, Qual and other systems don't always show the best path and keep a laminated map book with you too.

 

I use rubber exam gloves, cut off the fingers, put small amount of Neosporin in the finger tip, then put on which ever finger or thumb is cracked that day/night, then secure the end with a bandaid. Go to sleep and when you wake up...4 or 5 hrs later, you finger is nearly healed! Its just like the finger cot the doctor would give you but at 1/100th the cost.

 

Yep, I put a couple of rugs down in the sleeper area as well as a pair of water/mud catching floor mats in the driver and passenger areas> I'am kinda picky about keeping my area clean and clutter free!

The crock pot is essential in the truck, you can heat up Chili, soups and other canned goods right in their cans by filling the crock with some water and placing the can in the water to heat up. no mess! I would also recommend a lunch box oven. I purchase the aluminum storage containers from the dollar store and put my meals in them, freeze them, then store them in a cooler. Just pull from cooler, place in lunch box oven and in an hour or less your meal is ready to eat. I use a colman 12 volt cooler with two big water bottles frozen to keep everything in the cooler nice and cold. I pack for the week, as I am home every weekend. It is way too expensive to eat at the truck stops and if you eat at the fast food joints all the time you may need to get a higher GVW truck in a year!

 

Very true. This whole truck driving thing has been a good diet too. I've lost 15 lbs since I started my adventure a month and a half ago. Made sure to limit my trips to the fast food joints (I'll still raid the dollar menus from time to time) and have been trying to snack healthy.

Another tip on the food front. Instead of bread for sandwiches, use flour tortillas. They're a whole lot easier to store and seem to keep longer.

 

Big Will & Red - 251 drop by anytime

 

You are right across from me 232. Not feeling good today but if feeling better I'll stop by tues or wed. Hope you have fun your first week.

 

salt & pepper (picknick ones that close on top), paper towels, T.P. & bucket for emergency potty, trash bags.....it's your home while your away from home, so the things you use at home are the things you want on the road (plus all the truck driving things listed above).

 

Oh, and Good Luck !!!!!

 

Also remember....if you want the multiple cig lighter plugs go to walmart to get them....another really good tool to keep on a truck is a cb....you can find hear and find out about bad weather ahead of you and accidents(also some shippers/recievers use them..i run with mine on and i found out about the mess about 3 weeks ago where I-80 mile mark 102 in ohio was shut down from weather and a lot of accidents(this was at 2 pm)...i went through there at 2 am after my break and it looked like a tractor trailer junkyard....i either would have ran out of time or worse been involved.....as soon as i called my fm and told them why i parked they were ok with that and never questioned my decision.