Bunk

When I trained with swift their policy was no on sleeping on the top while moving but my trainer would share his bunk so it was sleep up top or the passenger seat so I slept up top lol

 

yep I slept up top during my training days too. My Swift trainer was borderline clean/foul most of the time.

 

I wouldnt want a person on the top bunk while I was driving. If they get tossed off, land on me while I'm trying to drive, I'm sure that would go bad. Legal or not, it really doesn't seem like a good idea.

 

that's why the safety net is there

 

wonder if the OP checked the policy within the company he/she is with?

could be the saving grace.

 

No truck I've ever driven has had a safety net on the top bunk. Not saying some don't.....but I've never seen one.

 

I've seen more then few and different makes, but hey, it's just what I've seen.
have also seen a few with out, mid roof, cab over and day cab.

 

https://www.thetruckersreport.com/t...ints-while-sleeping-or-riding-in-bunk.142110/

 

strictly forbidden at my first company, it was a Cascadia that did not have a restraint up there anyway,
so when my trainer drove i slept on the bottom bunk but i would now use the net there as well, the need for restraint on the bottom bunk became obvious when my trainer was sliding around on the black ice one night and i was getting tossed around the lower bunk like a rag doll, you could break your neck

at my second company i was with a driver who had a Peterbuilt and he insisted i use the top bunk with the net while he drove, that truck's ride is much different than the Freightliner's and/or maybe he was a very good driver because i initially felt safe up there except it was a little claustrophobic because there is no vent or window in that truck model, the ceiling is close to your head and the netting binds and restricts natural movement while sleeping, also i think it is way too dangerous with or without the net, i know you would hurt yourself big time if you fell from the top bunk when the truck is not moving, i don't think you are walking away from that kind of fall, so i would not sleep in top bunk while truck is in motion and would absolutely use the net while stationary

these days i have the pleasure of being in a KW and there is a net installed in upper bunk which we use to tie down gear and it works great, there is more headroom and venting and when truck is stationary it is a very comfortable, safe place to rest