Day cab hammock.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Dominick253, May 23, 2017.

  1. Dominick253

    Dominick253 Heavy Load Member

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    So I seen a hammock designed for day cab trucks online and took a chance and bought one. A little pricey at $55 but it makes those 4+hour delays so much more bearable. I highly recommend it to any local driver who has long waits for loading and unloading. Edit says 250lbs on their website. Home
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    I bought a cheap hammock that rolls up into a ball about the size of a softball for storage.
    Installed an eye-bolt in upper right corner just above windshield and another eye-bolt just above the back of the drivers seat. I would hang the hammock from the eye-bolts, open the windows a little to get a breeze and then sleep like a baby.
     
  4. KillingTime

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    I need to ask what's the weight rating.... GVWR... on that hammock? I go 190. Some of us do not.

    I ask only because I had this mental of a 350lb guy trying it and ultimately ending up stuck between the seats. For God knows how long. Lol.
     
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    Dominick253 Heavy Load Member

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    said they tested it at 400+ pounds. I'm 170 and it's perfectly fine for me.
     
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    As a flatbedder, check under the deck in the middle where there might be a hammock in use, usually check also that the tractor is locked, chocked and engine off so that no one can take off with it and you under that deck. (And they have...)

    In my time we used a 5 foot board yea wide across the seats and out the pax door a little bit. That served well enough. Or stuffed yourself into a corner like a cat which you young ones can do without too much trouble. Not so much when you are along in years.
     
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    The cheap one I used with the eye-bolts; first time I used it the eye-bolts spread open and dumped me. Had to install more heavy duty ones. I was 175 lbs at the time.
    The guy I was training slept in it laying on his stomach. I asked how in the world can you sleep in a net hammock on your stomach? He just said it is more comfortable that way.
     
  8. x1Heavy

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    That might hurt him in the later years as his body fights to eliminate fluids moving certain ways against nature at night. We sleep in whatever position we think best, but to sleep in a hammock stomach down is pretty dangerous over time. Not to mention the spine and other issues.
     
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  9. Mr Ed

    Mr Ed Road Train Member

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    I ask only because I had this mental of a 350lb guy trying it and ultimately ending up stuck between the seats. For God knows how long. Lol.[/QUOTE]

    Or firefighters having to pull a gear shift out of an orrifice
     
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    I'm visualizing the sides of the cab being bent in o_O
     
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  11. Ougigoug

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    If you want you want to be comfortable sleeping in a hammock you have to sleep sideways, that way you will be flat like a regular bed.

    In Yucatan Mexico there is still plenty of people's sleeping in hammocks everyday.
     
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