Silly Question, but here goes anyway!

Today's drivers are spoiled rotten. In the old days, sleeper berths were sometimes installed in the nose of a trailer, or under the trailer.

I have Ron Adam's book "Big Rigs of the 1950s". Page 145 is the photo of a restored 1951 Corbitt. Corbitts were made in Henderson, North Carolina. This Corbitt COE has a bumper to back-of-cab measurement similar to other sleeper cabs. However, the driver sits several steps higher at the back of the cab. The sleeper is in front of the engine and below the floor.

Mostly in Europe, charter buses have sleeper compartments below the floor for the off-duty driver. I will try to attach a photo. There is a door on the side of the bus with a steep stairway to the passenger area. The sleeper berth is entered alongside this stairway. There is an intercom for communication with the on-duty driver.

 

The worst part about driving a truck is the reputation you get with the ladies....I mean we are only human. 10 times in one night for weeks on end just wears a guy out over the years. Please we are not sexual objects. We are just trying to make a living. Girls go back to chasing around those gay Hollywood types or cops (even gayer).

And for a real idea of what it is like to drive a truck....rent the movie Duel. Go Tanker.

 

I pull reefers. Always have so far in my six years. So in addition to my own truck and the ones around me, I have that reefer unit turning on and off all night. You get used to it. Temperature is a challenge. I usually end up with the front heat on, my curtain unzipped a bit at the bottom, one of the cab windows cracked open, and the bunk heat off... unless I want to roast. A/C is a bit easier to manage. I have a T600 at the moment, and they just were not intended to be OTR trucks. There is not nearly enough storage. Fortunately, I only have to deal with this about 5 days a week and home for a couple days. It's an older T600, too... a 2000... so maybe the newer ones and the follow-on T660s are better.
I have done my OTR time 4-5 weeks at a time as well, of course. The truck that seemed spacious when you first got in closes in on you after a few days. Then you just have to get out... and end up eating inside the truck stop just so you can get out of the box. Means you spend more money...
Yo ho, yo ho, a trucking life for me!

 

I have a power inverter that allows me to run a fridge, flatscreen tv, microwave and in the winter my electric blanket. I also use the inverter to run a Christmas wreath on the front of my truck as well as Halloween stuff.
You get used to the noise and the engines noise and vibration makes you sleep good too. I used to haul cattle and when they stopped moving I would wake up so you adjust.

 

I also have pulled reefers all the time. I find it harder to sleep without that reefer humming. I just received a new Prostar. It dappens the noise pretty well, the bad thing is the storage is minimal at best. So i had a friend fabricate me 3 storage units i mounted to the inside of the cab. kingsson.. i have to say that the t 660 has no more room than the t600 just more room between the seat. The cabnets are basically the same. Which i dont get. How can you have that big of a sleeper with all that wasted space they make a great driving truck then slap on that horrible sleeper. Im sure that some will disagree but i think that they have I.E. T 800s and 600s 660s and the w 900s have alot of wasted space in them. Im thinking of going to flatbeds to keep me in better shape. Dont know how ill fall asleep with no reefer humming lol

 

It depends on the person I'm 5'2" and 110llbs a friend of mine that drives is about 6'4" and idk maybe 250lbs. You can see where the obvious space differance matters to me those stand up sleepers are useless b/c i can stand up just fine in a midroof. The noise is another thing most people dont quite understand after awhile its just the background you get used to it hell it puts me to sleep quicker to be honest. However I also live next to a common state highway at the bottom of a steep hill once you get used to sleeping through jake brakes nigh after night theres not much you cant sleep through.