Greetings all!
I’ll be starting with my mentor at PAM this week. It said pack enough clothes for 8 days, and a list of other items.
My question is, how much is too much to pack?
My problem is, as a bigger guy, my clothes take up a lot of space, and I don’t want to be THAT guy who takes up the whole dang cab!
Here’s what I packed:
4 work pants
8 work shirts
4 personal shirts
4 personal pants
8 undergarments
10 socks
1 hat
Flip flops
Sneakers
Boots
Pens/pencils
Chargers
Kindle
1 book
Collapsible folder for papers
Pocket flash light
Toiletry bag (fit in one of the duffles)
In all, I have two duffles, a sleeping bag, a compressed camping pillow, a water bottle and a flimsy plastic bag to hold my shower shoes/casual sneakers.
Am I overpacking?
How much to pack?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Penumbra, Sep 2, 2019.
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Too many pants, in my opinion. I plan a fresh pair every other day. Clean shirt daily. Laundry during your 34 hr reset will keep it up. So 5 or 6 shirts.
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Looks fine to me. Just be prepared to sleep with all that in ur bunk at night. Some trainers dont like to share their truck
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Next thing is what will you eat? When I went into training as a trainee I had a small duffle with basic food. Don't count on truck stops for eating. That will be expensive. Normally your trainer should get you to a Wal-Mart to replenish your stock of food at least once a week.Texas_hwy_287 and FlaSwampRat Thank this. -
Less pants. More socks. Trust me, more socks.
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Also OP, if you guys fuel at Loves you can use rewards points for subway or chesters or other fast food restaurants they have. Again, if the trainer is a decent human being, he will let you swipe your rewards card on the fuel pump and not hog all the points for himself.Texas_hwy_287 and FlaSwampRat Thank this. -
7 work pants + Shirts
1 personal for a night out.
14 under garments
14 socks.
One winter full needs to be good to below -30
One hot weather full
The clothes are common go into one laundry bag to make up one washer load. Similar colors so you don't turn everything pink with color loss...
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