Advice for tolerating the transormation from home life to full blown team trucking.

There is time for snuggling. Always after showering.

When we did reefer...the waits were long to get loaded/unloaded. This gave us time to get to know each other again. Wink wink

 

What about "drop then hook" wink wink???

 

Eat right on the road to avoid number 2 emergencies. Those can be scary. Some rest stops are not the cleanest so you do not want to run from the truck to the toilet to discover it needs to be cleaned first before you can sit on it. I learned this from family vacations. Carry Lysol at all times. They don't always clean truck stop showers good.

We took out of our truck the microwave, coffee maker, portable electric burner, mini fridge.

We have a cooler the truck stops sell. Takes up less space. Holds our milk, deli meat, etc.

You can get free coffee using your points you get for fueling. A husband/wife team can rack up a lot of points fast.

We've bought for free using our points a CB, cooler, dash camera, lots of Subway.

Buy food that you know you will eat. Go light in the beginning. You can always go to a Wal-Mart or a Target. We try to get to our shipper/receiver early so we can drop the trailer and bobtail to get grocery.

Bring a good hammer to check your tires. This has become my best friend. Tires are the number one breakdown issue.

 

We would plug in the burner at an outlet at a rest stop or use a long cord that was plugged to the invertor to cook outside. Mostly breakfast. We gave up doing that because we are always on the go now.

 

As long as you have a clean record.....it's so easy to get into trucking. Why ? There is a 100% turnover rate in this industry. A 100%. Companies need us more than we need them.

There is a lot of BS in trucking. We've learned that the best#way to shield yourself from it as much as possible is by getting on a dedicated account your company has. No more looking for an empty trailer, inconsistent miles, going to strange place, etc.

I think that's why it's easier for husband/wife teams. We don't have family waiting for us to come home. Being away for solo drivers has to be really tough. I wouldn't do it if I had a wife and kids at home.