Well heck if it's just you...why not?
My wife and I used to live on the road. We had our rice cooker, dorm-size refrigerator, aerobic stepper, adjustable dumbells, lots of clothes, portable toilet for emergencies. We never felt too constrained in one of those condos. We lived in a freightliner cascadia, kenworth t680, and volvo vnl 860. The volvo stands out in my mind as being the most comfortable. The kenworth was the worst simply because my wife had to share the bottom bunk with the dorm fridge, since there was no factory fridge. Overall it felt a little smaller than the other trucks.
Not sure we could do life in a mid-roof...
It would have to be some sort of dedicated team position that pays a lot.
Any double bunk sleepers in the tank world?
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by insipidtoast, Jan 23, 2023.
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I do remember all that ductwork taking up too much space.Another Canadian driver Thanks this. -
Yep. The new trucks are so poorly designed, just as they’re so poorly built. All these college-educated people who’ve spent their lives behind a desk don’t have enough sense to get out from behind their desk, go live in a truck for awhile, and see how they’re really used. They would be better product designers, if they would.
This T680 is no Volvo, in many ways. It has taught me that PACCAR is a huge disappointment, in most every way. I’ve sporadically mentioned the two drivers who park to my right having new 2nd Gens. They both got their trucks back, last weekend. They’re both back at the dealer, again.tscottme, Another Canadian driver, RockinChair and 1 other person Thank this. -
I should add that neither I nor my buddy I teamed with carried a ton of stuff anyway. A week’s worth of clothes, shaving kit, and my laptop (later tablet) were all I ever really brought. Had a plug in cooler with some sandwich stuff and drinks and some snacks. Later I put an inverter and microwave in, but I ended up taking the microwave out after like 2 weeks because the lingering stink of cooking something in the truck wasn’t something I wanted to deal with.Last edited: Feb 5, 2023
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But look on the bright side, you might could use the ladder on the trailer for hanging crunches, or doing pull-ups and chin-ups with a close grip.tscottme, Another Canadian driver and insipidtoast Thank this. -
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I’ve seen the bunk bed in the mid roof trucks but it’s pretty tight for space.
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If you get the right rig you can bring someone along. If you can't go tall go long..Kenworth W900, T600, T660 with the 86" sleeper. Or a Volvo VNL 730 with the midroof 77" sleeper. Nice thing about the KW you can pop the fairing off and on with 8 bolts if you want to go back to a box.
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