Any Tips would really help

All these are great thing to have and must have them but lets face it sometimes when you need something really bad most likely youre not going to have it lol.

 

Yep. Just like anything else, it is a learning process. What I deem to be necessary may be somebody else's unneeded junk.

I would think it is best to start out with very little. You can build as you go. But if you try to start out with everything you think you will ever need, you may have to sleep on the back porch, or put your stuff out there while you sleep.

There is an amazing amount of room in the modern sleeper cab. And eventually, it will all fill up. But as was pointed out in another post, the time will come when you are gonna leave that tractor. Whether it is to just switch tractors, or leaving the company, the more crap you have, the more you have to either pack, or throw away.

FWIW, when I left Knight, I pretty much filled up the back of my F250 with an 8 foot bed and cap. And if I hadn't had the cap on it, I would have been in trouble. Just couldn't believe I had that much crap, I mean necessary stuff, in that tractor.

 

1) extra fire extinguisher, should the other one go bad.

2) extra long lines ( air hoses) for the trailer (underneath of it) and form truck to trailer (gladhands)

3) DOT compression fittings to repair air lines that are damaged

4) spare fuses for every type of fuse your truck has. Can save you loads of money from road service, if placed out of service.

5) extra lights or bulbs. Can also save you loads of money if placed Out of service.

6) Tool box with screwdrivers, sockets, wrenches and other tools

7) and finally a "NO LOT LIZARD" sign to put on your rig. May keep you from getting the gift that keeps on giving.

The first six on this list are what I see guys and gals placed OOS for some defect and they have to call road service out to repair them. If you have knowledge and skills on how to repair airlines and readjust your brakes it can save you or your company a few $$$$$$

 

One that I just remembered is an air hose you can attach to one of the glad hands to fill a low tire or use to blow dust, etc out of something. It saved my hubby's backside shortly after he bought it as a scale house he rolled through was actually checking tire pressure.

 

Whatever you do, if you can avoid getting supplies at truck stops, you'll save yourself some hard earned money. a $1 pen at Wal-Mart will run you $3 in a truck stop. Somethings like a 50' air hose with a glad-hand attached on one end, you might have to pick one of those up at a truck stop.

tools, what not....never get em at truck stops if you can avoid it. "RoadPro" dont make very many good quality products.