Attached Orientation Checklist

cool idea, might help someone out there

I dont have a microwave, porto poti or any of that stuff in my truck, only my ice chest, cb, laptop and my butane stove I cook with.

 

Porto poti? I was wondering what truck drivers do if they drink a lot of water on the road or is at a truck stop at 3am and don't wanna walk all the way to the rest room......
sorry for my ignorance, but wouldn't it make ones truck smell like #####?

 

some truckers use piss jugs....

a few have buckets to crap in, sorry im pulling over for a real toilet, thats not staying in my truck

theres some days I dont drink much and have to pee every 2 hours and some days I drink a ton and stop after 6 hours, you have to build your bladder up

 

Nicely done Gold Miner!

Mrcam, 'lil boys room located passenger side between drive tires / sleeper. If your pee shy, piss in the bottle it came from in private (dispose of properly!) If you don't wanna stop suggest a good pair of super trucker diapers or quart size Ziploc bags. <--- good luck w/ that!

 

lol yeah, I go between the tires depending where I am and how bad I need to go, sometimes you get on those nice long stretches with no truck stops or rest stops for another hour or more

and like he said dispose of the bottles properly, dont be like those sick truckers who just throw them on the ground for someone else to clean up, stick them in your trash bag and dump with your trash.

 

Lol. Nice suggestions and makes sense. Was just a random thought

 

even some of the female truckers do it, hell there was a lazy female who squatted next to the truck while being at a truck stop....guess she wasnt a shy girl lol

 

Additions to list:

Clothing (for cold weather):

- Sweater
- Warm coat
- Rain jacket
- Cold weather gloves
- Knit hat
- Long johns

Food - I'll leave the list for the individual. Just fundamentally if you want to survive and actually be able to save money (ie. have more money in the bank at the end of the week than when you started) then you must bring your own food and plan to buy food at Walmart or other grocery stores. Bring a thermos cup, thermos bottle, a tupperware bowl with lid, spoon, fork, knife, and can opener (a swiss army knife can serve for both knife and can opener). Trying to survive on training wages while eating truck stop food will have you living from paycheck to paycheck. Stocking the truck with healthier food can save a lot of money.

 

like I mentioned to others in another thread about cooking, portable butane stoves are awesome, I can cook, heat up water etc. I got my stove for $20 and the butane cans depending where you go are a couple bucks, my can is still almost full with 2 weeks of using it for a few minutes a night heating water and cans of stuff. I boil a couple cups of water within a minute or 2, heat a can of chili in water in less than 5 minutes.