Best sleeper mattress and set up for team driving?

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  1. wsyrob

    wsyrob Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I got one of these when I got into a new truck. Liked it so much I got 1 for home.



    Comfort & Relax 3" Gel Memory Foam Mattress Topper TWIN-XL, AirCell Technology, with Washable Cover https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCF1XC6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_TilnCb39Q8MEP
     
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  3. Numb

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    thought sleeping on the top bunk was illegal in a moving truck. no restraining web.

    best way to sleep?

    Don't team. I've never liked it.

    your not really going to make that much more money.
     
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  4. Slowmover1

    Slowmover1 Road Train Member

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    Been looking at PURPLE mattress for home. Expensive.

    I’ve two PURPLE seat cushions plus lumbar. They won’t wear out. Years in the oilfield.

    The older smaller one stays home. Use it on the couch. The EXTREME and lumbar are in big truck.

    Be sure to read advice about bedsheets. Some material too thick or stiff doesn’t let them work as well.
     
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  6. x1Heavy

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    no. Save that hammock for under frame or tractor to tree someday.
     
  7. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    No souls up top when moving.

    We stored 4 green tote bins with locking lids by ship rope to itself so it never went anywhere in the worst of ride. The rope was over a inch thick and many feet long to get all of them totes secured. When we wanted to use bunk top for sleeping it's easy to stack totes off.
     
  8. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    I just LOVE sleeping in a old time hammock swinging in the breeze outside while parked at Loves next to multiple nationalities and company drivers dumping gallons of urine out onto the pavement nearby.
     
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  9. Kshaw0960

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    Is the purple seat cushion worth it? I hear the newer version of their mattress is good. Never even touched it before. I’m worried the seat cushion would slide every time you got in or out of the truck.
     
  10. Slowmover1

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    Three strips FF to RR. Last truck didn’t move in 90K.

    Cover comes off to wash. Use dull blade to separate Velcro pieces.

    I’m 6’2” 210. Can’t seem to make these cushions wear out. My extra long legs give a lot of leverage against things.

    Get the largest seat cushion. Extreme or Ultimate or something.
     
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  11. Slowmover1

    Slowmover1 Road Train Member

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    AND the lumbar cushion.

    From spring ride to air ride.
     
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