Bunk bed size

Amen to that! I put a piece of memory foam over mine and it's sort of sticky (well, not sticky exactly, but it does not slide around) so my sheets stay where I put them. And it's a whole lot more comfortable! I second the sheets and blankets. I hate, hate, hate sleeping in a bag and just can't stand being warm on one side and cold on the other or zipped in.

And Palazon and I think alike, I have one of those back rests too (I got mine at wally world) which really helps a lot.

 

Right on with the sleeping bag. I used one almost all of the time,the only exceptions were the extra cold or extra hot nights,at which time I would idle the truck all night long for heat or AC.The reason being that it is a major expense to idle all night,And I was out there to make money,not blow all of that expensive diesel fuel out of the exhaust stack or stacks.Even when I was driving a company truck,if it was really cold,I would send a message to my dispatcher,letting him know I would be idling all night.And even tho it was against company policy,I never heard any comp[laints abouut it.

 

I keep wondering, in the winter, let's say -20f or something like that, how do you keep warm in a bunk bed? How do the truck keep warm?

Turn the engine on you have carbon monoixide risk?

 

Even if you are regional you will be living out of your truck the same as an OTR driver. The only difference is you will be confined to a certain area. When talking to these recruiters they will tell you "home on the weekends". In the trucking world this does not mean come home Friday night and go back to work Monday morning. Most of the time you get home Sunday morning and leave back out in the afternoon/evening. That is the definition of home weekends.

 

The freightliner I was in had a regular twin size mattress and the KW I'm in now has the extra long twin size like they put in college dorms. Twin's will fit on them, barely, but will eventually rip at the seems. Like the truckerlady's idea about using the full size sheets. Can also go online, I went to Penny's, and buy the sheets that will fit there.

 

Oh yea, the truck stops sell an electric blanket, that plugs into an accessory plug, and it works great!!! Got one of those my 1st winter out when my apu failed. Slept like a baby but man, was it heck getting up!!!!!

 

HHHMMmmmmm.....not entirely true. a buddy of mine has the newer mack sleeper, in fact it must be about 5 years now that he has had it (he got it brand spankin new). he does the mass compound (boston) to albany run, comes back a day or two later. he pulls those NY thruway doubles.

i know the "regular" line haul drivers have day cabs. but not all those drivers do over-nights, as many are home daily.

 

that is very misleading then....could it just mean that your two day weekend is on different days or that you literally do not get more than one evening at home per week? Could it be different depending on the company? Would some companies actually have you home on weekends? If you don't get much time at home,why not just go OTR? Although I suppose any home time is better than no home time for many...

 

One thing y'all better learn real fast about trucking is that terms like "weekend" and "Hometime" are relative. Your "week" starts whatever day you're called out, might be Wednesday, might be Friday. Your 70 might wind up in East Fried Egg Wiskota... on the wierd side of town. BTW, one way to get the good runs is being available to load out and go on the normal weekends. Too many drivers wanna stay home and party Fri and Sat nights.