Comfort items to put in a truck?

When I'd stay out for 2-3 weeks at a time, I'd carry a 2-burner propane camp stove and a couple cast iron skillets. That and either a fridge or plug-in cooler to keep cold stuff from spoiling. There were nights I'd have a pretty darned good dinner parked in a gravel pull-off at the state line on a 2-lane highway in the middle of nowhere watching the sun set....might hear 1 or 2 cars go by all night...then in the morning, scramble up some eggs & fry some bacon and hash browns while watching the sun rise and have a good breakfast before getting back on the road.

Sure beats eating/sleeping at a truck stop!

Another thing I used to use quite a bit was one of those 12V lunchbox oven things...put a can of veggies and a can of spaghetti-o's in there and plug it in an hour or so before you plan to stop for the night. By the time you get parked, finish your post-trip, and get your paperwork lined up & ready to go for the next day, dinner is ready. Canned food is easy to carry in the truck...doesn't need anything special (like cold food), just store it under the bunk for as long as it takes for you to get around to eating it.

 

if your a company driver you can't put a APU on their truck.....? if your a company driver most likely they will not let you mount a vuqube on their truck

 

Vuqube? Video game system? are you going on vacation off to work? I can tell you from my limited experience (35 years) driving a truck that you'd be wise to put these on the back burner for awhile. If you are serious about driving for a living, you'll be too busy to enjoy these for awhile anyways. In addition to the obvious items, here's my list;
1. You should have a current model smart phone that can also be used as a mobile hot spot. All carriers have this option. Personally, I use Sprint, because I can use my phone as a wireless modem for $14/mo. I book all muy loads online, as well as using it to scan my paperwork and everything else, such as Facebook and stuff, and I never go over my allotted usage.
2. A good laptop. You will find it a necessity every day. I especially like Google maps with the Google guy you can put on the road directly in front of your stop to see what it looks like. Really comes in handy at 3 am when you get there to know the layout. You can also use the DVD player to watch movies, and just about every network has the ability to watch their current shows through their web site, if you do have the time.
3. A good Bluetooth headset for your phone. Not the cheap crap they sell for use in cars. There are several types available at truck stops. the good ones have a boom mike that is noise cancelling, so only your voice will be heard, not all the truck sounds. I use the Blue Parrot brand, and I really like it, but there are others. A good one is about $80-$120.
4. May sound dumb, but I consider a wooden back scratcher, tooth picks and Q-Tips to be a necessity. Keep the back scratcher on the dash, and the Q-Tips and tooth picks in the overhead close by. I assure you, you will be glad you have them, many times over.
5. A container such as a plastic quart size juice bottle or such. Every night, empty your change into it. After a few weeks, it will be full. I guarantee you will need change at a loading dock someday when it's taking a long time to get unloaded, and you will find all you have is a twenty in your pocket.
6. A small container such as a Glad screw top container with laundry soap. I use the Tide Pods, since they are self contained and easy to use. Truck stops charge over $3 for a small box of soap big enough for just 2 loads. What a rip off!
These are a few of my choices. There are others I could think of, but these are important. Good luck out there! Have fun too. If you're not having fun, you're just working.

 

You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RIGHT about the matress pad as to why I slept better in the trk then home.

 

why would most be gone?Company or o/o,that is your trk as long as you're driving it.Maybe im not understanding what you mean.

 

I find it funny that every time there's a post like this, people want to tell you how you shouldn't worry about having stuff that you might possibly enjoy while on the road or how you should or shouldn't spend your money.

Sapp Brothers has the VuCube on sale for $350 right now through the 31st. I was thinking about getting one but I wasn't sure if it was the one that could track while moving. Running team, it'd be the only one that would make sense for me. If I was solo, the one that has the remote control to adjust it would be fine.

If you want video games, go with a nice gaming laptop and use services like Steam, Green Man Gaming and such to get computer games cheap. The laptop can be used for so many things it makes the most sense to me. If you're a patient person, pretty much any game on Steam will be on sale at some point, especially during the summer and winter sales, and you can buy a lot of games dirt cheap. I personally stay away from bringing a console in the truck as they've never been known as the most reliable or sturdy machines. They also don't handle power issues well, which it's easy for something to get unplugged or turned off accidentally in a truck. A lot of guys have them in their trucks though so it's up to you.

 

sleep dog mattress the only way to go very well worth the money and it's made to fit a truck
n the truck but not a vuqube
we have a dish in the truck just don't have a vuqube "yet"
900w mirco, real fridge, forman grill, slow cooker, 26" hd flat screen tv, ps3, "plays blue rays", 3 laptops 1 for elog always on 1 for internet (transflo) 1 for book keeping, gps "running on ac" hp all-in-one "printer for elogs and permits, scanner for transflo, copier because it comes in handy"

all running on a 1500w invertor the only time we need to run the truck is when we are cooking or if we are down for more than 10hr's 4 GOOD batteries will run the fridge, tv, laptop's for over 10hr's