Comfort OTR

Yep we had are first nice sunny day last Wednesday.

Found a nice grassy corner area at the Loves in Marshall Michigan.

Pulled the gaming chair out and the table and set the 40 inch tv up on the steps.

Caught some Rays

 

Your still missing Pong huh!

 

I hook up my laptop to th tv with an HDMI cord so I don’t have to have it on my lap.

Run it with the cordless mouse.

 

Good running truck, good seat, good suspension, good heater and A/C, good sleeping bag, good mattress with foam under it,, tape deck, CB radio, lots of gauges, a few goobers in case you get tired, beef jerky, ice tea, a can of spray cheese and a couple good books is all I ever needed.
That's what I called living large, everything else is just fluff and excess baggage.
You need to drive a short day cab with a spring suspension, a 318 DD with a burnt out muffler with no insulation or air seat, and sleep over the wheel a few times to fully appreciate what comfort is.
Was dead tired one night about 45 years ago, out in the middle of nowhere and my body was vibrating from the Jimmy screaming all day and I was hanging onto the steering wheel for dear life so I wouldn't get air born and smack my head against the roof when I hit the bumps.
Pulled into the next truck stop, only one for the next 150 miles, parked, shut the truck off, laid over the wheel, passed out instantly and began a pleasant dream, but still can't remember her name.
Suddenly I hear an airhorn and when I open my eyes I see a set of headlights coming right at me and my first thought was that I had passed out while driving and was about to die!
I start cranking hard on the steering wheel, hammered my foot down on the brake peddle, pulled the trailer spike all the way down while trying to avoid a horrible wreck I'm about to be in, when I suddenly realize I was parked and the truck coming at me was just crawling through the parking lot.
Scared me so bad that I never slept over the steering wheel again!

 

Makes me feel better about living in a cab. How about a WiFi hook up

 

I sit indian style on the lower bunk or lay back with my head against the wall.and one foot on the bunk and the other leg crossed with leg just above ankle rested on my knee

if i sit indian style i have to get out every so often and walk around or i get stiff

 

classic story been told by many drivers it experienced that..
or the classic couple of minute power nap roll into a rest area light a cigarette put it between your fingers put your head over the wheel. when cigarette burnt down and burnt your knuckles it was time to drive again

 

I laid over the wheel and napped many a time, when I needed to be rolling. My arms would go to sleep and wake me up in between 45 minutes and an hour.
Both seats in my international swiveled and reclined. You could swivel the driver seat and watch tv, if you had a tv to watch. I bought one because my wife and son went on a round with me, and hauled it around for a couple of more months, before giving it away.
I never knew there was such a thing called a gaming chair, wouldn't want one in the way in a sleeper anyway.
When I quit playing games, you stood up to play, so I reckon I am out dated on the game thing. lol

 

That's it! Replace the drivers seat with a gaming chair! Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!

Seriously.... I spend so much time sitting in a chair. (the drivers seat) I try to spend as much time as I can differently. Sitting different, laying, walking...whatever...anything but sitting in a chair. Yes the drivers seat is very comfortable.

 

I use the Straight Talk wireless plan from WalMart for Verizon towers (ATT towers would be second best). Verizon has the best coverage but youll still find yourself without service occasionally. I forget exactly how much data the $60 plan has but its a lot. My phone has a wireless hotspot (Samsung S8) and I can hook to it with anything that connects to WiFi.

I have both a laptop and a chromebook but I think a tablet would be more convenient.

A truck with a tv mount is good cause you can mount a 24" TV to get over the air tv in a lot of places.

The a section on here called "Electronics Gadgets and Softwware" They can probably answer better any specific questions you have.