Day cab OTR

Weight.
Those fully furnished bedrooms are heavy. Most of the time when you see container or local dump guys running sleepers is because they bought a newer generation truck cheap that has an integral cab/sleeper that can’t be removed like Volvos, ihc and euro freightliners.

 

The ‘67 Pete I got was bought brand new by my uncle ordered by Marvin Rush and shipped to Fort Worth Peterbilt. It was ordered as a daycab and weighed 13910. He ran it from Texas to Montana and back weekly for 30 years either cattle or grain. During that time in ‘74 he bought a 60” Mercury sleeper and put it on. Made it a walk in. That sleeper as a stripped down shell weighs maybe 300lbs. I can scoot it around by hand on the floor of the shop. Fully furnished 1200 lbs or more. Those were lightweight compared to the factory sleepers of the time. He took it back off pretty quickly because it was screwing him out of a couple extra head of cattle and less bushels in the hopper.

As a comparison the ‘73 Pete 352 ST 110” double bunk Pacemaker cab over the family had to buy to be able to run into Florida and Georgia back then weighed 15315. Thats a heavy twin bed.

 

There is less than 400lbs difference. It’s all fiberglass and aluminum. I’ve owned a sleeper and day cab version of the same truck. It’s negligible at best.

 

As someone who was paid by the ton for many years, the extra few hundred pounds for a sleeper didn’t matter, you were still going around the scales no matter what... or you weren’t making money.

 

Everytime I look at a daycab my back hurts.

 

I use the new split sleep berth provision about once a week, sometimes more, and when I do, I'm very thankful that it's there. It can make an enormous difference getting that 2 or 3 hours back on a 14.

 

I look at it slightly different than you. I see my daycab and I know I am either going home at the end of the day or getting a room. Either way I don’t Pee in a bottle any more and haven’t for many years.

 

I don't pee in a bottle either I use a gallon jug. lol

 

With so many peabrains refusing to follow virus protection guidelines, I'll gladly piss in a jug over breathing some ######## virus laden snot.

 

Occasionally in midsummer I will stop at a place to eat with truck parking. If it hasn’t rained in a month, the odor walking across the lot reminds me how I don’t miss sleeping there. That’s when you need a mask more than inside the bldg.