Do some OTR truckers really spend $60 a day?

It don't take much to spend 60.00 a day if you stop at every other trk stop.Ive seen the inside of some trks when they open up the door,you literally need a shovel to make a path so my quess is some drivers spend well over that in a day.

 

You mean shovel a path through all the truckers that eat to much.

 

I couldn't fathom spending $60 per day. I'm $10 or less. Usually less. I generally pack meals, prepared on Sunday (leftovers, plus whatever I want to make) into tinfoil containers I throw in the heater lunchbox.

Occasionally if I get holed up early in a major truck stop with time to spare and I feel like it's been a successful day, I'll buy something from a restaurant.

 

pretty much,a driver for a company I drove for had one of the most deplorable trks I ever saw.Food wrappers all over the place.He gave me 50.00 every time I did his laundry for him.

 

That's discusting.Back in the day my trainer for Werner was a slob and very good at it.If he wasn't such a good trainer I would have traded him in for a new model.Pop all over the floor,I didn't dare walk around barefooted or my socks on,a few feet and they would have been black.He used the dash for a trash can as well as the space that's suppose to be for your belongings.Then one day we sat all day at a customer that's when I decided its time to do some major cleaning.He paid me 100.00 bought me smokes and a steak dinner,I didn't exspect anything I just couldn't stand it any longer.He was very proud of his trk.He didn't think it was possible to get it that clean.I got tired of living in deplorable conditions.Heck when I took a shower it didn't take long to feel like I needed another shower after getting in his trk because it was so full of filth.

 

Not that I know of,lol. But he did have BO issues and I wasn't afraid to tell him to clean himself up.I was brutally honest with him at times.

 

My main concern was getting trained safely and going solo so I overlooked all the stuff most trainees would find offensive.Him and I never argued once and if we had issues we would talk to each other rather then crying to the company about it.I spent thanksgiving holiday 4 days with him and his family.During that time we practice a lot on my backing and shifting.