Doing local deliveries and eating on the road?!

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  1. brian991219

    brian991219 Road Train Member

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    Yes, some car hauling jobs have a lot of walking. I did mostly wholesale work into auctions, so I would make 5-7 stops each day picking up cars, haul them to one of the auctions I serviced and then unload. My main auction, Manheim New York (in Newburgh) the truck lot where we unloaded was 7/10 of a mile from the gate we parked the cars at, plus walking to get the cars pulled out of the auction for the next days delivery and walking at each dealership stop.

    I was in the best shape of my life when I was car hauling, same as my days as a heavy duty tow truck operator, which also required a lot of labor especially cleaning up a truck wreck with spilled cargo.
     
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  3. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    I left home January 17th,2008 and returned home the third week of December. Was working in northern Alberta Canada. The money was obscene, but there were very few restaurants. There were no grocery stores. Everything available was premade sandwiches from a cooler in a cstore. I got sandwiched out.

    I remember leaving, heading south and stopping at a Flying J in Grassland AB that had hot food. Cold as hell, middle of the day, and it’s dark outside because of heavy snow and howling wind. They had hot food that required a fork. Being up in those areas feels like being on a different planet. So desolate that it feels as if you are in some post apocalyptic wasteland. Like the Book of Eli was about a truck driver searching for hot food.
     
  4. Warrior Pump

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    I bring a couple tuna pouches in my cooler to work each day. If I get to eat out at work, I save the pouches for the next day.
     
  5. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    I packed a insulated soft side cooler with a nice ham sandwich with lettuce pickles and cheddar Cheeze. Keep the lettuce separate so it dosent water log the bread. Bottle of mustard. Big handful of raw carrots. Maybe some grapes or similar. Never ate anything out of the truck stops.
     
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  6. truckerlife512

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    I consider myself a professional level athlete in weight lifting so I'm strict on my diet on the road. I snack on jerky and nuts. I eat a lot of tuna pouches also, it's easy to store in a truck, easy to make on the go. I keep a (1 Gallon Thermos) that I feel up before taking off. That gives me cold drinks all day long.
     
  7. OldeSkool

    OldeSkool Road Train Member

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    I identify as a professional weight lifting athlete.
     
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  8. '88K100

    '88K100 Road Train Member

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    IMG_4410.jpeg You can eat right canning meat etc,, doesn’t need any refrigeration and it’s frigging awesome. Long shelf life
    Excellent out of the jar or warmed up and cheap like borscht!
     
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  9. Zoltan1a

    Zoltan1a Road Train Member

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    fish fry
     
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