Electrical Load the battery can handle--- small desktop/Laptop etc?

First off, dont go with warner. Do you reaserch and find someone better. TMC is much higher pay for newbies. That being said, assuming your truck has a built in inverter (not the cigarette lighter kind) you can run all of that. As for cooking equipment, make sure its all under 1000 watts or so. Depending on the truck your laptop may or may not draint he batts, but it will cut you off of they get to low. For wifI I use milinicom. 70/month for 20gb. Its on the verizion network but tons cheaper then going direct through verizion. If its a company truck, they pay for fuel. Its in the thousands per week so they dont expect you to pay that.


Trucks dont use gas!!!

 

Hire on with a company that has APU's then you have no worry about running the trucks batteries down. Several companies have trucks equipped with APU's and hire new CDL graduates.

 

I have bought oil, windshield washer child, power steering, antifreeze. I got reimbursed for it. Took a month. Never fuel. 800 dollars to fill up, ouch.

 

Sorry, but you can't cheat and drive more hours than you are allowed.
It is not the company policy, it is Federal regulations that state how many hours in a day you can drive.

 

Do not ever park on a shoulder. Ever. If someone falls asleep, or is drunk, and hits you, you will be facing manslaughter charges.
More on topic, get a laptop. Trucks do not ride smoothly. A normal desk top will be destroyed in weeks. So unless you like replacing motherboards and hard drives, it's laptop only.
You can buy small power converters that plug into the cigarette lighter to run your laptop. But probably not a tv and xbox. They do make inverters to run just about anything, but most of your large starter companies will not allow you to install them.oTho some do have mid-sized inverters on their trucks. Strong enough to run a microwave or crock pot, even a hot plate griddle.
Lastly, you need to keep in mind you ate going to spend your first month or two with a trainer, in HIS truck. You are his guest. There just isn't going to be enough room for anything but a bag of clothes and laptop.

 

My truck doesn't have an APU but I have no problem running both my dorm fridge and CPAP machine off the Volvo factory installed inverter for 8-10 hours at a time on battery only. I warm my food with one of those road pro food warmers.

 

First off, most big companies will fire you for "cheeting". Although HOS rules suck, follow them for your firsr year and then decide what you want to do. You dont want to wreck your career do to CSA points on illegal driving. That being said,,,@ .29/mile you need to drive a lot to make a buck. Werner probably gives you around 2000 miles a week which means only 580 bucks a week. Now if you do flatbed with a company like tmc, you can average around .48/mile. (If you go with TMC's % pay scale) TMC will get you atleast 2000ish miles a week. I always made over 800 per week and made over 1000 a week regularly in my first year. Yea flatbed is more work, but it pays a lot better to. Also your just a number to a mega carrier like warner. They dont care about how hard you work. A company Like TMC only has 1500ish trucks and you actually build a relationship with you Fleet manager. If you work hard, you get the best paying loads. Your work is appreciated. Search this forum for post on warner, and post on TMC. You will see way less negative about TMC.

 

Dont do that for more then a few min ever. Its dangerous.