On the subject of sleeping bags; there was not too many days ago that someone posted that he had been inspected and written up for having only a sleeping bag on his bed, solo truck; Fmca says bedding, so I guess the inspector thought he should have had sheets and a blanket. It got this guy 9 points on his CSA score. Husband took a quilt and sheets and his pillow. You can try this: put in a half way decent plastic bag first that has been fitted down in the duffel bag, put sleeping goods in and then use a vacumm to suck out the air and tape the top up or use a twisty and then tape up; this will hopefully take up some of the slack of wasted air space. Prime has their own bedding at Springfield and towels, etc. You won't need to unpack yours till you hit a truck. He found duffel bags finally at a Navy surplus store. There is a Walmart in walking distance at Springfield, so you can buy stuff you need after getting there. Husband did go ahead and buy thermometers at Prime Store, he could not find the right type at Walmart, they do not go to low enough temps. I think he said the thermo costed around $6.00. Gloves for fueling, and a good warm pair for the snow. And since there is so much flu going on, I think it would be a good idea maybe to invest in one of the hand gel sanitizers once you go out with the trainer.
That's not the intent of the regulation. Part 393.76... (e) Equipment. A sleeper berth must be properly equipped for sleeping. Its equipment must include: (1) Adequate bedclothing and blankets; I think that everyone of normal intellegence (outside of overzelous flatfeet) would agree that a sleeping bag is adequate "bedclothing" as it's used in modern language. That's a ticket that should be fought, and sent throught the Data Q's system to be overturned. As far as students at Prime are concerned, you're going to be hot bunking on the lower bunk - usually the instructor's or trainer's bunk when the truck isn't moving - whether you like it or not. It is illegal to use the top bunk while the truck is in motion, and dangerous as well in case of a hard stop. So plan on a sleeping bag - or you'll get one anyway. It's not practical to use anything else on a training truck. If you want sheets and blankets, that's for when you get your own truck.
