List of stupid questions

1. no, at least none i am aware of.

2 most bed sizes are twin, some may have a full if you are very lucky, queen not happening. you can stow the mattress on the top bunk if you have a top bunk.

3.you get sick you drive till you have to take a brake. if if is major things in which you lose alot of time (more than your home time) you will lose your truck unless you own it.

4 say you want to be home on the 1st of the month shedule your appointments on the 3rd or 4th. this way if you don't get home on the 1st you still make your appontinment. also explain when you make your apointinments that you are in over the road driver.

that being said if it is an emergencey get to a local hospital in the town you are in. as far as meds goes tell the doc you are a driver and you need meds that won't interfer with your driving.

 

#1 there are a few video games, for the computer there is "Haulin", for PS2 there is "Big Mother Truckers" and "18 Wheels of Steel" but for a game that doesnt suck and you go have allot more fun with I would get "Grand Theft Auto San Andreas" for PS2 you can steel a truck, then hook to a few diff trailers and pull them around, the backing is very realistic, also there are "trucking Missions" once you get about 75% of the way threw the game.


#2 Twin or slightly smaller, if you get a 86" studio on a KW you'll have a full but you wont be likely to drive one. And just give it to your companys shop, when you get a truck it should have a new matteress in it, just tell them you dont need it as you have one of your own.

#3 if its small like a cold, you can just drive threw it, a little worse camp out at a TS till your over it, and if its longer you go home until your better. If you go with a sheety company "swift/werner/CRE/SNI/etc" you'll more then likely have to turn in your truck if your going to be out for a length of time, but a good company will just tell you to go home, and your truck AND your stuff will be right there where you left it when you come back.

#4 If its an emergency go to a hosipital or call 911. For regular stuff you can do it while home, OR find a truck stop with a doctor or a denitist in it, Iowa 80 has a Dentist, Vegas TA has a Chiropractor and i think a doctor too, quite a few TA's have these servises.





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1) none that i know of. if you have trouble backing, a $20 uhaul & $25 car dolly will teach you the basics for about the same price as a new console video game.

2) twin is most likely, but some are even a touch smaller than twin...

3) it doesnt (work). take care of yourself on the road: eat right, exercise as much as possible, and wash hands religously. avoid truck stop & terminal lounges... work through the sniffles, take a shift or two off for flu. see quack in a boxes as necessary...

4) I schedule med/dental appointments for the middle-to-last part of my hometime so i dont miss appointments when delayed. if i needed care over the road i'd look up a walk-in clinic on my phone...

 

yes, I am good at backing considering the risks and taking a timeout on not actually claiming risk-free

what is good for OP is rather than sitting at a desk running a computer - which will ^^NEVER^^ get realistic training of nerves and responses is to go rent a low trailer from any rental yard and go to some near abandoned parking area ~ when you can go backwards as good as you can go forwards go get a van-body trailer that you cannot see around, do the same thing with no cars anywhere and do not try to get close to lamp poles,......

then get some traffic cones and a few barrels and practice backing to a dock

 

don't quit your day job my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Stop over thinking it.

 

The air mattress will need adjusted every night as you will be at a different altitude every night. Be in cally at sea level in the am and stop at flagstaff az that night, 70000 ft higher. The seams on your air mattress will be screaming for relief.

 

I think you meant 7,000 feet...

 

I would just like to address your concern about sick days!
There are none.
I was with Crete in El Paso and got diarea...really bad. I ate something bad. It happens.
I asked dispatch to just let me sit for the day, near the restroom.
Dispatch had a fit and reported me to safety. Safety ordered me to wait until monday and go get a new physical....yea another dot exam. FOR DIAREA.
crete has evil dispatchers...evil