Preparing for OTR training: I think I need a coupla more pair of "drawers"!

Everything I intend to take along for the 6-week training period can be packed into 3, small to medium sized, suitcases. I have one that I'm thinking about replacing because it is not "mushable". The other 2 can be "mushed" a bit if necessary. All 3, even with the "non-mushable" one, will fit into a 3' x 3' x 2' cube of space in the sleeper. I've been living out of these 3 bags for the last month during school and, quite frankly, it hasn't been much of a problem.

Am I good to go? Lots of you team or ride along with your other halves or have been trainers. Am I really good to go or have I forgotten something?

(Again, I have lived A-OK with my sparse baggage for the last month.)

 

Probably good to go it sounds like. A decent trainer will have some closet space allocated for a co-driver, the rest can be at the foot of your bunk. Like a mesh laundry bag to keep your dirty drawers.



How was the school?

 

do you have a plan for getting prescription medication while on the road? that's if you take any. i always wondered how otr drivers took care of that!

 

30 day supplies, and as much as I try to keep my purchases local keeping your records with a national chain (Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Rite-Aide....) gives you some options on the road. Your doctor can call it in to a local shop and they can send it to your location. Talk with your doctor and explain your situation.

 

I do take a prescription med for high blood pressure. My plan, at least for now, is to have the script in the WalMart system so I can have it transferred to whichever store I might be close to when a refill is necessary.

My doc wrote the script for 10 refills so getting it called in ahead of time will not be a problem until well into 2011.

Thanks!

 

that sounds like a great plan tazz!

oh! the other thing i thought of is your wallet. do you have your credit card #'s and phone #'s written down so can cancel them immediately if someone steals it? i scanned the front and back of mine along with my drivers license, and health insurance card then saved it on a usb drive. i keep the important medication info there too. list of meds, dr.'s name and phone number, that kind of stuff.

 

You'll be fine. In a few months you'll be looking at 12 volt refrigerators, echo mics and power inverters to power your TV that you bought an analog to digital converter for. You'll have a digital antenna in your truck watching pre-season football.

The most important item in the truck is the thermo-cup. That is a must! Might collect all the reward cards from the various "travel centers" formerly truck stops including the NATSN card that pays you back when you fuel there. A gold card doubles your points!

I bet you will do fine out there.

 

That's a good idea, just make sure someone can't access that thumb drive.

 

I do the same. My wife is a manager at walmart. I went to the 3 month supply as well. I was home most weekends so I never had to get it filled on the road. Even when I went back to staying out 30 days at a time. If your script runs out wallyworld can even give you a couple days to get by on.