Questions about having a microwave in my semi-truck

If the OP wants the right OEM strap for a Cascadia here's a link, but it's going to cost more than the microwave!
A18-64018-000 by FREIGHTLINER - TIEDOWN STRAP-MICROWAVE
This is my second microwave. First one lasted 3 1/2 years.
Robot or human?
This is a godsend for microwave cooking with a smaller unit!

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JD

 

FWIW I’ve been driving a long time. Never used a fridge or microwave. Just a ice cooler. During pandemic though certain things changed for me and I was eating fast food more, drinking and pigging out while at home. Put on 50 pounds! Back in February of this year decided to start fixing myself up proper. Got a Cobra 2500w inverter with my pilot points, Magic Chef mini fridge $80 and Magic Chef 1100w microwave $40 from Home Depot.

The inverter and fridge free float behind driver seat. They don’t move at all. Microwave is free float on top bunk. It’s pretty stout and I’ve got baskets up there so it’s confined to one side. Sometimes it slides two inches forward or back, no problems. Once in awhile I have to reset the plastic turner inside. I use the seat belt canopy for the top bunk so it all stays up there.

simple and cheap setup and works magnificently. I’ve estimated it’s been saving me about $60 a week. But the best and most amazing thing is it lets me eat healthy with no hassles! Whenever I need to lose weight I do lazy keto. Basically just low carb meals.

in case it helps anyone here’s what my food load out looks like:

Atkins frozen meals - about 8g carbs per meal
Healthy choice frozen meals - 10-20g carbs
Tillamook cheese snacks - 0-1g carbs
String cheese 0-1g
Hillshire meat, cheese, cracker snacks - 10-15g, skip the crackers to cut it down to about 5g
Panino mozzarella wrapped in pepperoni/salami - 6g entire pack
Fajita beef or chicken packs - 6g entire pack
Sugar free jello - 0g
Enlightened ice cream bars - 2g
Crack an Egg egg bites - 8g

drinks: Diet Coke Diet Pepsi diet root beer diet Sunkist, water, sparkling water, diet Snapple, Bang

On the weekends still have beer/whiskey and eat out

went from 265 in feb to 221 as if this morning. I know that’s more info then this thread calls for but maybe it can help.

 

upgrade to a Galanz 3:1 and you can actually bake and cook in your truck. Not just heat up microwave meals.

 

wow! ok that’s in my shopping cart now.

 

I’ve been driving near 2 decades, always solo with my own sleeper. Never had a fridge, never had a microwave, never had a true wired-in inverter until this past February.

I’m just a minimalist by nature. Never had the slightest need and never wanted them or regretted it at all. Just decided to add all that on a whim because I have nothing better to do with my money rn except eat better.

 

Get an instant pot , the smaller 700 watt one is what I use
Makes great beef stew or pulled pork

 

Cheap little Walmart microwave will last a couple years. I have bought three of them over ten years. Never had one die, gifted one to a new driver when I was leaving that company, one is in the man cave and third one I left in the truck when I moved to operations. 120$ total for ten years. well worth it.