Questions about life inside the cabin.

Hey, 25(2)+2

How about ((square root 5 plus 1) divided by 2) ...
?

Now that, is an interesting number.

 

Like the other posters stated, most of the beds are fairly good size and you should have plenty of room in most sleepers. You also have the option of different kinds of mattresses and even the option of having a custom mattress made. I would say that out of all the makes of trucks that the Volvo's and Cascadia's probably have the biggest beds along with the Prostar. Of course the W900's and Western Stars are probably the largest but most companies don't utilize these trucks as company trucks. In every truck usually the bottom bunk is quite larger than the top bunk and also a lot more comfortable. In some trucks like the Volvo 780 the bed actually folds up and you have a little table and chairs set up in place. Kind of looks like a restaurant booth.

If you want to get a good glimpse or idea what the different makes of trucks look like on the inside then you can visit the different manufacturer websites and most have a virtual tour of the inside of the truck and sleeper. Here is one of the prostar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3zkzTvcMw

Either way as a company driver you are pretty much going to have to drive what is issued to you. With that being said it really is a good idea to wait to buy anything for your truck until you find out exactly what truck you will be driving. All trucks are set up different on the inside. Once you are issued your truck drive it over to the Walmart and deck it out!

 

If you are a wide guy like you said. I would be more concerned about the sleep apnea testing. Lots of companies are going to flag you if you are over a certain BMI. Normally 35 bmi and 17 inch and above neck. They will make you get a sleep study and some cases you have to pay lots of cash out of pocket even if you don't have it. Also most companies want you to run as soon as your break is up. If freight is available. So not a lot of free time during the week. Unless you are on your 34 restart or in a bad area where there are no loads. Just something to think about.

 

I'm 6'4" and have no problems stretching out even with a TV stand I made cutting off some room at my feet.

A laptop with a 85w power supply will be no problem. I've only had issues with one that pulls around 147, my others worked fine.

 

Golden Ratio

 

If you want a lazy boy and all that stuff best bet is try and find a company with some mover companies still doing it, with 130in bunk layouts. or buy one. you can pick up a late 90s up to about an 01 for 30 to 60 grand. as for the power issue. if that little cig invertor is to small you can install a bigger invertor that wires up to the batts. the make them all they way up to 5000 watts.

 

Well AlBundy you're going about it the right way! Find out everything you possibly can before jumping in. It may sound minor to others but if that is something that is important to you then by all means find out whatever you can, it will help you prepare for what to expect and keep the surprises down to a minimum. You may not necessarily be able to stock up on supplies and furnishings quite yet but at least you will somewhat have an idea as to how life can be lived in that truck. When I first thought about getting into trucking there really wasn't any internet yet but my neighbor and his son were both truckers and I would spend hours talking with the both of them about it. Once I felt interested enough to start pursuing the idea I went down to the local CDL school and they actually had a truck fair one weekend in which you could go and talk to drivers from different companies and owner operators and also they let you sit up in their trucks and check them out. It really made it very interesting (and was an excellent sales tactic!) and after sitting up in those big trucks all day on Saturday I ended up signing up for school on the following Monday!

Was a great experience but wasn't nearly as informative as the websites like this that we have access to today. So use all you have to your advantage and find out as much as you can before hand.

 

And don't forget you can also have a refrigerator if there is room, or one of the igloo, or coleman plug in 12v types; microwave; grill etc. The more you can make to eat in your truck to eat, the healthier it is and a who lot less costly.