Questions about Life on the Road

That's so 20th century. The New Canadians cut a hole in the sleeper floor.

 

Stadium pal is the way to go.

 

Naw just use your pilot points for soup & junk somedays.
Buy only what you can carry is my rule for grocery stores no carts allowed.
Hell a pot of chili will last me all week.

Ice waters free from pilot with your own cup.

I'm more of a bean man. Kidney & refried mostly.
I'd pull in all the time at local farmer markets for tomotoes & potatoes.

$16 bucks a month was usually what I spent if I didn't splurge on a pizza or somin. Usually just used fuel points for that before they took away pineapple.

 

Male truckers pee in bottles.
Female truckers pee in zip lock bags.

What's more acceptable?

 

I knew a guy who I recommended for a PT janitor job at the local truck stop when they had a sign up needing help..
He says when its real busy and they cant keep up w demand that he (and others)would just dry the towels in the dryer w/o wash..

 

That makes sense. I was wondering if maybe you were a malnourished Nicaraguan kid and Sally Struthers was feeding you that grey mush.

 

You are fixing to find out the answer to all those questions !

 

Most trainers will stay out the full training period and take a week off after taking you back to terminal for graduation

 

when i was in school last month a lot or the recruiters said the didn't run the students like a team anymore.more or less letting the student be independent. wish i would have got that when i started out in 1980,we ran team for .22 split..11 a mile

 

I drive 8 hours or close to it.Take my break and fuel at the same stop....drive 3 more and knock that 11 hours out.

As far as the 10 reset,The trainer can run off of the recap and possibly run all days but most likely may have to do a 34 hour reset on the road.Some companies may put you in a hotel for that and some may not.

On the shower issue,Most give you 2 towels,washcloth and hand towel.( I like TA and Petro before Pilots for a shower) Also hitting a shower during the day you hardly ever have a wait.
I carry a spray bottle of Clorox cleanup and hit the shower floor with it before I shave,brush teeth,ect.
It will kill any germs or foot fungus that may be on the floor.
Flip flops in a big zip lock bag is great for the shower also.

Get a rewards card for every truck stop chain and build those points!