Team driving with a CPAP Machine

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  1. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    It seems to me that it might be difficult to do team driving with a CPAP machine without accidentally damaging the CPAP machine. When a team driver is trying to sleep with the CPAP machine on while his teammate is driving, if the trucker's teammate has to slam on the brakes, it could cause the CPAP machine to fall off the bed (or the table or whatever the CPAP machine is on) and get damaged when it hits the floor. And if a team driver sleeps on the top bunk while using the CPAP machine when the truck is parked, it seems to me like the CPAP machine would be vulnerable to the teammate accidentally bumping into the cord and causing the CPAP machine to fall off the top bunk and onto the floor, which would probably damage the CPAP machine as well.

    Have any of you ever done team driving while using a CPAP machine?

    If you have done team driving while using a CPAP machine before, how did that work out for you?
     
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    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    You've got too much time on your hands. This one is easy to answer and I submit the mods could close the thread after I do.

    Secure the CPAP machine in some manner. Use your imagination and possibly some basic hand tools to accomplish this task.

    Truck drivers should never sleep on the top bunk in a moving truck. That's one of the cardinal rules of trucking. It's a great way to get injured or killed.
     
  4. Chinatown

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    Get a bottle of bungees at Walmart to secure the CPAP or anything else.
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  5. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    It's not your job to decide what threads that the mods close.

    I thought that the context of that sentence about sleeping on the top bunk made it clear I was writing about sleeping on the top bunk with the truck parked. How is the teammate of the trucker on the top bunk going to walk into the sleeper berth and accidentally touch the power cord for the CPAP machine while he is driving? But anyway, I edited the OP (in boldface font) to clarify.
     
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    There is not really a handle on a CPAP machine to secure it with bungee cords.
     
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    Use velcro then. Get the bungee's anyway; they'll come in handy.
     
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    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    And no im not being a dick. When i teamed with my dad we both had a Cpap. Duct tape over one side to hold it down and that thing wont budge. And we only used duct tape because we werent allowed to use velcro since one of the other drivers was apparently allergic and we traded trucks a lot.

    My current truck also has a cabnet where the top bunk is. If i was in your situation i would throw it in there, tape it down, and just get a longer hose. They sell them upto 16 foot long.
     
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    Are you intending to team drive in the above described scenario?
     
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    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    I've thought about it.
     
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    Did you tape your CPAP Machine down and then remove the tape and put your CPAP machine away when your shift started, or did you just leave your CPAP machine permanently taped to whatever it is taped to during your own driving shift?
     
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