Team driving with a CPAP Machine

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  1. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    Before I had a CPAP Machine, I've fell off the bottom bunk bed and onto the floor when a teammate or student slammed on the brakes twice in my career, and I did not get hurt either time. I think that my CPAP machine would have been damaged if it fell onto the floor.
     
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    That's too bad because a lot of fat Americans would benefit from a CPAP spot next to the bed to hold a CPAP machine in place securely.
     
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    I have a 2022 Freightliner Cascadia, if you are familiar with the layout of those. My truck has a built-in refrigerator. The top of the refrigerator is like a tabletop or countertop. I think that the best way to do this is either buy or construct a crate to put my CPAP machine in, and then I could secure the crate with bungee cords. I would secure the CPAP machine with a crate as opposed to using bungee cords to secure the CPAP machine directly because the CPAP machine itself does not have any type of handles to attach the bungee cords to. But there are certain types of crates that have places on them to attach bungee cords. So the bungee cords would secure the crate, and the crate would secure the CPAP machine.

    The type of crate I am thinking of might be kind of like the crates that hold one gallon jugs of milk at grocery stores, just shorter in height. I am sure all of us have seen the crates that hold one gallon jugs of milk at grocery stores.
     
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    not all of us. :rolleyes:

    some are just lazy.:p
     
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    OCD
     
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    why didn't you secure the safety net??
     
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    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    The safety net is restrictive. Most team drivers don't use it.
     
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    I’d be more mad being the driver listening to you breathe at night:’/day.


    I’d probably hit the brakes a bunch…
     
  10. IH Truck Guy

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    This explains alot.
     
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    So ... ok ... I get it, you lack common sense and have to overthink problems that have simple solutions and are unique to the individual at the moment it happens for them.
     
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