Truck Stops? v Grocery Store

There are many places to shop for groceries including wal mart.

 

Sometimes grocery stores/Wal-Marts are within walking distance of truck stops.

 

You will find that grocery stores and Walmarts and the like that are "truck friendly" or near truck stops are far and few between but they are here and there. We never bobtail anywhere so this makes things more problematic as opposed to working at some gigs where you may typically bobtail somewhere a few times a month

If you will be OTR and staying out for extended periods, the best bet is to stock up heavily on the nonperishables from your preferred list while home. Try and keep your dining expectations realistic. The simpler and less complicated your preferred foods list is, the better.

But if you're "regional" and can be home every week or two, that makes things a lot easier and gives you more options.

 

Depends, free time usually will find yourself locked in the cab of your truck. The ELD, from my understating will not allow us to bobtail to say a steak house or movie theater. And then you have company policies, some will require you to stay with the vehicle. Much will depend on who you work for and how the ELD is programmed. These ELDs are really going to make a mess of things out here in regards to you doing anything.

I was talking to a Swift driver, long story but the truck stop we were at did not have food. I told him to head on up the road, just a few miles, and there was a fuel stop that had several restaurants within walking distance. He couldn't move the truck, the ELD had him shut down. I saw him inside eating one of those god awful frozen cheese burgers.

This ain't trucking, this is slavery. Good luck.

 

BS , as long as you not loaded you can use your PC how you want, I am staying 4-6 weeks at a time as OTR, and manage to bobtail to Wal-Mart's, movie theaters, visit downtowns etc, without any problems with ELD!

 

I don't have one. But, I do talk to drivers that do. As I stated, it depends on the company you drive for. And no need to be insulting. Reread my post.

 

When I was with Swift you don't have PC line 5 as a company driver. Although you can BT anywhere you want as long as you had any of your 11 hr drive time left.

 

How far can you walk? In my time anything within 5 miles is legit for food, entertainment etc. I once walked to the hotel at San Antonio Petro which was about 2 miles east on the freeway and service roads. Got a room and no problem. A nice walk under the stars. If I had to I sometimes walked up to 15 miles, it only takes about 7 hours max one way.

You buy food and cook it in the truck using a dutch oven or something. And yes sometimes it's horrible that is when you know not to eat it when you consider that your gut is about 70% of your total immune defenses to being poisoned, sick, infected etc.

You can certainly stop somewhere for a few minutes to get something. Make it that 30 minute mandatory break for today. Have at it. Mall of America in MN? Stay a day. Ha.... Don't get lost.