Winter pack for local drivers

I always carry a small duffel bag with me. Change of clothes, toiletries, other odds and ends I don't need daily but use often enough to keep on hand. Lysol wipes for when the last person to drive the truck was a pig. I slip seat, and it can be a pain, but it only takes once having to lay over without it to realize it's worth the effort.

Wintertime I add an extra sweatshirt or two, bottles of water, some snacks. Also a lighter, a big fat candle, and a little metal pail to contain it. My truck gelled up in -20 weather a few years ago and stranded me in the middle of nowhere with no heat. Wrecker was hours away because everyone was having the same problem. That candle kept the cab warm enough that while I wasn't exactly toasty warm, I wasn't going to freeze even with a window cracked for fresh air. Just be careful to not set yourself on fire and create a new set of problems.

 

We get some bad winter days here I always watched the weather channel and got back to the yard before it got too bad.

 

I always carried thermal blankets with me , never actually needed them, but our old tractors always broke down so I was prepared in the middle of nowhere.I always had one of those Elmer Fudd hats too, NO ONE ever seen me wear it, but it was there Hahahahaha !