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#11
06-18-2007, 12:31 AM
Originally Posted by DaveP
Originally Posted by inmate1577
All I'm saying is that you keep the cab light. Get a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter, a case of water and some healthy non-perishable snacks. Forget useless junk like TV's and DVD players and anything else that adds weight to the tractor, like a cooler. Weigh your tractor sometime and then empty out useless junk like electric coolers etc..
You'll be amazed at the difference in weight. Currently I carry only non-perishable items , a laptop, sleeping bag , clothes and thats it. Its not a home, its not a LIFESTYLE, its just a job. Yep...nuthin' like it. :lol:
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#12
06-18-2007, 12:49 AM
You must be home a lot more than most OTR drivers. On average, a driver will be away from home 12-14 days and home 30-40 hours, then right back out.
My home is in my truck. I go visit the people living in the house I'm paying for. As for the extra weight, who cares? I get paid by the mile, not by the pound. If a load is over 45,000lbs, I can't put it on my truck. Removing the 10# worth of cooler & sodas, 10# for my laptop, and maybe 30# worth of other stuff in the truck will not make a difference. Maybe you should have your company remove the passenger seat, the bunk(s), the cabinets, etc. Better yet, get a day cab with only the drivers seat. Why would anyone NOT want to have some type of entertainment when there are times you KNOW you will be doing a lot of sitting around?
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#13
06-18-2007, 01:45 AM
Inmate are you the guy I see sleeping in the tv room at the truckstop with the infomercial on it at 2 am.....LOL :lol: :lol: jk
Not me I'll be sitting in the truck drinkin ice cold red diamond sweet tea, watchin a dvd, eatin something i just cooked in the truck ,talking to the wife on the cell phone ,posting here on the web with my laptop, I'm gonna be enertained when in my truck
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#14
06-18-2007, 02:44 AM
Originally Posted by cclarke1268
Inmate are you the guy I see sleeping in the tv room at the truckstop with the infomercial on it at 2 am.....LOL :lol: :lol: jk
Not me I'll be sitting in the truck drinkin ice cold red diamond sweet tea, watchin a dvd, eatin something i just cooked in the truck ,talking to the wife on the cell phone ,posting here on the web with my laptop, I'm gonna be enertained when in my truck As far as being home, I'm home 2 days for every 14 out. I dont look at a truck as a home, I dont look at it as a lifestyle, face it, its a job, nothing more nothing less. Like I said, my home and my family is my "lifestyle" and if you have kids, you'll know its far more challenging than drivng a truck. 
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#15
06-18-2007, 02:48 AM
Originally Posted by inmate1577
All I'm saying is that you keep the cab light. Get a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter, a case of water and some healthy non-perishable snacks. Forget useless junk like TV's and DVD players and anything else that adds weight to the tractor, like a cooler.
#16
06-18-2007, 03:20 AM
Well as far the lifestyle goes if your at your JOB more than you are at home 14 out 2 at home this IS a lifestyle :roll:
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#17
06-18-2007, 10:47 PM
Originally Posted by cclarke1268
Well as far the lifestyle goes if your at your JOB more than you are at home 14 out 2 at home this IS a lifestyle :roll:
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#18
06-19-2007, 02:25 AM
Originally Posted by inmate1577
Originally Posted by cclarke1268
Well as far the lifestyle goes if your at your JOB more than you are at home 14 out 2 at home this IS a lifestyle :roll:
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