Nearly All Truck Drivers May Be Tested For Sleep Apnea

Prime made me do it based on BMI. Paid $600 for test and was negative. I have none of the other issues except now I'm 42. Wonder if they'd make us take it every 2 years? I don't want to pay for a test I don't need. Now that I bought a new marshmallow mattress for my truck I sleep like the dead hahaha

I had the test, only had to pay $220, knight paid the rest, however, they found that I do have apnea, so now I have to buy a cpap , looking at about $1300 in equipment I have to buy. If it helps me feel more energetic during the day, I'm all for it.

I am, however, having difficulty finding ways to eat healthy, aside from sheer willpower, which apparently I lack lol, not being able to have a way to freeze food is making things a bit more difficult. Seems like the best I can do at the moment are soups, sandwiched, and fruit. But, I feel it would be difficult to buy things like meat, or other frozen goods, since you'd only really be able to buy enough for about 2 or 3 days at a time, otherwise, it will start going bad in the cooler I would think.

Also, I'm finding it difficult to make it to a grocery. I've been running for about 3 to 4 weeks straight, and the places they send me are generally nowhere near a grocery, so I end up having to eat a lot of dennys and iron skillet, which aren't bad tasting, but they are expensive and not very good for you.

I need to find a way to store frozen foods. I guess I'll just have to buy an ice chest and a bag of ice every 2 days for keeping things frozen, but will an ice chest keep things frozen? Or just chilled?

I can see a niche business opportunity, delivering groceries to truckers at Loves and TA's etc.

Why dont you buy a refrigerator/freezer for your truck?

Its hard to drive anywhere and not be near a Walmart. My 12 VOLT TE Cooler stays between 40-45 degrees. Same as your home refrigerator. I try to stop every week to replenish perishables.

Its hard to drive anywhere and not be near a Walmart. My 12 VOLT TE Cooler stays between 40-45 degrees. Same as your home refrigerator. I try to stop every week to replenish perishables.

You have no idea...

Its hard to drive anywhere and not be near a Walmart. My 12 VOLT TE Cooler stays between 40-45 degrees. Same as your home refrigerator. I try to stop every week to replenish perishables.

You have no idea...

LOL. Thats right. G eats,sleeps, and breathes Walmart!

Why dont you buy a refrigerator/freezer for your truck?

I would, except, we are not allowed hard wired inverters, although I have heard there is a 12v DC fridge, but the thing costs like $450 or something like that.

Yeah, I could do Wal mart, but seems like I'm either going to warehouses that are out of the way, or the Wal marts are in places that I wouldn't want to take a tractor trailer yet. I'm almost never bobtail , and I'm not sure of Wal marts policy of tractor trailers on their lo .

Sambo, Walmart is your Friend. Many Walmarts allow you to park in the lot (way out away from the building) Some let you spend a 10 hour break. A few even have special places for truck parking, like a truck stop.

Just act like a guest, don't toss trash on the lot, don't run over curbs, leave the signs standing when you leave, things like that.

I use the app "Trucker Path". When I "need" a WM, I find likely stops and read the in-app reviews. You'll find the ones that let you park, etc. that way.

Great, I'll try that