Truck Stuck On Grade Crossing!! Train Coming!!! EEEEEK!!!!!

It's not hard to eat healthy out of a truck.

I am not making 5-star gourmet meals, but I am not eating junk food, either.

Nicely done Ryan!

It just seems awkard to me to try to make a "house" or a "kitchen" out of a truck. The sleeper unit is not a travel trailer or a motor home for sheer spaciousness. I prefer to have a sink, a cupboard, sewage, running water, a dishwasher, a stovetop, a range oven, a microwave, an LP grill outside and counter space for serious meal preparation. The only way I have lived out of a vehicle was by renting motel rooms along the way and having coolers full of cold stuff for sandwiches. I would have throw-away picnic supplies. The rented motel rooms often would have a microwave and a small fridge as well as tables, chairs and counter space. Not to mention a big bed, a shower, a bathroom sink and a commode.

Once again Todd you've found a way to come in here and s*** on our profession. And you've once again proven why you are a complete waste of space on this earth. It must be really sad to be you.

It's not hard to eat healthy out of a truck.

I am not making 5-star gourmet meals, but I am not eating junk food, either.

Not dumping on any person's occupation, I am just wondering and asking questions. That is all. I'm asking about having slow cookers and such reusable culinary stuff on board the rig. What does one do to wash kitchenware, pots and pans, for sanitary reasons? I can see using disposable food serving items as plastic cups, paper plates, napkins and plastic silverware that is disposable while eating out of a vehicle. I can see complete frozen microwavable meals. TV dinners. Preparing hot meals by using durable/reusable utensils without sinks, hot water, soap and/or a dishwashing machine seems not feasible to me. Does your truck have an automatic dishwasher on board? I doubt it. A navy ship or cruise ship has a galley for this purpose. Trains have kitchen cars or dining cars with all these provisions. On a commercial airliner, frozen or refrigerated complete meals that are commercially packaged are simply warmed up by the stewardess in some sort of oven. I believe the commercial airplane even has a sink and running water in the food prep area or galley. Space astronauts drink Tang through a tube on flights.

I can see and appreciate that life on the road as a driver has special logistical concerns. If one is strictly a local driver, then a brown bag lunch or a personal cooler and a thermos might suffice for the shift. I see the future of motor freight as having autonomous driving for long distance and perhaps reserving human drivers for short distance. Robots don't need sleepers, food, water, toilets, beds or showers. Railroads in some parts of the world are already doing this. Have human hands involved within the first few and last few miles of the long freight trip.

I'm a practical person and like practicality. I'm an analytical and logical person.

And no, this motor freight occupation like any other, is not for the masses. Being a librarian might not be for you if extreme quiet drives you crazy.

You post the same useless crap as a question/narrative/monologue every time you get on here. This ain't FB, TT, or Bravo TV.

You're never going to drive, so why are you (under any of your various names) on here?

I started it after parking earlier today and set it on the 10-hour setting. Let it cook while I slept and continued while I drove to my 1st of 2 deliveries. I am waiting to back into a door, so I have a healthy meal to eat while waiting. This is enough for at least 4 meals. What I don't eat by tomorrow when I get up, goes into the refrigerator to be eaten later.

Contents: 3 pork cutlets

1/2 bag brussel sprouts

1/2 bag baby carrots

1 bag cauliflower florets

1 bag chopped broccoli

1 red potato

1 yellow onion

1 beef bullion cube

I am not someone who enjoys cooking, and I find making meals like this no bother at all. I cook for necessity. When I first started driving, I did the fast food and truck stop diner thing. I started putting on weight and seeing a rise in my blood pressure. Staying healthy is part of protecting my CDL , so I made dietary changes. Easy peasy.

My my. There are some hostile folks here. This thread of mine started about RR grade crossings. Somebody here mentioned my weight or obesity. So this thread got out of hand and gravatated toward food issues. Who in the devil here is to judge me as to what I will do and never do here? Nobody here knows anybody here personally. There is a lot more to the motor freight trade than driving anyway. I might become a telework logiositics manager someday. I might become a diesel mechanic. Does one need a CDL to become a diesel mechanic?

I judge you because you're a complete waste of our time, Todd.

As for future career paths, you have reached your zenith.

Curious on how you OTR guys get your exercise in on the road ? Running/jump rope possibly biking if space on the rig allows. I've seen some collapsing bicycles that fit almost anywhere. I'd assume hitting a gym regularly would be near impossible given the nature of the job . As an avid workout enthusiast and boxing practitioner ,I'm really curious. Anyone have some creative ways they get thier blood pumping out there when you can of course?

Fighting with dispatch, city traffic, and reading some of the posts on here. That gets my blood flowing some days.