How much space do you have in the sleeper?

There's more space than you need. If you're not careful you can wind up with a pretty immense amount of crap. Which sucks if the truck breaks down and you have to grab a loaner or you and the company part ways and you are a long way from home. It also sucks when you get upgraded to a nicer truck and you wind up burning a day "moving".

 

I have a company Volvo 670 (pretty common) and it has what I think to be an excessive amount of space. Cubbies above the windshield, more cubbies above those, cabinets above the doors, cabinet on the floor, drawer, closet, another cubby, another big shelf thing, another deep cubby for the top bunk, and lots of room under the bottom bunk. I agree that you will probably have more space than you will need.

 

I run a Pete 388 with a 63" double bunk, and I have room for all my clothes, alot of books, my microwave, my coffee maker, my weights(40, 50, and 60lb dumbbells, as well as some plates and a 5' bar), my mini stepper, 2 4 gallon jugs of water, all my food for a week, my laptop, and other stuff I can't think of right now, and I still have room left over.

 

Take what you need, but don't over do it. Crap builds on its own. I carried a Gibson junior Les Paul and a Pignose amp. Keep in mind you might have to Greyhound it home from somewhere. If you can't get it into 2 duffle bags You've probably got too much.

 

Used Truck Tour w/Sleepers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxr85hotRDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=x5iYcKepe9o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcH85w0kAho&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=290pHoGeUjo
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=d1gPV8ifmbU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-SgRGGBBc

The other drivers told you right. Be Careful how you fill it up. It's a pain if you ever swap to a new truck, a loaner with your truck in the shop, or God forbid: you ever get fired miles away from home. You can jump on Greyhound, But how do you get a furnished small studio apartment home in one piece?

Sleeper and Drive Safe

 

If you go to the major truck websites like volvo, international, kenworth, pete, etc... They all have virtual tours of the insides of all the different trucks. DonRobbie nailed it! It really sucks when you have to switch trucks or get a loaner! Most trucks have two beds and if you have the top bunk down you can store a ton of stuff up there. When you need anything just hit the brakes! You should have plenty of room though. I teamed with my wife and great dane in a Kenworth w-9! Trust me, you will have plenty of room!

 

on the other hand im a tanker yanker with a company Volvo V620 midroof (pretty common) with a small sleeper, and it has hardly any room in the sleeper. The sleeper is almost not as wide as i am tall, so i tend to bump my feet into the end of the sleeper, i can barely stand up in it (im used to a freightliner condo), i dont have an upper bunk, cabinets are too small to put a coleman power cooler in... Apparently from the video above, my truck is the same as a 670, except right at the bottom of those nice cubbies above the windshield, is my roof. The truck is about 12'8" tall.

Don't get me wrong, it aint a coffin sleeper, but i wouldnt be able to put a guitar in the truck. I think they got a smaller sleeper to make room for the hose rack on the back of the cab lol...

and then both of my side boxes are full of work related crap... (clean) fittings in one, etc. and i have to keep 5 gallons of antifreeze on the truck...


i never did understand why anyone would want to live in a truck, no matter how big the sleeper is...

They never come with it, but some have an apu with an outlet that runs off it..but it sucks because you cant use a laptop with the engine running on those...

You can plug in a cigarette lighter type inverter on any truck, but most companies ban hard wiring inverters. Mine doesnt have an official policy but i have no need for it. Some will put it in for you.

I come home a few times a week and for weekends, and my company will let other drivers drive my truck for a day or two if they break down, sometimes. So i try to limit what i have in the truck. Plus when i quit werner, i had no idea how much CRAP was in my truck until i tried to get it all out..lol..