Use for Catwalk or deck plate area on trucks?

It may look like plenty of room when sitting straight but when making corners and hitting different inclines all that changes. There are some resistance band equipment that might work for you and they can be stored inside.

 

I tried tying a bike back there, wrapped it in plastic, still was dirt and junk getting in plus anything tied and wrapped makes some see what it is. Many curious folks it seems.

 

I've seen a couple guys with bikes or a really small grill tied back there, never anything like you need. If it's something that can fit into the cab of need be give it a try I guess and see how it goes. Worst case then would be you need to stick it inside with you until back at the terminal.

Only thing tied to mine is a shovel and two 50 pound bags of oil dry until winter is over.

 

I kept my full bench in the sleeper top bunk

 

Your personal equipment should not be your priority as you begin your career. Whether it fits or not is a question you can better answer in a few months, assuming you’ll be with a trainer for a bit.
Don’t be asking your new employer about where you can mount it, in a few months, you’ll know exactly where to stash it.

Get good in the drivers seat, that’s job #1

 

If tied in top bunk make sure it is not going to bust loose, stuff flying around during a emergency hitting the back of the head is no fun. Things have a way of shaking apart on these smooth roads and when they become a missle it is always headed for the head it seems.

 

ALL of the space under my bunk is used by the sleeper AC and the side box storage. On the Freightliner Cascadia, the most common truck on the road, you have a few places that are about shoebox size located here and there for storage and a couple of cabinets for clothes, food. If you get a double bunk condo you can store stuff on the upper bunk area, even a dorm fridge. Many trucks have little under bunk storage for something like what you mention. You need to see the sleeper before you convince yourself you have room for stuff.

Anything you store outside the truck has a good chance of being stolen.

 

storing weights, etc. loose in the cab is just asking for it. I had a owner op with a stand up bunk, really nice layout. Stopped for traffic and struck from behind by a log truck and was pushed down the bank until the nose stopped in the swamp...

He looked like he went 15 rounds with a heavyweight as all of the contents, along with most of the furnishings, beat him up on their way out the windshield.

His exclamation, at a later safety meeting, that his seat belt saved his life quieted down everyone in the room.....

To the OP; do they still make the resistance training devices the astronauts took to the moon? I remember [early 70's] a cylindrical tension device being sold that was a civilian marketing attempt by the company that provided those devices to NASA; My high school purchased some. It was small enough to travel without being lethal.

Additionally; items on the deck plate become a magnet for DOT inspectors looking for EZ 'securement' violations and/or just something that looks unusual enough to make the man want to have another look.

It CAN be done, I knew a couple who traveled with their Harley behind the sleeper but they had a long wheelbase and a secure ramp, cradle arrangement and this guy would BS the ear off anybody talking about the Harley and/or his Pete.....