Comments By Stephanie D.

Thanks for the great advice! He is reluctant to take the passenger seat out in case we ever get to do a ride a long...

Thank you for sharing!

Hubby is planning on putting a cooler under a bunk on a light weight freight liner as soon as he gets done with his TNT and I need to know what size cooler to get him without him having to take out his passenger seat. Thanks! <3

He will find that Prime puts the underbunk heater in what little space you have, so I don't think he will find a cooler that will fit in what little space that will be available.

I have driven a LW freightliner with the seat in and/or out. Because of space restrictions (bunk is right behind the seats), he would be better taking out the seat for the added space he will have. He will already have minimal space as it is, so by taking the seat out he will be increasing the amount of space available and be more comfortable in the process. Also, make sure he ask's for a curtain to go around the windows up front (Prime provides them to the company drivers) so that he doesn't have to buy them at a truckstop.

I will try and look for the pictures I have from when I removed my seat so that you have a better idea of space with/without the seat.

Ernie

Thank you!

Hubby is planning on putting a cooler under a bunk on a light weight freight liner as soon as he gets done with his TNT and I need to know what size cooler to get him without him having to take out his passenger seat. Thanks! <3

As a rookie's wife, I really appreciate you sharing this. He's currently in his TNT phase and tells me every day how he can't wait to get on his own truck. He has no issues with his trainer (thankfully), he just cannot get used to trying to sleep while the other guys is driving and getting woke up at every bump, which makes me worry more about him driving the overnight shift on so little sleep. Thanks for sharing and best of luck to you! :)

Thank you all so much for taking the time to help me!!

Neither one of us have very many friends. I'm pretty close with my mom but I try not to talk about our relationship too much with her. Pretty much it was just he and I most of the time, which is certainly a huge factor in the loneliness. I can appreciate that neither of us should drag one another down by too much complaining, but as his partner, I WANT him to talk to me. Granted there's not anything he can do from the road, but I want to know what is going on in his life, that is what a relationship is to me. When you start withholding information is the beginning of the end in my mind, or can lead you into the arms of your new "confidant". I don't want that for either of us and I'm sure he doesn't either. But there just doesn't seem to be a happy medium. I don't want to stress him out and he doesn't want to stress me out but there is not a whole lot more going on in either of our lives than the "trucker path" in front of us.

And let me add that I have SO much respect for him. I am so grateful to him that he is working so hard for our family to be an excellent provider. I can rationalize all the reasons why this is a good thing for us and all the reasons we are BOTH making these sacrifices (we are in this together even though we what feels like a million miles apart). I feel silly now being such a whiner. I just had to get it out and figured this would be a good place to get some insight.

Old School, I get that I do not want to weigh him down with how I am feeling. We're both completely stressed out as it is and that is definitely causing a rift between us to begin with. Then factor in that we are both going through new experiences and fears, and I'm an emotional woman and he is a stoic man and it's just a recipe for disaster lol Who can I talk to about this stuff with if I cannot talk to him about it though? I do not want to burden him with my crap but having no one to talk to is just adding to the loneliness.

Robert, you mentioned skype. We skyped quite a bit in the beginning and haven't now in weeks. He is having problems with his cell data service in many areas. What cell company seems to be the best to use nationwide?

I will get through, I have faith that we will get through, I just needed someone to talk to about it I guess.

I do not want him to mess up his chances of getting a better job by leaving his first one before his dues are paid so to speak. We committed to this and need to see it through. Ultimately, he does want to get a local job but that is so far off in the distance it doesn't feel like it will ever be a reality.