Personal Hygiene

I am getting ready to start trucking school. Then on to the open road with a company trainer. When do we have time to take care of laundry and showers? I am so new it is probably a dumb question. Looking forward to my new career

Woah, Citrus Heights! You're walking distance from me. I live off of Walerga Rd.

Chances are you'll be doing laundery once a week. Sometimes more often sometimes less. It really depends on how much time free time you have. Just know that the trainer won't make you wait 3 weeks between laundry days.

Usual company policy for showers is at least once every other day. You'll probably be getting a shower every other day, but don't expect a shower a day and also don't be surprised if sometimes you get a shower every 3 days. Won't happen much but it could happen here and there.

Truckers really take showers? ROFL!

Anyway, good question. It is not dumb. I was wondering the same thing.

So much of it depends. For me, I average every other day on showers and about every 2 weeks on the laundry. Being a skateboarder, the weekends are usually a long haul or maybe a shorter haul where you can squeeze in a 34 hr restart. Either way, you have the opportunity to get laundry done. The shower bit is a bit more random. Depending on time, you may spend the night at the shipper or consignee to maximize hours. I'm not one who tries to get a shower in on my 30 minute break. At the same time, I'm lucky that while I melt rather than sweat, I typically don't have an issue with odor. Then again, it is just me in the truck. I do know that showers take on a whole new meaning after 2-3 days without. StarCar's wipes are extremely handy at the end of a hard day when you are stuck in a gravel pit or the end of a dead end road waiting to load at zero dark thirty the next morning. Think of it along the lines of camping.

When we were teaming...TSB figured out that if I didn't get a shower ATLEAST every other day....my fangs grew...