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His first trip out, any advice would be apreciated
TJ

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Other than what you stated in your reply in the other thread, I would add just a couple.
1) Work Gloves (canvas type)- great for pulling handles that have lots of road grime on them.
2) Pens and a note pad for jotting down directions and stateline milages.
3) Before you're turned loose from your trainer invest in a good Road Atlas (Rand McNalley), a directory of truckstops(so there's no surprises when you reach a destination and no place to eat or sleep), a hammer and a crowbar(hammer to help with sticky pins and crowbar to pull nails from the floor of trailer), vise grips(also handy when pulling trailer pins.
4) Some money to live on. Figure 25 to 30 dollars a day for food and other daily essentials.
Things you don't need is a cooler, CB radio. Your trainer will have these items.
My Thermos still has more miles than most drivers.
ExtruckdwellerExtruckdweller

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Hola Matador. Thank you also. I was wondering about the type of glove. So far, within 24 hours of my posting I'm starting to feel better. I wasn't expecting such a fast and "news you can use" response.
Larry G. Logan

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For making note of mileage at state lines, I use a pocket tape recorder (dispatch buster). The reason for this is, usually a state line is in the middle of a bridge or right downtown (such as Kansas City).
Much easier to just click a button and talk than to try and write numbers in a bouncing truck while surrounded by traffic.
Then,while doing the end of the day paperwork, I'll write the mileage on my trip sheet.
Good Luck!

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If you smoke a carton or two of cigarettes..I see that you are from Tennessee and ours are almost as cheap as you will get them any where. Trucks stops will charge you double..
As a old trainer I would suggest no luggage..
use a duffle bag or something flexable.
Your Own Pillow and blanket or a sleeping bag
4-5 changes of clothes at the most.
If you are a coffee drinker a mug with lid is always nice to have.

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Work boots, and/or recomendations for boots:
Steel toe or safty toe with lace up ankle support height and side zippers. Short rubber slip on overboots to go with them.
The reason I say this getup is because, the safty toe is a no brainer,(doesnt nessarily have to be steal) the lace ups, so you can always adjust how tight they are when they start to stretch,the ankle support height, because It's not at all that hard to trist an ankle climbing up on a truck or trailer. Side zippers so you can get in and out of them fast(especially after you've been in the sleeper for a spell and prior to that you've had something to drink and/or eat- all that bouncing around tends to make you a real regular guy if you know what I mean.)
The overboots for additional cold weather insulation value and to keep your feet dry in the winter as well as spring/summer rain.(slip ons so you can get them off when you want to).
Boot brands? Hitech, Bates (also called trooper boots, part leather, part fabric, so they breathe, I have both of these and their reasonably light weight, once you get them broke in you'd think you were wearing hikers) Rocky brand boots, ($$$ though) Cat work boots.
Take an extra pair of shoes/boots if you buy new until you get them broke in though.
Sorry to get long winded, just really trying to help.

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Maybe I should change where I'm from, before the enforcement types take notice.

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Since we are talking shoes and saftey..
*SHOWER SHOES*