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Hi everyone,
I'm starting to get stuff together for when I graduate. Right now, I'm thinking about sleeping gear. I want to get a good sleeping bag, but realized that I don't know what the common bunk sizes are in the sleepers.
Should I get a single bag, or is there enough room for say a 60" wide bag?
Thanks!
Kermit

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There should not be a prob with a 60 inch sleeping bag.

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are approx the same width as a twin sized bed though often longer. Trucks like freightliner, International, Volvo all have similar sized bunks.
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Thanks CS and UT... I just wasn't sure and didn't want to get too small of a bag (hate being cooped up in tight bag).
Kermit

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Kermit, for safety's sake, I would not zip it, but use it as a blanket instead. 'Cuz you never know what could happen, and should you need to make a hasty exit, those few seconds could be the difference.
I've actually had two trainers tell me that there's some rule against having zipped bags, but I was never able to find it.
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Dredick,
Good point. I rarely do zip myself in... goes with hating tight sleeping bags. I just have to have one foot hanging out
Found me a nice 60" wide -5 bag. Should work nicely.
Kermit

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Truck stops sell custom-fitted sheets, and when accompanied by a good quality blanket, I've found are more comfortable and stay cleaner than sleeping bags...
They're a bit pricey though, about $30.00 a set.
PP

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Since you have measured your mattress have you compared those measurements with the size of a standard twin bed. I have found that in certain trucks standard twin sheet will fit....and in other the longer "dorm" sheets will fit very well and cost a lot less than those sheet sets at the truck stops.
Another option over those pricey custom sets is to buy flat sheet and use those sheet snuggers (basically a piece of elastic with a small clamp on each end) to provide a nice tight fit.
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My advice is buy a twin bed-sized flat sheet. My wife made me a comforter and a "Quillo". It's a light quilt with a pocket for your feet on one end that folds itself up into the pocket and stores out of the way when not needed. I also carry a sleeping bag for emergencencies in the wintertime.
Better to have it and not need it as need it and not have it!Just remember:If the world did'nt suck, you'd fall off!
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I don't know how helpful this could be to anyone, but here goes.....
We put out daughter's twin sized mattress in the Freightliner, and the length gap is one big pillow wide. I just use the fitted sheet for the mattress and "pretend" that the pillow is part of the mattress to finish making the bed.

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I think Ya'll may be missin the lads point of inquiry here. He is gittin ready to be goin w/a trainer which means hes gonna need a sleepin bag(well i dont guess ya really NEED a bag,but its sure a helluva lot easier)When I was doin the rookie thing my trainer required a sleepin bag(he used one too)because we both actually slept in the same bunk(NOT AT THE SAME TIME!!!!)but I remember him tellin me about there be a company rule and I wanna say some fed or state regulation about sleepin in the upper bunk while the truck was rollin down the road!?? So we pretty much operated like a team(after the first few days)and when one drove the other slept,and when ya woke up ya rolled up yer bag threw it up on top and put the other guys bag in the rack for him...it worked out pretty good!!
CD
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I agree with Chilidawg most of the time one is sleeping while the other is driving so you will be sleeping on the bottom bunk..When I was a trainer I prefered that the other person sleep on his/her own covers and cover with their own cover.
I always kept a extra quilt in the truck that was washed on a regular bases just for that purpose if the trainee only had one item of cover.
You can also just use the sleeping bag and take with you a regular flat sheet to spread out over the other persons bedding.
Do you really want to sleep in the same bed that others sleep on without covering it with something. Not all tainers or trainees for that matter are the cleanest people..
It's like wearing a strangers underwear yuck

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Thanks everyone. I have decided on a 60" double bag and a throw blanket for warmer weather cover. I'll throw in a flat sheet too just to be safe (Thanks L. Red... hadn't thought about that).
School starts in 2 weeks. There's a blizzard on the way this week (be careful driving through SD this week)... supposed to get a foot of snow tonight here in western SD. I hope there is some left over while I'm in school to learn on. I DON'T want to experience my first snow 9 months AFTER I've been solo.
Kermit

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If by any chance you don't get a chance to drive in the snow don't be afraid to ask your company next winter if you can go out with someone for a week or to because you have never driven in the Snow...Better Safe Than Sorry

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L. Red,
I'll keep that in mind. Looks like this blizzard is yet to happen. It has just been a bunch of rain so far. But I'm not complaining. This area has been so dry, it is REALLy nice to get the mositure.
Kermit