Keeping Your Truck Organized

Posted in Trucker Lifestyle by Brian ·  

When you spend so much time in your rig, your truck is your world. It’s everything to you – livelihood, office, home away from home (if you have a sleeper cab), and your transportation. There’s not much that your job requires that isn’t done from your cab. That’s why keeping your truck organized is so important.

Think of it this way, an unorganized truck could mean that you lose things you need, waste time looking for lost items, or they could roll under your brake or gas pedal and cause an accident. It’s best if you follow the old adage “a place for everything and everything in its place.”

Whether you’re talking about logbooks, other paperwork, flashlights, tools, food, clothing, and everything else you might need has to be easily accessible. Having your cab and sleeper organized can mean the difference between finding what you need or not. Organizing your cab and sleeper can be done with a little bit of planning. You may have to use be creative in your organizing but the results will make your job easier.

You want to have everything that you need within arm’s reach, for efficiency and safety’s sake. It’s important to have change for any toll road you travel within reach so. By taking your eyes off the road and your hands off the wheel, you’re putting yourself and other drivers at risk. Think about the time, and money, you could lose if you had to pull off the side of the road to find something you needed?

One of the easiest ways to keep your paperwork organized is to purchase an “office in a box.” This plastic container has a place for hanging files. You can create a filing system for receipts, maps, logbooks, or various other papers you need for individual routes or jobs. This can be placed next to your seat. You can also put other office related items – pens, pencils, etc. – inside the box to keep them contained.

You can place CDs in a holder that fits on your visor. Change can be kept in a cup so it doesn’t scoot across your dash. Your cab most likely has at least one drink holder, so don’t be afraid to keep a drink in it.

If you have a laptop computer, you can get a computer stand and modify it to remain stable in your cab. The stand will allow you to reach and see the monitor as well as have it available for someone in the passenger’s seat. Be sure to get a strap to hold the computer in place or even use Velcro strips.

Find a place to put everything in the sleeper. Use the storage areas in your sleeper. Think vertical by hanging items off the sleeper ceiling or on the walls. Putting items away when you’re finished with them will make keeping your entire cab organized and everything where you need it when you need it.

It’s so important to keep your cab and sleeper organized, not only to keep you on time, but also to keep you safe. Keeping your truck organized may take a little bit of effort to start with, but you’ll find it’s easier to maintain than you think.

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