Company with big sleepers
 

Does anyone know of a company that allows small children (18months) AND has trucks with sleepers like 120 inch plus...

Re: Company with big sleepers
 

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD DO NOT BELONG IN A TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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An 18 month old baby has no reason to be on the road and in a truck. I can't think of any company that has a sleeper that big either. Companies are looking at profit margins and big sleepers don't bring in any money.

There is a company out of California that has super sleeper trucks. They haul aircraft parts all over the country. Do not recall their name though, and for some reason I am thinking they are team only.

I can not say that I disagree with the above sentiments though. A truck is no place to raise a kid. Out of curiosity though are you thinking about doing this solo, as in you alone with the kiddo?

Here's a qustion for you.
Where do you plan on putting the car seat? When the truck is moving, the kid would need to be in a car seat and you cannot put the car seat in the passanger seat.

why dont they belong in a truck of that size, and why do u need to reply to a post when u have no info on the topic

Why? Because a child should be brought up in a home, NOT IN A TRUCK!!!!!!! I'm glad that you feel that it is ok to bring a child up living in a truck!!!!!!! Do you know anything about trucking? If you do, then way would you even put a child's life into that situation. As for the topic, THERE ARE NO OTR COMPAINES THAT HAVE SLEEPERS THAT BIG! AND NO OTR COMAPNY WILL ALLOW A CHILD OF THAT AGE TO RIDE IN A TRUCK! The insurance compaines will not allow it!
And by the way, this is a open fourm. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO REPLY TO ANY POST AND VOICE MY OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes you do but there is no reason to shout. :wink:

Speaking as a parent of a 17 year old and a 2 year old as well as a former OTR truck driver I believe that I can answer that question.

For kids to grow and develop properly, physically and mentally, they need freedom of movement. Keeping them strapped into a car seat will severely hinder that development as they will not be able to exercise their muscles, they will not be able to explore and play which is fundamental to their developing minds.

Beyond that, small children are very sensitive to environmental conditions. There are a lot of pollutants in a truck that may have little or no effect on an adult or older child but can lead to respiratory problems in an infant or toddler.

Next is what I call the fuss factor. Even children that love to travel eventually become tired of being locked down in a car seat and will begin to whine, cry, scream. If you do not believe me load your kid up in your car and go for a 600-700 mile drive and only allow yourself to stop for 10-15 minutes every 200-300 miles. Also along these same lines, your kid is likely to spend enough time sleeping that they will not want to sleep very much when you are stopped and wanting to sleep yourself.

Double R is wrong only on one point he has made. You can place the car seat in the passenger seat, though that is not an overly safe place for it to be, but the entire time the vehicle is in motion the child will have to be in the car seat.

first of all who said the child was gonna be raised for 18 years in a truck second of all there are companies who do allow children of that age i guess u dont know a thing about trucking and i dont appreciate being crticized about having a child on a truck why dont u take a look around the next time ur in a truck stop oh ur probably one of the morons who sit behind the computer all day instead of being behind the wheel then drivers like me have to pick up ur slack, ur probably not even a driver just a washout from a no name hick driving school by the way i do know the industry i am a 3rd generation driver

i think your talking about souther pride transport out of san diego ca

there all o/o................big beautiful trucks........ 8) 8) 8)
baby's in trucks................give me a break....... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :? :? :?

"southern pride".....that is :oops:

Truck stop? What is that? I sleep in my own bed at night like I have done for the past nine years as a driver. You have a real attitude I see. Sorry I did not give the answer that you were looking for and tell you what a wonderful parent you are to take a baby in rig all over the country. Nice way to bring a child up. And one more thing, I did not personally attack you in any of my reponses so I would appriciate if you would do the same and leave them out of any future replys to me. If you don't know what I mean, I suggest that you read the rules that CAD has in place and then re-read you posts.
Know that is funny. Before you critize someone, perhaps you should know a little about the person. You know nothing about me but I give a little background. I never attanded a driving school. I was trained by a HHG company that I was working for when I was 23. And yes, I do know about this industry, that is way I wonder why you would even expose a child of that age to this industry. :roll:

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opps, my bad uturn. Here in PA it against the law to have a car seat or a booster seat in the front seat of a car. Didn't know that you could do that in a truck. Then again, my son will never be in a semi until he turns 18 and then he will be a helper on the truck employed by the company(only in the summer between semester :wink: )

Double R, every state that I know of that requires a child seat to be in the back seat is only on vehicles equipped with a back seat. :wink:

Beyond that I would not even think of taking a kid on the road until s/he was at least 10 and then that would only be as a summer ride along for a couple of weeks (3 at most).

If I had to give up my stay at home dad gig and return to work, and even if my health would allow me to drive a truck again, there is no way I would take my 2 year old on the road, even if it was just one local run a month.

Yup, but you might want to tell that to some of the cops around here :wink:
You get my drift :wink:

Yep they are the ones.

A few years ago they were advertising for company drivers along with O/O's, though that may very well have changed.

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Yeah I hear yeah there. Some times the most uniformed people on laws are the ones who are suppose to be enforcing them.

Keep an open on this thread Ridge Runner, I have a feeling it will hit the sh%$$er real soon :D

Yes sadly there are. There are also companies that will allow you to take 4 kids, 3 wives, and 9 dogs with you at the same time. Still does not make it safe or right for all concerned.

Tell what you do if you are so dead set on harming this child's development. You might as well go all the way and hire on with Prime as a lease purchase driver. You can then take whoever or whatever you want with you. This way when your kid is 4 before he walks, 8 before he speaks in complete sentences, and 14 before he reads at a 1st grade level, you can also be sure he does not have any financial future as well. :roll: :roll:

Better yet. If you are unwilling to do what is in the best interest of this child put the kid up for adoption and let a family who will put the child first give him the love, attention, and every developmental advantage possible have him.

double R, you seem ashamed of ur profession. What diffrence does it make exposing ur child at youth age as opposed to 18?- this job is what i do for living,i'm not gonna hide that from him. its the reality. maybe it seems wrong to bring the child on the truck in your eyes, but not MY eyes. i have a right to do so- just like u have the right to ur opinion. its not against the law for me to do so-
my wife and i will take care of him, we r researchin this decision- thats why we r looking at large sleepers as opposed to the normal sleeper size.
some people might say its bad to drop ur kid off at daycare- alot of parents do w/ no research- there may be a former criminal employeed there-at least our child will be w/ us.

we can have toys, kid dvds, everything we need on a large sleeper for our son. we can stop at rest areas and let him run around or a playground or mcdonalds playground.
were there to monitor and help filter out negative sides of the industry, but if u think that this industry is that negative, u seem pretty pessemistic, then why R U IN THIS INDUSTRY? if you think its that bad...
what about the good things? the travel- beautiful scenery- learning the geography n landscape of America, weather...
meeting diffrent people-
learning what makes this country run..

Since you are "researching" I suggest you talk to your pediatrician about your plans and see what your kid's doctor has to say about having your child in a vehicle that will be moving 10 hours a day or so.

I try to but I gotta sleep sometime :P It started out kinda "hot" but it looks like everybody took a deep breath and are able to debate in a civil manner. Thank you ALL for turning it down a notch.


Ridge

He could always grow up and drive a truck. :P :shock:


Sorry I couldn't just let that one go by. :wink:

deaf child
 

the child will be deaf before it reaches 4 yrs old
what kind of person would bring a child of 18 months into life over
the road

im gonna guess that no one has though about weather or not this is out of necessity I.E. They lost their house or some other Extenuating circumstances. i can't believe how closed minded this thread is no one has thought to ask if there was a valid reason that they are taking an 18 month old over the road.

Selfishness??? :shock:

It's because a large percentage of responses here come from 20-somthings who haven't even lived yet but think they have, oversized egos, and your run-of-the-mill- know-it-all's...

I can count on less than 10 fingers the folks I even read anymore.

You ever raised an 18 month old? Ever heard of terrible two's? Do you want this situation going on in the 80,000 lb big truck bearing down on your back door? Think the driver is paying full attention to the road? Not to mention the poor environment for the innocent child. Strapped in a car seat for 60-70 hours a week. Although I suspect the OP has no plans to use a car seat, just a hunch, big sleeper an all, plenty of room to roam around in. This thread is either a prank or its the DUMBEST idea I've heard in a long time. I'm with Double R and uturn 100%! This aint romper room its a job.

OMG :lol: :lol: :lol: LMAO

That is because as a parent and former OTR driver I can not see any reason to be taking an infant/toddler OTR.

No, not ashamed with the industry. Just not impressed with the way it has gone down hill over the years.
As for my my first statement, I stand by it 100% and donot agree that the child should be in the truck. It is your choice. Just remember that people have thier views and have yours. Not everyone is going to agree with you one this one.

While I can understand and respect personal choice (I am against seat belt laws for this very reason). When it comes to children, you need to put their needs ahead of yours. OTR trucking is a hard business (I imagine, I've never done it.). Maybe you need to look at other employment at least in the first few years your child is growing up. Put your child's needs first. Their needs have to come first! Period! Talk to your wife and come up with a budget and a plan on how you're going to keep your kid out of the truck. If that means your wife staying home with your child, even though it will put strain on the marriage it will still be better than subjecting your kid to that.

I am a regional driver for a distribution company, and am gone most of the week. I am however single. I'm trying to save as much money as possible, so that if I do get married and have kids at some point I can go 100% local and be home every night with my family. If I was an OTR driver and had a kid I would give serious consideration to going local.

My two cents!

Trucking is a hard and dangerous business. When I used to drive otr the road I would take the wife or kid for a week but not to live on the road! Thuck Stop life and rest areas is not a place to raise the a child. I get the impression that your wife is pushing this idea to because maybe she is lonely sitting at home also.

I would not get upset with the members on this forum voicing their opinions because you put it out there an asked!

On an open forum when you ask, you have to roll with the punches, sometimes most will be behind you and say "that's a great idea", then there are times like this, when most will say "You Got To Be Joking"!

There is a lot of good advice on this forum and I would just sit back a absorb all that I can.

Good Luck on you endeavors and I hope everything works out for you!!

You can lease a truck from Prime.I have seen entire families get out of Prime trucks.I drive a flatbed and alot of our customers don't allow riders under a certain age to enter their property.The age is usually 18 years old.Not knowing what type of truck you want to drive or are driving the age factor could come into play.

Re: Company with big sleepers
 

I couldn't disagree with you more! (now I think it's completely foolish to have a BABY on a truck) Some of my BEST memories I have of my dad were the summer trips I would take with him in his truck when I was in elementary/junior high school.

You're dead wrong when you say "children under the age of 18 years old do not belong in a truck"

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I could not imagine a 18-month old in the truck. Heck I was stressed and worn out at home raising them, still am at 3. I would agree the road is no place to raise one. I would disagree with those that say it is no place to take a kid period. My kids love going with me, of course I am only a 250 miles out and back guy and weigh out the trip and possible problems beforing taking them. After all I did this career move in order for my wife to be a stay at home mom. After 10 years of infertility and 15 years at a job that moved to India, I thought she deserved to stay home if she wanted. I chose a company with one of the lowest ages children are allowed to go for that reason too. I only plan on this as a 10 year or so gig, then it is buy a dump truck work out of the local quarry plan. At three my kids woul have not gotten to ride wth me before I hung it up.

The Bigger The Sleeper,
 

The less time at home!

At least once a week I'm at a customers dock that has a policy of "no non-CDL holders allowed on company property" or "no minors" sometimes I'm there for hours, where will your child be then?

Oh, and one other thing, SPELLCHECK!

It's "you're" "your" and "you" not ur (put that on a job application and see how far you get)

To answer part of your question, some of the bedbug companies have huge sleepers, I'm not sure if those are for owner/ops though.

I drive truck now for a living and I at one time wanted to take my small son with me. Thank the Lord now that I look back I was not able to carry my plans out to become a driver when he was so young. I thought that having my son on the road with me and possibly my husband along would be great. Now that I am a driver I cannot begin to imagine how I thought that would be a possibility. My son was very active when young and would of drove me not to drive I'm almost certain in a very short time. It would not of worked out. I know this now because of all of the many posts here about why this is not a very smart thing to do. To many times at shippers that would not begin to allow children etc. There is lots of time spent out of the truck in this business. Even with a spouse to help out I think just the thought of a child stuck inside that much of the day would be down right unhealthy. I used to work at a warehouse and a driver had his three children with him. I don't know if it was because it was his turn in the summer to have his kids or what. Can't blame a guy for wanting to have his kids a few wks out of the summer and keep his job. But just like alot of drivers out there having a hard time finding time for personal grooming the kids were filthy. I did not give him dirty looks or anything because like I said maybe he couldn't afford to stay to visit with his kids or something. These kids did not look very happy. I know its better to be with family but when it comes to kids and I'm very open minded about alot of things other people would find not acceptable, I'd say spare yourself and your kids alot of pain and suffering.