When Truck Driving in the UK creating the right set up in a truck cab can make a truck driving job feel much more enjoyable, simply including some essential trucking accessories will make your truck a welcome place to be with practical items that will create a homely experience even when driving a truck. This British Trucking article will cover some accessories perfect for trucking, taking a look at some essential trucking accessories to make truck driving easier and much more enjoyable.
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Truck Kettle For Making a Hot Drink
A truck kettle is very often overlooked as an essential trucking accessory; many truck drivers will simply make a flask of tea or coffee before their shift and make it last all day. A truck kettle is in fact not only perfect for making hot cups of tea or coffee at any time but also can be used for simple snacks such as a pot noodle, or packet soups.
Shifts can sometimes become a lot longer than anticipated, you may become delayed when loading, or have a break down with your vehicle stuck at the side of the road for hours waiting for a repair, a simple truck kettle can make you feel much better knowing you can brew up at any time.
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Gas Stove for Making Hot Food When Trucking
Many truck drivers say that a gas stove is one of the most important accessories they have when trucking, having the capability of making a hot meal whenever they want without relying on truck stops or butty vans when out on the road.
Simply keeping some basic foods in the truck such as tins of beans, soups, and bread rolls will ensure you won’t go hungry, how often have drivers been waiting to load for hours on end may be at the docks or in a depot with no food facilities, bellies rumbling with hunger, by having a simple gas stove truck drivers can have a meal anywhere and at any time.
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CB Radio To Keep Truckers Informed
Driving long distances in a truck can be a very lonely and sometimes boring experience, many truck drivers use a CB radio to keep in contact with other truckers out on the road. A CB radio can have many benefits:
- Ask other truck drivers about traffic jams on the road ahead
- Get local advice when trying to find a destination
- Find out from truckers safe places to park your truck for the night
- Social interaction always having someone to talk to
- Safety for emergency situations by asking for assistance or help
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Alarm Clock So That Truckers Don't Oversleep
Driving long shifts in a truck can leave you feeling very tired, parking next to other trucks can often lead to broken sleep, having a simple alarm clock can be a back up to ensuring you wake up when you need to. A simple battery alarm clock will last for months before more batteries are required. Many truck drivers will rely on a mobile phone setting the alarm for a wake up call, but very often drivers either don’t hear it because they are so used to the alarm sound of their phone, or the battery fails on the phone due to hours of social media before falling asleep with the phone still in hand.
Alarm clocks can also help with your driving as a useful aid, simply setting your alarm clock for four and a half hours will let you know when your coming close to having to park up for a break, this is useful especially in older trucks where it is not easy to see the tachograph and does not have a dash display of hours remaining, a simple alarm clock can have many uses.
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Cool Box, Fridge, or Cool Bag To Keep Food Fresh
Keeping food fresh in a truck has to be one of the most important tasks a truck driver can undertake; after all warm sandwiches don’t taste very nice and could even make you poorly from salmonella.
A good cool box or cool bag is a great choice for drivers who finish a shift on the same day in a day cab, for drivers who do nights out in their trucks a fridge is a better option. Most new trucks will have a built-in fridge which is great but if your truck is a little older investing in a truck fridge will really make this the perfect accessory for the truck.
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Power Supply To Use Appliances in a Truck
A truck normally has outlets of 24volt and sometimes a 12volt option as well, but modern appliances require more than this. The perfect trucking power supply would be an inverter, which will allow the driver to use household appliances within his or her truck.
Depending on the size inverter a driver has will determine the items that can be used, a small inverter will run items such as a truck TV, Laptop, or lamp. A larger more powerful Inverter will run items such as a microwave oven, fridge, or kettle.
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Navigation for Trucks To Help Find Destinations
Truck navigation is an essential accessory for truck drivers, there are two main sources of navigation that can be used by a truck driver, the first is an up to date map book allowing the driver to plan his or her route to their destination. The second is a truck sat nav which will help guide the driver through areas of the journey that they do not know, especially useful when a truck is diverted due to roadworks or a driver wants to find a different route to avoid known traffic jams which could slow the journey down.
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Sunglasses To Stop Sun Glare Driving a Truck
Driving a truck in direct sunlight can be extremely dangerous especially driving during winter months when the sun is very low in the sky first thing in the morning. Having a pair of sunglasses in a kit bag or better still easily at reach on your dashboard is essential if you are being dazzled by the sun. Driving sunglasses have advanced so much over recent years providing UV protection to protect your eyes, also if you wear prescription glasses there are some great driving sunglasses that fit over them so that you can maintain great vision in direct sunlight.
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Gloves To Protect a Truck Drivers Hands
Many truck drivers would class a good pair of gloves as essential trucking accessories. There are many types of trucking but with all of the different types of haulage, a driver will need to protect their hands loading and unloading a truck. Gloves not only provide protection to a driver’s hands they also keep the driver’s hands clean preventing oil or grease from getting onto their skin, and in some cases chemicals too.
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Work Bag Essential for Carrying Truckers Gear
A good work bag is an essential trucking accessory for truck drivers, whether you drive a truck daily or you are tramping for days on end a work bag will hold all your kit neatly. Choosing a work bag suitable for trucking will obviously depend on the amount of kit you need to carry, but in my experience having a bag slightly too big is better than having one too small! also, I would recommend choosing a work bag with external pockets because this makes items easier to locate and keep important pieces of kit stored separately.
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As you can see there are quite a few essential trucking accessories that will aid truck drivers during their working day, we have included some great options that will make amazing accessories for your truck.
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Thank you for reading this article “Essential Trucking Accessories for UK Truck Drivers” we hope you found it useful for choosing your accessories when truck driving.
