Dreamer, click on that link of yours, then click on Race Teams at the bottom, then click Floorplans at the bottom, then click Aero-Condo Chief...
that floor plan shows a 96" sleeper.
The plan does not show a bed above the cab, so I'm thinkin' what may be is that there's a shower & bathroom across the whole back wall & then they put something else in place of the couch if the truck has the bed above the cab.
Confused yet? Smile!
By the way, if you look at the pics on that immediate link it shows a sofa & much more behind it, now a typical sofa is about 6 feet, so 96" would only be about 2 feet behind that-if the 96" is measured from the back wall of the cab. Therefore, in conclusion, 96" would be to the microwave area on the photo on the right of your link.
Talk to me, your opinion?
Shoot, thats a good amount of space for a solo driver if you ask me...& there's a 22 foot box behind all that??? if this is the case then color me gone-even for 30 percent.
Maybe I'm gonna have to sell all my Flying J shower coupons? Smile!
In response to RichM's reply, I've been driving busses for awhile now & have had the joy of spending 90 straight nites in 90 different hotel/motel rooms-I've actually got some hotel/motel chain's room layouts memorized. Typical Spring/Summer I see about 200 to 250 hotel/motel rooms, so a truck cab or bus couch isn't all that bad to me. Pilot's & J's are nice places usually, however-wouldn't it be nice to take a shower in the comfort of your own ride? no need to wonder about that lock on the bathroom door anymore-no more spooky characters in hallways, no more mini-showers in the truckstop's restroom sink.
Truthfully, I'm tired of hotel rooms, I've been in the worst & some of the better ones too. Run the numbers, average room costs 30 to 50 plus a nite...which I rarely pay for in bus work, but it's the thought of it. I have to park, check in, go find room-that all takes time-time is money-Time is Rest too!
Let's say you get a room 2 times a week at a mear 30 bucks a nite-thats 60 bucks a week-then times 4 weeks in a month-thats over 320 bucks(after hotel taxes). Now if you got 2 motel rooms a week at 30 bucks a pop-just for 9 months, thats about $3,000.00 a year.
That sure would be nice to have come time for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, the holidays, vacations. I'm sure that's tax deductable, but-why go thru the hassle-if you're on the road to make money, make it! Make it in style, but more importantly make money happy & comfortable.
I've been in a handful of busses with all this in them & what a difference it makes! With all this in a bus/truck-you'll find you'll save 45 minutes atleast-all you do is park & go behind the drivers seat-it's all right there...the bathroom, dinner, a shower, a movie, and you can stop in any shopping center or truckstop or basically where ever you want & have all that-in all temperatures & weather, without leaving the cab!
Think about that the next time you've just ran a hard 8 or 10 plus hours & gone & taken a nice hot shower & then you're lugging your gear thru the truckstop & you get to the door & it's pouring out, or it's 20 degrees out-or worse, it's 92 out with 98 percent humidity. That's my 2 cents! Smile!
