Bunk Ledger
Buying guide · Sleeper Cab
Best 12V fridges for truckers
How to pick a 12V compressor fridge for a sleeper. Dometic, ICECO, and Engel specs, floor space, and who should skip a chest.
United States · long-haul sleepers
Gear that has to earn the bunk
Bunk Ledger is a publication for drivers who live in the cab. Each guide says who a piece of gear is for, who should skip it, and which numbers came off a spec sheet. The calculators rerun the arithmetic a listing usually skips.
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Best truck inverters
A socket inverter and a 1,500 W pure sine do different jobs. What each can run, what a starting battery cannot, and what a company truck may not allow.
How-to · Sleeper Cab
Semi truck mattress sizes, and which 42×80 to buy
A 42×80 bunk mattress is not a Twin XL. How to measure a semi sleeper, what the extra four inches change, and how to order one that drops in.
Buying guide · Sleeper Cab
Best sleeper cab blackout curtains
Blackout for a sleeper comes down to suction cups, magnets, or a track. How to measure the glass, and which window you should not seal.
Buying guide · Gear & Tech
Best trucker dash cams
Two dash cams with published specs that suit a hot cab. Supercapacitors, parking-mode power, and why an inward camera is a company-policy question.
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Sleeper Cab
Mattresses, blackout, fridges, fans, and winter gear sized for a bunk, not a guest room.
Gear & Tech
Inverters, dash cams, CB radios, phone mounts, and the other gear that has to live on 12 volts.
Gifts
Practical gifts for a truck driver. Prices are not printed here; check the current listing.
Life on the Road
Packing lists, shower kits, and the food plan for a week when the bunk is home.
Latest guides
Buying guide · Sleeper Cab
Winter cab gear that earns its space
Winter gear for a sleeper that is worth the room it takes. Moisture, glass covers, bunk heat, and the heaters that do not belong in the cab.
Buying guide · Gear & Tech
Shore power cords for a sleeper
Match the cord to the inlet on your truck. A household plug, a 30 amp RV plug, and a 50 amp plug are not interchangeable.
Buying guide · Gear & Tech
Work gloves that survive straps and fuel
How to pick driver gloves for fifth-wheel handles, straps, and winter, without buying a pair you cannot feel a latch through.
Buying guide · Gear & Tech
Tire pressure gauges for highway trucks
Why a passenger-car pencil gauge cannot read a truck tire, and what to look for when the inner dual is the tire you actually need to check.
Buying guide · Gear & Tech
Best trucker dash cams
Two dash cams with published specs that suit a hot cab. Supercapacitors, parking-mode power, and why an inward camera is a company-policy question.
How-to · Sleeper Cab
Sleeper storage that survives a hard stop
Where to put bins, bags, and hooks in a sleeper so the daily stuff is reachable and the heavy stuff stays put.
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Inverter and battery runtime
Estimate how long a battery can feed an inverter load, and what continuous wattage to shop for.
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12V fridge overnight draw
Turn a fridge's average amp draw into amp-hours for a night, and compare that with the battery you actually have.
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Truck mattress size checker
Enter the sleeper bunk you measured and see which standard mattress sizes drop in, which are tight, and which do not fit.
Why this site
The number, and the fight
When two listings disagree on weight or volts, the guide says so. A tidy table that picks a winner in silence is how people buy the wrong chest.
Who should walk away
Every serious pick names the driver it does not fit: the aisle that is already full, the company truck you cannot rewire, the upper bunk that is not 42 inches wide.
Arithmetic you can rerun
Runtime, overnight fridge draw, and mattress fit are calculators with the assumptions printed beside the result. Change a number. The page does not pretend it measured your truck.