…but i haven’t been able to find anything
are there any legal requirements for what a truck must have so you can sleep in it? dimensions for the bunk etc? i’m sure there isn’t, but need an ongoing arguement with another driver settled. if any of you can prove either of us right or wrong i’d appreciate it 
Yes you must have a double bunk and sound proof cab.also I think you must also be supplied with a ■■■■■■ if tramping. I hope this helps
it must have a bunk or a couchette, so you can pouchette .
30 inches away minimum from steering wheel , unless you have a bigbellybeergut or ■■■■■■ gigantic feet and a noob the size of an elefonts trunk or some smartypantsarris knows better 
By the look of the comedic answers so far I’d think that the consensus is no, there are no legalislation to say you can or cannot sleep in a truck.
Your mate has obviosly witnessed police booking into hotels because they weren’t 6 feet from the steering wheel, or day drivers not allowed to put their feet on the dash and close their eyes as they haven’t got a bunk.
Add it to the BS locker.
You also need to be able to stand up straight to make it easier to scratch your balls in the morning.
bald bloke:
You also need to be able to stand up straight to make it easier to scratch your balls in the morning.
best check ■■ i’m sure that rule is just for the women drivers!!!
dont forget a stick of chalk to corden off adjacent bays when running out of time at RDC"s
Iam sure I’ve read It somewhere that there are some rules to this, but It was In a book I had over 20 year’s ago.
If I remember rightly ,there was something In It about having a bed In the cab,but no dimentions & nothing to do with how big the cab must be or how close to the steeringwheel It must be…
Some of us older boys would have had night’s-out In day-cabbed vehicles with a fold-down bunk In It & no night heater…
Happy day’s ( 
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Geoffo:
Iam sure I’ve read It somewhere that there are some rules to this, but It was In a book I had over 20 year’s ago.If I remember rightly ,there was something In It about having a bed In the cab,but no dimentions & nothing to do with how big the cab must be or how close to the steeringwheel It must be…
Some of us older boys would have had night’s-out In day-cabbed vehicles with a fold-down bunk In It & no night heater…
Happy day’s (
Luxury, I remember doing a few night out stretched across the seats in an F86 day cab with a cushion on the engine hump, or behind the seats in a T45!!
No night heater, no curtains, no fridge, no microwave.
Guess what…
I don’t miss that at all. Give me a decent bunk anytime 
Geoffo:
Some of us older boys would have had night’s-out In day-cabbed vehicles with a fold-down bunk In It & no night heater…Happy day’s (
not quite sure how old i have to be to qualify to be one of the ‘older boys’, but yes i too have spent many a night on a fold down bunk in a well worn day cabbed FL7 8 legger , no curtains & no night heater 
fuel costs ? whats that when you got to keep yer engine running all night during the winter months
MolePower:
Geoffo:
Some of us older boys would have had night’s-out In day-cabbed vehicles with a fold-down bunk In It & no night heater…Happy day’s (
not quite sure how old i have to be to qualify to be one of the ‘older boys’, but yes i too have spent many a night on a fold down bunk in a well worn day cabbed FL7 8 legger , no curtains & no night heater
fuel costs ? whats that when you got to keep yer engine running all night during the winter months
ah those where the days, trampnig all week in a merc sk car transporter, had to fold the seats down everynight and put the bed together with the extra cushions, move every thing round the cab like one of those impossible puzzles until you made it into bed
then try and get a night heater to work that to be honest blow more cold air than hot out the air vents in the dash, which where now covered by the curtains, we never had it so good lol
You need a decent truck like a topline for anymore than 2 nights out.
Saaamon:
You need a decent truck like a topline for anymore than 2 nights out.
i’ve got a crewcab midlum, and have to sleep on the back seat. they will never change to anything else
Saaamon:
You need a decent truck like a topline for anymore than 2 nights out.
that may be your opinion, but it is not a legal requirement as the OP asked
shuttlespanker:
Saaamon:
You need a decent truck like a topline for anymore than 2 nights out.that may be your opinion, but it is not a legal requirement as the OP asked
No i think it is the legal requirement, was told while waiting to be tipped…
Lol its just not even funny anymore is it.
The thruck just needs a bed and a night heater, thats it as far as i know. They only buy toplines in a bid to keep drivers happy, but doesnt work though, still find something to moan about.
Actually, it doesn’t even legally require a bed or a night heater. You could quite lawfully be requested to sleep in/under/on top of your trailer as it happens.
Whether you’re stupid enough to do that or not is maybe where the law should step in!
the maoster:
Actually, it doesn’t even legally require a bed or a night heater. You could quite lawfully be requested to sleep in/under/on top of your trailer as it happens.Whether you’re stupid enough to do that or not is maybe where the law should step in!
For it to count as rest you need access to a bed etc, you cant just sleep across the seats, this has been the case for many years.
Saaamon:
the maoster:
Actually, it doesn’t even legally require a bed or a night heater. You could quite lawfully be requested to sleep in/under/on top of your trailer as it happens.Whether you’re stupid enough to do that or not is maybe where the law should step in!
For it to count as rest you need access to a bed etc, you cant just sleep across the seats, this has been the case for many years.
Really?
I don’t doubt you in the slightest. Just 'cos I’ve never heard that obviously doesn’t make it so, but I would be interested to see the wording of that legislation, just curious really.
the maoster:
Saaamon:
the maoster:
Actually, it doesn’t even legally require a bed or a night heater. You could quite lawfully be requested to sleep in/under/on top of your trailer as it happens.Whether you’re stupid enough to do that or not is maybe where the law should step in!For it to count as rest you need access to a bed etc, you cant just sleep across the seats, this has been the case for many years.
Really?I don’t doubt you in the slightest. Just 'cos I’ve never heard that obviously doesn’t make it so, but I would be interested to see the wording of that legislation, just curious really.
Hammock pal? You not seen them brazilians sleeping outside of their trucks? 
What’s sleep? You should be guarding you truck/ load for your rest period! 
MolePower:
Geoffo:
Some of us older boys would have had night’s-out In day-cabbed vehicles with a fold-down bunk In It & no night heater…Happy day’s (
not quite sure how old i have to be to qualify to be one of the ‘older boys’, but yes i too have spent many a night on a fold down bunk in a well worn day cabbed FL7 8 legger , no curtains & no night heater
fuel costs ? whats that when you got to keep yer engine running all night during the winter months
I remember that and we used to get fridge drivers banging on the door shouting I hope you are going to turn that zb thing off!