counted 17 trucks on the side of the road today with their triangles out, On I80
Discussion in 'Truckers' Weather & Road Conditions' started by TrucKer 999 TriLLion, Dec 31, 2014.
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I don't understand a truck that won't idle! Hell, if its below 25 I idle mine. I thought even the new motors can idle, just at a high RPM to keep that filter thing from clogging up. Or is it a #### ECM setting?
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Most of the mega-carriers won't allow their trucks to idle. When I was with Crete my Maxxfarce powered 10-wheel crap spreader would idle for 5 minutes unless the batteries were down, then 90 minutes. Even when it did idle, at 5 degrees or below it wouldn't generate enough engine temp to move the gauge or put out any warmth out of the vents...on a relatively new truck. And winter-fronts were outlawed there too...hence the reason I am with another company (or at least one of the reasons).
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I idle-d my '14 paccar all through the night yesterday.. 0f.
put the Power Service Winterize (white bottle) and will idle tonight again. -
idle baby....its worth the few gallons it burns at 850 rpm
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I run to North Dakota every week from Texas. Southern blend #2 diesel will run down to -5 degrees before I gel up. I found this out the hard way. I now fuel with a 50/50 mix of #1 and #2 in Vermillion South Dakota if the weather further up north dictates it.
Years ago before biodiesel was added to fuel, I remember fueling down south and running up into the negatives with no trouble whatsoever. Biodiesel in it's pure form will begin to freeze at 32 degrees and be solid in the low 20's. -
You can't run pure bio-diesel, the largest amount by percentage is 20%(B20) and most of the outlets I purchase at in IL are selling B5 to B20.
ULSD gels lower than the old stuff, too, and since that is what the fuel is based on, I would tend to blame that. The bio is made in a different process, a hot process if you prefer, that bonds the additive with other chemicals(mostly methanol) to thin the esters(oils) to about the same viscosity as regular #2, and tends to take water out of the equation.
The DD engines have a filter and water detector with red and green LEDs on the side of the block along with the bigger heated Davco.(482, I think). I've never seen anything but a green LED when I check and the tanks are clean.
I use bio blends almost exclusively and have never had any water to drain out of this and it's never gelled yet. Kwik-trip/Kwik-star sells a winterized premium with pour point reducer added that is supposed to be good to minus 35, and the larger outlets along the big(ger) roads sell that and regular claiming you need anti-gel in the winter to the untreated but the pumps don't seem to gel. I got the premium in the winter if I stopped there. The one nearest our yard sells the premium in both regular and bio blend.
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