silly radiator coverings during winter

I'm in a Company Truck it's a Cascadia..

Last time I had it in our Shop they put the Winterfront on while it was in there.
Ours have the Snap on Buttons.

Took it off a while back, when it was like 50F+ going through Nevada, haven't been in really cold weather since.

 

Back in the old days, they used stormfronts or even temp controlled shutters on the radiators. If guys are using them on these new trucks because they don't have enough heat in the cab, they really need to change the thermostats.

 

That is correct for a supercharged/turbocharged gasoline engine that isn't castrated like an electronic diesel truck engine. If it didn't have an intercooler and a CAC, you would have no power because the IAT would be too high. My CAT stops compensating for temperature drop at 68°F IAT, so the air that is drawn in below that temperature causes it to have a lean mixture causing LESS horsepower. I get 68° IAT at about 35° ambient air temperature. If I put the winterfront on, the IAT goes up about 20° keeping it at a temperature that the engine can use to regulate the fuel mixture.

 

Although the power has changed, the truck has not. It's still a device that the operator, (that's you) can make a modest living. Cardboard was a friend. I don't give a rats butt about all your numbers. When your behind is cold, and you can stop it, & still move, you will do it.

 

We even use them in Southern California to keep some of the trucks warm in the winter.

 

I wish they all could be California girls. Great place to live, bad place to drive.

 

A 190 thousand truck is cold. I prefer to be warm. Bunk heaters, under seat heaters. Guess what, You can die up north. Frozen Truck Driver. This ain't wheel of fortune.

 

yeah its funny seeing the trucks go by that looks like they just left being part of a Christmas parade.

 

I bet you just read that other thread and said let me start another one just like it. Just post in the other thread.

Even new trucks hold 12-14 gallons of coolant and are so efficient they are too efficient in extreme temps. I learned that stuff in training. Our truck had one with snaps on the grille.

Go up in MN where it's minus 30. When your engine hangs around 150 degrees and your heater blows luke warm you'll wish you had a cover.

I noticed it more when idling. The engine generates more heat pulling.

 

Have you ever thought some of those trucks have bad thermostats the company won't spend a dime to replace because they think all drivers that told them they needed replacing are stupid? How about the thermostat just recenty stuck open and they haven't had time to get to a terminal or shop to get it fixed? How about an older mechanical engine that will only run 150 deg on a cold day, and less when idling? Ever try to sleep when the vents are blowing 45 degree air? I have. Cardboard is your friend.

Why try to be so high and mighty with all your months of experience, and your company that for some reason gives a person that never knew what a clutch was a new truck? Give it a while, and there will be times you wil beg someone for a piece of cardboard to get some heat. I bet you don't even know what shutters are do you. They were very important, and on most every truck on the road at one time.