Why do people needlessly idle ?

Not sure who that was directed at but in my case its survival. It can hit -40 or colder here in winter. Summers I've seen it into the 30's (celsius). Gotta have that AC going because its easy to get heat exhaustion when you're busting your ### out in the heat for a couple hours. 90% of the time there is no one nearby and readily available to help.

 

Not trying to add fuel to your fire,.. but I dont shut my truck off until I know I am going to be parking for the night. Then I fire up my generator for heat/AC/power etc. Other wise its running all day.

My starter showed its age back in December. Cost me $400 to replace it. Batteries are 2 years old now. I recently had an inframe done last summer. The expansion and contraction of different engine components/gaskets from hot to cold and then back to hot cant be good. Takes a while for my truck to reach operating temps from a cold start. Rather just idle if I am only there to fuel/eat/shower. Less wear on those components. Thats my reason.

Personally, I'd rather listen to a truck idling next to me than those APU's that sound like old lawn tractors on their last legs.Why cant they put some mufflers on those things?



Hurst

 

My former truck crapped two starters in the time I was assigned to it.

 

Mine was the original starter,.. almost 1.3 million on it.
Do you idle your truck? I thought they gave you guys APU's no?

Toward the end I wasnt sure if it was my batteries or the starter,. another bad ground or what? Had batteries tested. They were all good. Searched all the wires. Replaced that heavy SOB starter when I got home. Viola,.. cranks twice as fast now and starts almost instantly.

Hopefully this starter goes the same distance.

Hurst

 

I idle my truck till it gets to 180 degrees before I move it, I also cool it down to 160 before I kill it. I have bought plenty of chrome and do ##### about fuel prices cause well somebody has to do it. If I'm not comfy layin around in my drawers then it's idling for climate control.

 

What's hysterical is you getting your panties in a wad over something that shouldn't affect your life in any way, shape, or form. Maybe just worry about you and your pristine gem of a ride. You'll avoid spiking your blood pressure.......

Your sigline says it all.....Unfortunately for you, when it's someone's else's truck, you don't get to have it your way.

 

No APU. I only idle when it's too hot or cold. The other day in Laredo it was not pleasant.

That truck was a trouble maker. Constant emissions issues, the EGR cooler was constantly needing cleaned, the two starters, lost injectors twice, constant issues with the cruise control.