How Hot Does Your Truck Get (Inside) in the Summer?

Thanks everyone for the fast replies. The weather channel says it's 76 degrees outside and it's midnight. Had the truck off and all opened up a couple hours ago. Now I really need to get some sleep so I closed myself in and cut on the "air" (bwahahaha!). Dug out my ice alarm (never used, been kicking around in my tool collection for two years) and here's what I have after an hour with the a/c on. The air from the vents seems "cool-ish" but from this thermometer (placed on the bunk in front of me) I see it's not my imagination. It's STILL effing hot in here. I swear it was over 100* earlier today, even when moving.

With this ELD thing I haven't worked much since April 1 so I'm hating to think of asking the guy who owns the truck to come out of his pocket for this but yeah, thanks to your moral support (and my thermom) I see that it's NOT supposed to be this way.

THANKS A LOT and "safe travels" to you all!

I will post an update when I get it resolved. I'd like to get back to home base tho, because everything is 2x the cost at truckstops. I don't know if I can last four more days like this.

 

Does the engine fan cycle on and off? If you've got a manual engine fan switch have you turned it on and let it run wide open? You need airflow through the condensor to remove the heat or your A/C isn't going to blow cold.

Also have you physically checked the condensor/rad/air to air to see if they are externally plugged or if the fins are bent over? Again, no airflow through the condensor = crappy A/C cooling.

 

I had a week of no ac working at schneider. Day 1 i called dispatch to route me for repair and he said i got you. Tried to sleep in 100 degree weather at night in july and woke up covered in sweat with my back covered in zits from sweating all night. Day 2 came and i went to the mechanic he told me to go to and they said they were not expecting me and didnt have parts to fix my truck. Dispatch then had a plan to route me back in 3 days to get it fixed. Said f it and took out a hotel everyday on their pay until it was fixed. Dispatch did not care about me sleeping in a truck over 100 degrees every night nor had any plan to actually get my ac fixed. Im still mad to this day about it and will always be mad.

 

Kingman, AZ, A/C on.



At least it was a dry heat.

 

Holy crap fellas. You can die from heatstroke in a fairly short amount of time. If your AC isn’t working properly and your company won’t fix it then you need to roll with someone else. Stay safe out there.

Heatstroke - Symptoms and causes

 

The fan doesn't cycle extra. (Like when climbing a hill in the heat.) Manually flipping the switch on makes the "outside temp" gauge rise about 5* with no diff in the a/c. I'll check out the other things you mentioned. THANK YOU!

 

HOLY ####! DUDE!!! 141 degrees inside your truck?? I'm the first to say "but it's a dry heat" (actually you said it first in your post LOL) because I'm from Michigan where it's ALWAYS humid. I picked up 15 miles from Death Valley once and although I was sweating, it felt like a regular Michigan 80* day though it was like 115* that day in dry old DV. Still, 141 in your truck?? I don't know whether to call BS or salute you. (I think I'd draw the line at 110*)

 

Right on, but that's why I wrote that it's not exactly a company truck and not exactly mine. I left a message for the owner a little while ago. The owner will fix anything I ask for, but I look out for him as much as possible because he gives me 100% freedom. Fixing the a/c was on the agenda for May but I was off all of April (ELD) and in May two of my runs cancelled. (I do a dedicated that takes a week to complete the round.) So we're behind money-wise and I had hoped to make him some money before I came with my hand out for a big repair. But yeah, this heat is *wicked* and it can't go on like this.

 

Holy crap. Everyone is crying about the heat.

I had 9 weeks without a/c ten years back in the summer time, and it was 80 and 90 degree days.

just keep hydrated.

By the way there is something called heat soaking that happens, the heat rises from the floor of the cab and the little insulation that is there doesn't stop it. It doesn't matter if there is skirts or not, even with a good breeze, the cab gets hot.

 

Point your truck EastNorthEast so the sun is partially blocked by your trailer. I was a little hot yesterday myself in the Sleeper even pointing east. My 5th wheel is pretty far forward with the reefer set at minus 10, was working hard with little breeze to work with, the sleeper got hot and the reefer alarm went off as the temperature was out of range to keep up in 106 degree heat.