Swifts new Idle policy

i've noticed this a long, long time ago. all the mormons are working for one another. they don't care about the outsiders.

 

Is it possible to bypass this by increasing the engine rpm? I ask this because I watched a guy couple to a trailer on the side of the road, then he closed all the curtains and had his engine running at high rpm. I went back by the truck about 15 hours later and it was still running at high rpm.

I assume he used a stick on the accelerator to run the truck at the high rpm so that he could run the A/C in this 98 degree heat.

 

There are a few ways around it, but if you are running E-logs you are screwed.

 

in MY truck, without any idle control APU etc. if i push up on the cruise it goes to "high idle" and will not shut off. but if i DON'T it will shut of within 5 minutes

 

Mine has the "High idle" as well, however it has still been set to shutdown after 5 minutes.

 

Ford, the trucks have different ways to set the idle to continue. Ours you get a warning light on the dash and you simply press in the clutch. It'll idle forever........I suppose although I've never idled "forever". lol

Here's the thing, the activitiy of your truck is reported to the company and they get a big ol computer report. They know your idle time, your over revs, where you were at what time.

The more you run........the more you have to offset your idle time and the less of a percentage you'll show. As a team we run a lot and so we can idle and yet it'll show a lower percentage than say a solo driver.

Does that help explain?

 

I don't know why you had such a problem, but I've been solo for a month and it's great. I'm getting tons of miles and haven't sat anywhere for longer than 12 hours unless I was doing a 34.

My best check so far was over $600 *after* taxes. You must have been declining some loads or setting your PTA too late in the morning.

Oh well, you're gone, more loads for me .

 

I posted this on another thread, but think it should go on here as well.

I keep my idle under 5% without any trouble at all. I bought a fan for use in places where the relative humidity is low enough to allow for the evaporation of sweat to provide cooling. This works while sitting during the day, or while in the sleeper.

When the fan is not sufficient, I run the truck with AC blasting in the front and back until the Qualcomm beeps at me with a 60 second warning. Then I'll shut off the truck, wait until it's just about uncomfortable, and turn it back on. The Qualcomm counts this time as non-idle and it actually lowers the idle percentage. Keep this in mind the next time you are sitting around during the day and it's not time to sleep. There's no rule I'm aware of regarding turning the truck on and off. Hell, the TAS does that all night long if you set the thermostat low enough.

Speaking of TAS, if it's just too #### hot for the fan to do anything, I'll turn it on and set the thermostat in the bunk. Mind you that it's not set at 68. I set it for around 78 or 80 and deal with it. Is it as cool as I'd like? No. Is it cool enough to sleep through the night, without running my idle percentage through the roof? Yes.

I think some people forget that this is truck driving, and not an all expense paid vacation at a resort.

 

You out of the Ocala Terminal?

 

Sure am. Why do you ask?