ROEHL BOUND... June 14th... Relief and excitement!

Can you explain to me how the APUs work and what they actually run/control? And also what then would I need an invertor for??

 

What's Roehl's policy on per diem? Can you opt out of it or do they kinda force ya into the deal?

 

APU is basically a mini diesel engine, that uses a tenth of the fuel per hour that the behemoth under the hood uses. For the most part, that APU is a generator, it charges the batteries thus also giving the use of the inverter which is setup with normal 120 volt household outlets. Our APU's also provide air conditioning which can freeze ya out at night. Otherwise for Roehl's uses, the APU can also be set to monitor the battery voltage and the coolant temperature. If the coolant drops below 60 degrees or the batteries drop below 12.3 volts(might be wrong, but close) the APU starts up, heating the coolant and charging the batteries. Both of these make winter much easier on the truck. However our APU's are limited, it can also be setup to heat the truck, however Roehl chose to install bunk heaters for that job.

 

Last I heard Roehl only had a handful of tractors with APU's, is that still the case? Is the company planning to have APU's on all units as they replace tractors?

 

Good luck Hindsy!

A good 80% of the fleet has APU's....

 

Pick your pay plan, tax advantage(per diem) or premium(do your own). It's an open option and I wasn't pressured to go per diem at all....of course I didn't....

 

Thanks Wiseguy,

For someone in the south, that's good to hear