Winter Nights (how to keep warm)

I'm gonna guess 2 things: the 12V only thing sounds like Heartland. The runs 3 battery person sounds like Knight! I could be way wrong though.

I haven't had any luck with the 12V heated blankets. Silly me had to get jump started twice because of a bad battery in my Pete 387 over at Werner that the mechanics refused to replace that kept draining current from the other 3 batteries at a fast pace. Idling was out the question: I was too scared back then of getting fired since I just started. So, if a person needs to idle the truck for the blanket, then why not go ahead and turn the heater on since the truck will be running...a silly invention for vehicle applications I think, but perfect for the home.

I've had the best luck with those -20°F sleeping bags that others have mentioned. I never wanted to step into my freezing clothes from out of the sleeping bag whenever I had to wake up!

 

Hey GPS Trucker, Linux? What Distro you running?

 

Idle the truck and run the heaters, that has always worked well for me.

 

Nope not at all. Thanks for asking though.

 

Get him a crockpot from truck stop and crockpot liners easy cleanup

 

Buy an emergency blanket ( the foil kind) in the camping section at wally's. Like 2 bucks. Put it under the matress. Makes a big difference. I also have my dog with me. She runs 60 lbs. Blew my radiator in ny in feb. 8 degrees outside. We managed.

 

From the noise at TS's, I thought everyone idled their trucks, I know I do...