Any alternatives to an APU or Tri-Pack?

opti -idle are u going to be an o/o or company ? or idle aire best i can do and they are alot better than idling besides u pay for it and breaks it should be under warranty

 

It depends. If you want a APU just to run a heater during colder months then get a bunk heater instead.

Personally, I have alot of electronics hooked up to a 2,000 watt inverter and no APU, so I have to idle regardless of the weather. If not, my batteries will drain in a few hours.

 

If you just want power, you could get a few extra batterys, and a bunk heater....
If you want ac for the summer or lots of power, a homebrew generator solution is possible....but since you saide the apu solution is mot worth the trouble, then i doubt you would want to rig up a gen an ac, and deal with running it...
other option is the off brands, but much harder to fix/get parts for...
or if just ac, some companies make systems that "store" cold in a big block of carbon or metal....than pump fluid through it to put it in the truck...prettt medoicare results for the $$ according to most users...

 

Why don't you just buy a small 2000 watt honda generator. They cost about a grand or so and run for hours on a single gal of gas. It will pay for it self if a few months. I've had mine for years and it has saved me a boat load of money.

 

I don't have a grand to buy a generator. If I did, I would have had a generator a long time ago. Plus, I have no where to put a generator. England specs their trucks to the point your spare tire sits on the passenger side of the catwalk where a generator would normally go.

I can't count how many times I was tempted to make the switch to Prime just so I can have a APU. The only thing stopping me is that fact that I have too much crap to move around and bunk in with another driver. Plus, making 35 cents a mile as a company driver doesn't hurt either.