Why are so many trucks idling tonight?

Now do it right.

Draft him

 

Stay behind him for so long he'll get paranoid that he is being followed. Lol

 

I idle my truck at 1200 RPM all day long, oh wait I pull a pneumatic.


When I drove OTR I was comfortable I don't drive a truck because I care what someone else thinks. I've never had an APU or bunk heater, not gonna get one either. I've bought fuel for a 425 mechanical cat to idle all night, even C15's. When I start my truck Sunday night/Monday morning, it's not gonna get switched off until Friday afternoon.

I drove the same place for years we all left Sunday after 3 and home Friday before 4. Not bad.

 

I'm wondering which trucks still use a full 1 gallon per hour on long idle.

Every truck I've been in, in the past 3 years, has used about .5 gph.
.7 if the A/C was running.

 

I actually have a Fuzz Buster!! No i don't use it but i have one from back in the day.gosh what a monster with the one glass lens.okay.i will quit flash backing. as compared to my escort 9500IX,it is a tank.

 

That wouldn't help the "no idle police" agenda to bring up such things. These poor boys can't get a raise because of truck idling,,,blah blah....Burning $30 of fuel sleeping comfortably at night in a $200,000 rig with average weekly fuel cost of over $2000 will kill all the profits...LOL
The benefits and savings created by using and APU are easily offset by the cost,maintenance and sheer aggravation in using one.

 

The only time I ever minded sleeping next to someone idling is when it was a guy with a 71 series Detroit, and had flappers on the stacks...

 

LMAO that was funny. I think he was taking a shot at you being a Seminole fan.

 

Quite amusing to read all the complaints about the guy next door with his air dryer cycling. Maybe if he'd use a bunk heater that wouldn't happen

 

Yeah I looked em up last night..I thought it was some trucker language..lol