how to stay warm when one can't idle?
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Find another company, the one im with has 15 trucks and we can idle all we want.
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Now if I was paying for the fuel and the inframe on the motor I'd have the key off unless it was down cold enough to be worried about freezing fuel. But, I'm not (yet) and these are crappy Ryder lease trucks my company uses so whatever, I'm staying comfortable how ever I need to.
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Hi Jabber, the find another human, I can see your point, but I would indeed quit a job if I couldn't idle. In some ways, today is like years ago, trucking jobs are plentiful, and if you have a good record, it's a downright shame to have to work for someone that doesn't care about your safety or health.
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[QUOTE="semi" retired;4367659]Hi Jabber, the find another human, I can see your point, but I would indeed quit a job if I couldn't idle. In some ways, today is like years ago, trucking jobs are plentiful, and if you have a good record, it's a downright shame to have to work for someone that doesn't care about your safety or health.
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i'm replaceable, its cheaper to replace me than to give a ####.
2 years experience and I've worked for 4 companies, who would hire me?
but what does one do when in places where Idling is ILLEGAL?
I like the sleeping bag and the heated blanket suggestions -
My present warming method is on my bunk. I put an electric blanket between my top blanket and my cotton blanket. The cotton blanket lays on the top sheet. When I am about 10 minutes from shutting off, I heat the blanket. I find it gets too hot if it is right on top of the sheet, but layered between the blankets works really well.
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you can work for the best company in the world, a company that allows you to idle as much as you want, but that becomes irrelevant if you're in a place where Idling is illegal. yes, there are all sorts of loopholes but its just easier to freeze
I used to be one of the biggest anti-idling people, thought only weak people did it but I've come around, my company does allow me to idle so I now worry about when it is and isn't appropriate to idle -
Hi Jabber, it seems, and someone may correct me, but anti-idling laws are usually in warmer climates where air quality is a concern, and here in the frozen north, some folks NEVER shut the truck off. With service calls in the hundreds of dollars to start a dead truck, many companies turn the other cheek. To them, it's more of a "suggested" rule, and has been an issue for all my years of trucking. They are happy if you limit the amount of idling.n1xrf Thanks this.
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[QUOTE="semi" retired;4367688]Hi Jabber, it seems, and someone may correct me, but anti-idling laws are usually in warmer climates where air quality is a concern, and here in the frozen north, some folks NEVER shut the truck off. With service calls in the hundreds of dollars to start a dead truck, many companies turn the other cheek. To them, it's more of a "suggested" rule, and has been an issue for all my years of trucking. They are happy if you limit the amount of idling.[/QUOTE]
Its illegal in Pennsylvania, New York, and California, but i'll write-off New York and California for 2 obvious reasons. but why PA?
I worked for a company that had a terminal in PA and there was a huge sign "no Idling trucks over 5 tons (law 124 of 2008)" which I honestly though was stupid because 1) its private property you have to have a warrant to drive your police car on the property. 2) the facility was on top of a mountain
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