staying warm without idling.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by localyokal, Dec 13, 2015.

  1. gary bourne

    gary bourne Light Load Member

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    Just stay away from charcoal grills. You will probably live.
     
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  3. sirscof

    sirscof Bobtail Member

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    It all depends on whose checking account that fuel bill comes out of.
     
  4. Pool6710

    Pool6710 Medium Load Member

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    Look up a wood gas stove. There much hotter and burn well.
     
  5. gary bourne

    gary bourne Light Load Member

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    I don't understand Pool?
     
  6. Skate-Board

    Skate-Board Road Train Member

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    You probably had a dream
     
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  7. gary bourne

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    I have slept all buttoned up and woke up short of breath for sure. I Freightshakers we used to run had terrible air quality for the man in the bunk if the driver shut off the engine blower. If he shut the curtains and the driver shut off the blower it was low oxygen for sure.
     
  8. PackRatTDI

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    And that's assuming you idle 10 hours a day every day. I rarely idle unless the temperatures are excessively hot or cold or my battery meter shows the voltage below 12.5 volts. My idle time is sitting at 9% right now.
     
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  9. Accidental Trucker

    Accidental Trucker Road Train Member

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    The "indoor safe" Mr. Heater propane heaters have a CO detector that shuts the thing off if the CO gets too high. If there is enough oxygen in the atmosphere, there will be almost no CO produced by a propane heater. The moment you have an incomplete burn (for lack of oxygen or whatever reason), CO is produced.

    So you stake your life on a CO detector made by the lowest bidder in China.
     
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  10. PackRatTDI

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    I wouldn't buy one made by the Sum Ting Wong Corporation.
     
  11. Blackshack46

    Blackshack46 Road Train Member

    CO is denser than air though. It'll hang out on the floor below the window. Most bunks I see are below the bottom of the window.

    Correct me if I'm wrong.
     
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