Hiding from Big Brother

Sure they will receive that report, the question is how soon will they fix it? I never did anything to the Peoplenet, but several units in trucks I drove that had them weren't working properly and those units were never fixed.

!0 years ago, nobody worried too much about idling trucks, it was part of the job, and when it is cold in the winter, a running truck was much more sure of getting the job done than 1 that had to be started, still is for that matter, as long as someone is keeping watch on it, like a driver in the truck. In 2005 I had a former driver turned safety director and dispatcher tell me to let the truck run when I had to jump start it after it sat for 3 days.

My suggestion would be for the guy to shut it down for a couple hours at a time unless it's really cold and then start it up and warm it up for say 15 to 30 minutes,it would involve 3 starts and shutdowns in 8-10 hours and if the temp was near freezing outside, the truck would start and not be too cold if the driver had blankets and warm clothing. Shutting down for 10 hours when temps are going to be in the low teens above zero or colder is just begging for road rescue.


BTW, the frost plug issue is something I barely remember hearing, my milk hauler ran Detroits for 20 plus years and never had that problem in either 2 or 4 stroke engines; anything mechanical has weak points that need to be addressed after they are found, including all of those so-called bulletproof motors.