All this talk of to run or not to run has upset my a/c compressor. It has the death. I'm just happy the sun is going down and a storm is rolling in. Now if someone would just remind me to pick up a flyswatter. I swear this same fly has been tracking me for hundreds of miles. It takes a couple days to finally shoo it out and then it finds me the moment I roll my window down a thousand miles away.
Anti-idling laws. Company drivers, how do you get rest if you don't have a APU?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Bald Eagle, Jun 27, 2009.
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This is exactly what I did whenever I got stuck somewhere hot - 15 minutes on, 30 minutes off. This keeps the truck bearably hot (still needed the fan on). I can handle this - but when you're stuck somewhere, even if you spend all day outside the cab and then do this for a few hours before bedtime your DCI will STILL be way above the acceptable level. You've got a truck with Opt Idle? I'm happy for you, but not everyone has that.
Also keep in mind that without opt-idle the truck doesn't automatically shut itself down if it gets cooler later on, so the A/C & truck might be running for a couple hours when it doesn't need to be. And I'm not going to set my friggin' alarm and risk not being able to get back to sleep just so I can shut the truck off. -
I was in the military and I don't mind sleeping with a bug net over me in 120 degree weather even. But to sit there in that truck at a truck stop with the windows down is just plain stupid. Do you think female drivers should do that, too? I mean I'm a guy and I'd even be worried about getting attacked. No matter how tough you are there's always someone who's tougher. Hey, maybe you can shoot the attacker and then go to jail because you weren't supposed to have a gun in the first place. COME ON, BRO!!! -
I'm all for the environment but I realize humans in general have the ability to ruin it, not just non-hippies. -
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Don't worry abou those dumb comments dude,those guys talking about how "I used to do this and that and "we didn't have this and that" sure don't mind sitting there typing on this forum and taking advantage of their laptop that we didn't have 20 or 30 years ago
Hell when I was a kid I remember getting our first window unit a/c at home,it was miserable sleeping at night in Southeast Texas without one.
I can see telling my wife and kids if the a/c would break how I used to sleep without one for years and years and I'm not gonna fix it because it's cheaper on the electric bill..........c'mon.pbrstreetgang Thanks this. -
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