APU's on trucks

U get an idle bonus if you re under but it don't roll over.

 

10-4. Thanks for the info. I know I am probably wearing you guys out with all these questions. I do appreciate the help.

 

Jimmy I am coming on my year too. You nailed it exactly. I got some major issues I will be posting soon. I

 

Jimmy, all one has to do is type in "idle May Trucking" in the search box. The info is tagged and backlogged. My sense is that some new guys searching for info are to anxious and some even too lazy to do the research.

Every time the subject comes up, the usual handwringers show up to talk about how horrible May Trucking is for having an idling policy and how great their company is because they don't.

To which I say, whatever

 

Newbies can go here for more detail on May's idle policy
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...trucking/173030-may-trucking-idle-policy.html

 

isn't cost effective?
How is that? lets waste 8 gallons an hour of fuel to idle all night. Vs 1 gallon or so to run apu all night 8-10 hrs. Hmm.
Plus many companys will take the apu off the trade in truck, tear it apart go thru it, before putting it on a new truck.

No i guess companies just like wasting money in buying more fuel than they really need to.
Then they will slow down the trucks, tell ther driver no no you can no idle, not evven when the temp is under 35 or over 105. Why any one would work for a company like that is beyond me.

 

8 gallons a hour???.

Your way off on that.

 

um.... how are they waisting 8 gallons an hour of fuel to idle all night???
1. what ###### is idling all night? too cold? bunk heaters don't need idle
2. 8 gallons an hour? you might want to get that engine checked...

some of us don't really require the power needed to supply a small city, I know I'm still a 'newbie' but I've had no problem running my bunk heater all night when I needed to WITHOUT having to idle my truck for more than 45 minutes before I went to bed. I guess I'm just getting lost as to why people continuously say they have to idle all night if they don't have an apu.

http://fleetowner.com/green/auxiliary_power_unit_idling_study_1113/

"According to a study conducted by the NC Solar Center at North Carolina State University (NCSA), using auxiliary power units (APU) to reduce idling is not cost effective for trucks that idle less than four hours a day. However, when fuel prices are high, the study recommends APUs for trucks that daily idle more than seven hours.

The three-year project drew its conclusions from 20 trucks that operated for over 2.8-million miles in 42 states during the 16-month data collection period. The study's authors concluded that, using the demonstration field test as a specific sample, APUs require at least a five-year payback period when fuel costs are $4.50/gal or less. The authors noted that as base engine emission standards become more stringent, the emissions benefit of APUs will drop, although fuel use and CO2 reduction benefits will remain unchanged."