Bunk Heaters save tons of money

richter, co2 is carbon dioxide, which can also suffocate. but what the problem with engines is carbon monoxide or CO , no 2. so I would add a carbon monoxide detector. many people confuse this.

 

sounds like operating theory from mega-carrier university.

 

You realize that your bunk heater is located inside the truck right beneath your head right?

As far as bunk heaters go, you are preaching to choir. I have one and I rarely idle. What I am doing is pointing out the problems with a mandate. If you're going to mandate that they be installed and therefore drive up the cost of the truck, then you darn well better make sure drivers use them and that means going around to the truck stops and fining the drivers and not the trucking company.

MPG bonus won't work either. Then you have drivers whining about loads being to heavy and routes being to hilly than the other drivers. May as well leave NY and drive south to AZ to cross the rockies then back north to OR...better fuel mileage that way.

Auto shutoff's don't work.

Only way that I know is to check idle time on the computer at regular intervals and pay a bonus off that. But don't blame the driver if his truck won't start because he was going for the bonus instead of using common sense and you have to pay a few hundred or more to get it going plus the late delivery.

 

didn't say my 'old' lady,it was my young girlfriend.Does that help your visuals
Didn't see u in the conversation anyway

 

they can just pull the fuse to bypass idle controls

 

I was in the northeast last week and it was chilly for a couple of nights.....-20 deg C whatever that is. I was at the shipper from 5 pm until 10 AM and I started the truck every few hours and let it idle just to be safe. I sure would be ticked off if I wasn't allowed to do that.

I suppose the ideal solution would be a block heater, oil pan heater, battery heater and fuel heater all running off diesel generator. Maybe I'll get right on that.

 

Not that some will ever see the light of day, but I will post some FACTS about the system I have run on my last two trucks. Mind, this is from experience and not Google, so I may be totally wrong too...
It uses UNDER 2 gallons of gas, for the heater and battery charger, for @12hrs. Right at 2 gallons for 12hrs of AC.
The oil change interval is actually 100hrs, or so they say. I change mine when I go home for a week, unless I am really bored. The 20hrs thing is after the first 20hrs of use, not every 20 hrs. I must inform Google that they have it mixed up I guess....Bad Google!
The generator holds 3.6 gallons of gas. So anyone with a brain can figure out the run time before any gas is needed.
I guess I am just not THAT lazy, to where walking to the gas pumps every other day or so, with 2 - 2gallon gas cans, is a deal breaker for me.
I also pull into the RV islands and just fill the generator directly at times too.
It is MUCH quieter than any APU, does both heat and AC (unlike bunk heaters), charges batteries, weighs under 200lbs with the ac unit, and I have a total of just under $3000 in it. Not bad for totally reliable heat, and colder AC than any APU can muster. Then there is the 3year comprehensive commercial use warranty offered by Honda, for FREE!
Now, if someone cant fathom thinking outside the box, get their head around new/old ideas, or can't fabricate a clothes line, this may not be for you.
For those of us that have and can use a welder to make a nice and strong support frame, don't mind using our own brains instead of a "packaged" deal from APU manufacturers, can use a calculator and be honest with figures and realize that the APU will take years to pay for itself, and are not so lazy when it comes to filling a couple of light gas cans, this is a real winner. The figures speak for themselves, just UNDER $3000 for reliable AC AND heat.
I dont need to justify anything to anyone, the setup I have saves me a fortune and provides total comfort to me and the pooch that rides with me. I didn't lose a single inch of under bunk storage space, didn't add 5-600 lbs to my empty weight, and am fully CARB approved for those idiots.
Case closed in my book, but it isn't for everyone obviously. That doesnt mean some have to post inaccurate information though, to try to justify themselves (IMHO).

Cheers
Martin

 

Thats what i have, forget the 2....my detector in monoxide but i didnt know how to spell it. Apparently i got the elements wrong to.

 

Yes i installed mine, i know where it is. That being said, i know the pipe for the exast goes out the bottom and safely away

 

Richter.....buddy, the end of that pipe connects to the furnace that is burning and creating CO inside your truck. Apparently you've never had a bunk heater fail. I have and it spewed black smoke into my truck through the ducting. Don't think that bunk heaters can't put CO into your truck because they can. Keep a window cracked.