I've never had trouble with the bunk heater not keeping up, just close the big curtain between the sleeper and the cab. It's easier to heat the smaller space plus all the glass up front just lets the heat out. At temps as low as you guys are talking about DEF freezes and fuel gels so its best to idle some just to keep everything in liquid form. My DEF tank froze solid back in jan at crshen when the temp was around zero overnight. The shop guys did a forced regen and by the time that was done everything was thawed out but it was still a pain in the rear.
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Also the idle % is the amount of time that your engine was running that the truck wasn't rolling. Ex. Your engine run a total of 10 hrs you drive for 5 hrs your idle% will be roughly 45 to 50%. The computer gives you a little idle time for warm up and cool down but it's only a minute or so. This being said , you can somewhat counter act the idle % by driving for long periods of time with no stopping. IE. keep the left door closed and the wheels rolling. Also cut the truck off every time you stop for anything other than traffic signals. Those few min idling while you run in to get a scale ticket or to 10-100 at the rest area add up quick.
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Almost home on a Thursday evening, don't have to leave again until Saturday morning... Get to do this weekly... And no DH miles... Yeah, I like the way she moved the run around a little bit!! Not a WHOLE lot more time, but two nights in MY bed!! YES!!
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I'm aware what the idle % is, I was just curious how bad it'd hurt me running it overnight. Luckly I havnt used it at all until these couple nights so I bed a few nights of idling won't hurt my 20%.
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