i am waiting to get a new truck..the new volvos they have, it comes with apu...if it gets too cold or hot, i will idle..i cant sleep when it too cold or too hot..
does anyone know how much is 3% of idling equals to hours?
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knight sucks...#### knight....they dont care..i went thru the same #### when i worked for knight back in 2011
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im home on the weekends for roughly 68 hrs thur night until mid sunday and i avg around 50% idle...when i am stopped i am generally idling whether its on my 10 hr break or when i am being loaded/unloaded. i am currently waiting to be unloaded and then reloaded and i am idling, without it i wouldnt be using the comp and its around 35 degrees outside.
if/when the company is having budget issues they clamp down on idling,and i would reduce idling if needed but i would strongly resist not idling when its time to sleep...i would consider finding another company and if thats feasible i would do that. they generally enforce idle times more strictly on newer employees, drivers with "seniority" have alot of leeway.
(its an otr company so i dont think there actually is any ACTUAL benefit on paper for having more time in,but managers usually give preferencial treatment to drivers that have proven themselves and have longevity) -
I'm amazed that the standard is 3% with no APU. That seems difficult to attain. With an APU that shouldn't be a very difficult goal to attain, most of my drivers with APU's were 1.7 percent or less. Some just didn't care and would come in around 6%, we also had two standards, APU and non APU. The non APU standard varied by month allowing more idle time in the summer and the winter.
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If it's hot, cold or dusty I'm idling. Work a lot of road construction jobs, gravel pits etc . When their on a detail the Leos run their cruisers . So I run my truck as needed. ECM idle time was 70% last time I checked.........My fuel bill , my comfort .
Don't know how you guys can freeze or bake yourself to sleep. You have my sympathy .....
10 hours driving gets you 18 minutes idle time ... That's 3% . -
my truck has around 9700 hrs, ECM shows 19% idle for life of vehicle. Last year my boss put an idle time of 10 minutes, ok, as soon as the idle shutdown warning pops up, I hit the throttle once to over 850 rpms and it cancels the idle shutdown and lets me idle indefinetly or I idle up to 1200 using the cruise switch and it cancel out the shutdown.
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Wrap lots a tin foil or a pie pan around the Qualcomm transmitter/ receiver out side your truck and they will never know that jack skwat,,, LOL ,,,Really it works,,,p.s that's a secret,,,
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