How long would you go without AC

Depends on the temp. I might go as long as two or three days. But if it’s hot out the only place I’m going is to the repair shop. If they don’t like that then we can part ways.

I’ve got the endorsements and experience to have a new job before my Uber shows up.

 

I was heading west on I-10 last year to LA. Outside of San Antonio my A/C completely died. I was trying to man up...until the ambient air temp hit 115* and the sun was hitting me in the chest. Who knows how hot it was in the truck but I started to get woozy, even after dropping ice cubes down my shirt. I called dispatch and asked politely for a room. Next day I asked to stop at a dealer. Company said load was too important so they rescued it and brought me back home. I'll take whatever mother nature dishes until the body starts to shut down and I can no longer drive safely.

 

I would refuse to work until the AC is fixed. I would refuse to sleep in a truck that doesn’t have air-conditioning in Texas heat of 100°. You might not wake up at all and I’m dead serious. You said you measure the temperature at 147°. That’s enough to cook your brain slowly. That’s enough to kill you. You can bake bread and have it rise at 140°.

 

Should be under warranty, try a TA, they are Freightliner warranty center and open 24/7

 

I have 2 of those 14" 12 volt fans they have at the truck stop, and I picked up window screens. They help a LOT.

I'm not saying they're good for making 110°F tolerable, but it's amazing how much fans help, when it's hot.

This is obviously not much help for when driving, either.

 

I’m a little overweight and don’t do well in the heat so even when I was a company driver no a/c was an out of service for me. Now with my own truck I don’t hesitate to get somewhere if it acts up.

 

I live on the coast in NorCal and don't have AC in our house because it rarely gets over 80 here, but today was one of those rare days when it hit 95. Kept everything closed up and now it's 75 out with a nice breeze. If my truck AC went out in hot weather, I wouldn't move, or sleep in the reefer.

 

Back in the Oldin Days the Real Truck drivers sat directly on the diesel so the could hear and feel every little intricate deviation from normal.

AC was the electrical power in your house in those days.

Real Men would sleep on a 2x6 stretched between the seats and were happy they at least had that .

On those boiling days and nights they were just thankful they were in a truck and not in a jungle getting rained on and eaten by mosquitoes while the threat of being bombed or shot at was always in the backs of their minds .

Remember our Fallen Heroes.