How to stay cool/Warm when you cannot idle the truck???

How about this....
I'll be happy to be compliant if the state of Kommifornia grants me one of these babies:




If the state assembly and the state senate can give themselves pay raises when the state is broke, than they can #### well part with the paltry $200K for each of us to become compliant.

 

Sweet! But there ain't enough weeks in the year for trucking school to learn to drive one of those in a city.

 

Hell, there's enough rich libs in CA who drive Hummers around, what's another few linear feet going down Sunset Bld?

 

Yeah, but, a few + 53!

 

Nothing that a Skateboarder can't handle.....

 

My company does not tell us we cant idle but it affects our bonus. I have a bunk warmer for the winter months and idle air is cheap when you factor in what you get on a bonus you get the idle air free and the tax write off to boot. i only idle when it is below 20 to keep the fuel warm and not have any problems.

 

Walmart sells batterie operated fans. was ok. There are these screens that you put in your window called "breezeway" basically fans one in the other out. costs $40. I use em. they dont keep you cold but they keep you from having a stuffy cab and keep you from sticking to yourself. MAJOR downside........if you're in a truckstop with pissy stinch......its coming to visit.

 

My company is OK with the idle.
If you are in a state that has the 3 or 5 minute rule, company will pay for a hotel or idle air we just need to call the shop for approval and a PO.

If its 16 or below the shop says to idle to prevent the cost associated with starting a truck to cold to start.

They understand idling may be necessary at times and give us some leniency on our fuel bonus toward idling. Meaning they are more lenient in colder and warmer months.

I have a bunk heater that works great. I may have to idle some in the hot summer months. I think Ill take the advice on only shutting down during the dark hours.

 

Now put a Wind mill blade behind that.... Hmmmm I'd give it a try.

 

There are a couple of them out there. bluecool, idlefree, lifeforce has a propane unit which meets CARB guidelines. DTAC has electric 12/24v heat and air units

. If you do the reasearch you can build your own ALL battery unit yourself for alot less than what they are asking for them. You need a good quality sine wave inverter, min. 4 AGM group 31 batteries and a high output alternater. If you have a flat top or mid roof you could put a squirrell cage generator on the roof to charge the batteries while driving which would omit the need for the HO alternator, planes have this as a back-up incase of alt/gen failure. For best results you should change all of your batteries to the AGM eventually. the weight is far less than an APU so the arguement of "hauling extra weight" is squashed.

I have a butt load of info I have researched for building my own unit for less than $3k rather than paying the $7-12k currently asked for an APU.