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How to stay cool

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by celticwolf, Apr 26, 2011.

  1. Apr 26, 2011 #1
    celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    Simple question.. How do you all stay cool and not idle all night??

    I don't have a Tri-Pac and company won't supply them unless you leash (yes I said leash)..

    I can stand the cold, but the heat not so much..
     
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  3. Apr 26, 2011 #2
    lil may

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    Fans and screens for the windows
     
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  4. Apr 26, 2011 #3
    harleymanjax

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    Very simple, I drive for a company that doesn't care how much you idle! :biggrin_25517:
     
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  5. Apr 26, 2011 #4
    Larryparker

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    Celticwolf,
    Where are some of the place you were stationed, I was Signal Corps my last 16 years.

    Thank you for you service.

    Safe Miles,

    Larry
     
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  7. Apr 26, 2011 #5
    celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    Believe it or not in the almost 8 years I was in, beside training, I was stationed in two places..

    HHD, 72nd Signal Batt., Neureut, Germany and JITF-JINTACCS, Ft. Monmouth, NJ.. I was part of the 324th 72nd for a short while till they realized I was much better fixing the HF and Microwave Vans than I was operating them.. At Ft. Monmouth I was System Engineer for the computers we used to develop all the Joint Service Command and Control stuff used by today's modern military.. Somewhere in my home I have a picture of a Full Bird Marine Colonel promoting me to Spec 5. He was my COMPANY commander...
     
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  8. Apr 26, 2011 #6
    SHO-TYME

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    I have a fan, big Road Pro fan that either plugs into 12V or runs on batteries. I also put blankets up over the windows to keep the heat out.
    I'll cool the truck down as cold as I can get it right before I go to bed, turn on the fan and go to sleep, usually about the time I get up, it's starting to get warm in the truck.
     
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  9. Apr 27, 2011 #7
    popmartian

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    If you live in or work in the southeast there is no easy way to stay cool the truck with out a/c until the temp drops to below 74-76 outside. If your going to sleep with out a/c then you only have one other option. Turn off all A/C in the day and sweat like a pig in 100 degree heat . Then at night 85 degrees will feel cool to you and you will sleep easier. The body can get aclimated to the heat over time. First, You will find you're moving and thinking much slower. Second, You'll start feeling like a Mississippi Slave picken cotton back in 1850. that's when " master got you workin " and where he wants you.
     
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  10. Apr 27, 2011 #8
    sycofirefighter

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    While I'm not an OTR driver I'm a firefighter and work in heat. The best thing you can do to get used to heat is drink WATER. If you stay hydrated you can sweat properly and your body will cool off. Secondly, like popmartian said turn off the A/C and run only with the windows down. Yes it is hot, but you do get used to it.
     
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  11. Apr 27, 2011 #9
    celticwolf

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    They'll let me idle to a limit.. It's me that doesn't really want to idle if I don't have too.

    Thanks all for the suggestions..
     
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  12. Apr 27, 2011 #10
    Biscuit75

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    I sleep with my Ray Ban Aviators on. Don't get much cooler than that!
    8)
     
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