How to warm Van when stopped?

Assuming that your vehicle is diesel powered, I would think that a webasto type heater would do the trick as well as anything else you could find. There are gas burning webasto type heaters, like VW used to install in the old model bugs, but I don't like the gas burning unts at all, if they are even still available. Another option would be to head for a RV store or online and pick up an RV type of furnace that you could install in the van. They are safe for use, and are properly vented to the exterior. Unfortunately, that means carrying a propane tank and complying with the laws that apply for tunnels and other places on your routes.

The various types of portable heaters such as catalytics are not vented and if you have the vehicle closed up at night, they are going to be burning the same oxygen you need for breathing.

You can do this, but you have to do it safely.

 

Since I have never pulled a Van (or anything else for that matter) what is the purpose of warming the van? Do some customers require you to warm the Van before they load it?

 

He is a cargo van driver. He is leased to Panther.

 

Sorry, I dont know anything about Panther so I was just curious.

 

He sleeps in the van and is looking for a heat source.

 

After this year, I am looking into one of them before next year. Too many nights on the wrong side of zero.