How to warm Van when stopped?

A friend of mine is having a tripac installed tomorrow. He said he hopes it will reduce his costs. It will cost about 8500.

 

Why not just go to a Walmart and get a below zero sleeping bag? Then you wouldn't need to worry about heating while your asleep! I keep 2 in the truck for 'just in case'.

 

I do too. But the problem is, when it is on the low side of zero, it is cold in the truck. You have to get out of the bag sometime.

 

You have to get out of the bag sometime.

LOL yeah, ya got a point there. Weeell, I guess you could sleep up close to the front and kinda just reach up and start the van about 10 minutes before ya get up! yeah? lol

 

He bought it already. I found out yesterday.

 

Actually, if it's not vented and it burns fossil fuel, there is the ol' nasty that will get you way before oxygen starvation. Do a search online for 'carbon monoxide poisoning death'. Vent that thing properly and save your brain cells (and maybe your own life).

 

After you get this thing installed, sleeping around it will be no problem IF you get a carbon monoxide detector and keep it in the cab with you. CO detectors should be mandatory equipment in trucks.

 

Maybe it's just me, but I've had enough people telling me what should be mandatory. A mandatory 10 hour break, a mandatory half-hour break, a mandatory 15-minutes on-duty when I get to a customer... the list goes on and on. Would it be a good idea to have one? Yes. Should Uncle Sam be the one to make me have a carbon monoxide detector? I don't see it as being his place.