idling your truck

Idling truck does nothing have seen tires freeze to asphalt.when I ran in extreme cold never set brakes,I carry 4x4 blocks to chock wheels

 

What if temperatures drop below 15? Gotta be a legit way to do it. Just ask the dispatcher or repair shop.
I dont think they want you to freeze to death or pull start in the morning. Rookies are always ready to sacrifice but if you cant get any sleep what good of a driver will you be in daytime? Time to speak up!

Close to 100 % of mega carriers install bunk heaters btw. Maybe your co could put two plus two together also.

 

Have no experience with new trucks,but on older trucks you can pull fuel pedal back,an bungie or zip tie roller to any rpm. Just be careful. Drove old Detroit cruise didn't work so had to rig pedal.

 

my kenworth requires the cruise OFF to adjust the idle.

an idling engine doesn't run very hot. in sub temps. the back pipes aren't that warm, if it all. and since the exhaust is ABOVE the tires. and hot air rises. and the tires being too far back. the only way i see exhaust heat unfreezing the brakes is if it's a weed burner exhaust.

don't matter if trailer is applied or truck is applied. brakes are going to freeze. one can of brake cleaner has always worked for me. i have yet to brake out the hammer.

i drove a 99 FL dump truck once. it had idle shut off. being a retired mechanic i had a adjustable stick i used to apply the brake against the steering wheel. for alignments. keeps the brakes applied and holds the steering wheel in place. i used that stick for the gas pedal and that didn't work. only way to keep that FL dump truck running was to use the trailer brakes. but if the trailer wasn't hooked up. all bets were off.

 

as for the op's question. some on here have said the temps need to be 20 or lower for the truck to run. but i guess that depends on how the company has the ecm set up.

i can't see trucks NOT running in very cold temps. companies spend enough money as it for whatever reason that resulted in a stranded truck somewhere. plugged fuel filters or dead batteries or whatever.

and if your truck brakes freeze. you can always dolly down the trailer. deflate the suspension. so the load is off the truck. lock in 4wd. and get the tires to spin. unfreezing the brakes.

 

Spot on 100%
some of the trailers I pick up after a few hours sitting, won't release until a few minutes in cold weather. can't imagine after 10hr break or few days in cold weather. my employer don't run crap equipment.

 

Did you try bumping the cruise up a knotch?Trks I drive do that too cold or hot weather.I hit the cruise control switch and it stays running.But of course make sure your cruise is in the on position,lol.

 

Try turning on the cruise control and then bumping up the idle. If that does not work take off the tactor parking brake and try it again. Make surebyou leave the trailer brake on.

 

The 2012 Pete in my picture is setup the same way.NONE of the tricks work and it shuts down after 5 minutes.
It must be changed in the ECM....I tried every trick in the book to keep it running and nothing worked.
It is all in how the company had it set up in the computer.
If you don't have an APU or Espar heater i would be raising a huge stink with the company to get it by a dealer and have that crap programmed out!

 

I'm sorry to hear that it doesn't work. Usually taking the parking brake off and then bumping up the itle tricks ecm in to thinking in the truck is in motion.