$60-80 per day for idling on a 10 hour break (at $4/gal)? Might as well just pay for a Motel 6 and save some money. Actually I've heard some truckers say their truck is getting about 0.5 gallons per hour (GPH), but in my experience with older KW's and this '12 Cascadia it's closer to 1.0 GPH +/- 0.3. No matter what, if I were paying that kind of money to heat my house I'd defecate bricks sideways.
idling your truck
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by sgtkrav, Nov 17, 2013.
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What about a brick on the fuel treadle? Remember those old adjustable Bar Jan throttle sticks you could buy in the junk section of the truckstop?
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biggare1980 Thanks this.
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^^^^ I agree with you 100%. I was just "riffing" on his math. I'd still defecate bricks sideways if I had a heating bill like that at home. The efficiencies of making yourself comfortable by running a diesel engine border on idiocy IMHO.
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idling is supposed to be figured in as part of doing business.
like tire wear.
fans in the window won't cut it in southwest Tex or New Orleans or Phoenix in Aug.biggare1980 Thanks this. -
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