Keeping Cool in the Summer

Does his truck not have an air conditioning?? That is what is used to stay cool.

 

Most vocational vehicles (Garbage trucks in this case) do not come with AC as a standard feature. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure it's an option feature from certain brands (the mack and Volvo I drive weekly doesn't even have mounts on the engine block for an AC compressor.) I'm not sure if that's true of all brands, but in at-least those two cases it is.

Regardless, it's clear he (OP's significant other in this case) doesn't have access to it, and OP, I'm sorry, but your BF is SOL. I run residential 3/5 days at the moment, did it last summer and all winter. Dress accordingly for the temperature and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

There's some days in the extreme heat of July/August, I'll wear just a single piece of under armor and very loose, open bibs. I get smiles from women on this because when I bend over, the sides tend to flare open and all my business is exposed. Atleast, I think its smiles. Might be them getting ready to puke for all I know of women. You guys are a freaking mystery wrapped around an enigma.

He's probably running a cabover and sitting next to an engine running @ 180 degrees with little more than a bit of fireproof fabric and sheet metal sperating him from it. My right arm gets roasted year round on the side of the engine bay in my truck.

Portable AC units, kind of exist. Most of them are a bucket with a fan sitting over it, you dump ice into it and it very slowly circulates somewhat cold air. Extremely basic system and will not work for this application. It also stops working when the ice melts and that on average, takes about 2 hours on a warm day.

The cooling towels won't work, save your money.


The short and skinny here, is, he will adjust. I've been standing in -20 degree weather with windchill reaching -30/40 regularly this winter. I can stand in it with a light hoodie and a set of thermals on underneath and feel comfortable. When summer rolls around, I'll be standing in 100 degree weather and full sun. Takes some getting used to.

 

Didn't see it said Garbage and waste removal sub...my bad...my info is irrelivant

 

Some trucks have valves ont he side that turn off the heating system and make the ac work better. He should check for 2 valves with collent lines running the heater core. Its possible the flap in the truck that controls weather heat or ac is on is stuck and thus he really has the heat partially on. Disabling the heater core would be a bandaid fix.

 

Hey ritch, it's posted in Garbage and waste removal sub.

 

Have a link for that requirement on air conditioning.

 

Back in the day we had 2-55 , 2 windows down at 55, most of us turned out the wing glass and it was pretty comfortable as long as you were moving.