Keeping cool in the truck?

Park in the shade of another truck...use those reflective sun shields instead of the factory curtains (they absorb heat)... keep the fans going... park facing away from the sun...

I only idle when it's over 80F... too bad you don't have a sleeper door to open... makes a big difference.

 

I just caught flack because I haven't been logging line 2... From the Safety people. I repleid that due to the high temps in the sleeper, I've been sleeping outside of it. Ergo, no line 2, as I"M NOT IN IT! I'm not going to try to sleep in a puddle of sweat to save them money. The truck has no APU, and shuts down after 5 minutes even though they state that it will idle above 80 degrees... Horse Hockey!

 

My boss gripes when I idle the truck also. Too ###### bad, I like cold temps (I've been known to drive with my A/C on when the outside temps are in the 20's) and won't idle for heat until temps are in the low teens or single digits, but I hate hot temps and will idle for A/C if the temps are over 60 at night. If I'm not comfortable, then I can't sleep, if I can't sleep I'm not productive and I can get very grouchy. He hates it when I'm grouchy and lazy, the extra 8 to 10 gal. of fuel I burn he can live with. If he wants to ##### that bad, I'll pay for the 8 to 10 out of my pocket or he can pay for a hotel room.

 

hmmmm.....must be me being from australia, but I just put up with it and just wake up drenched in sweat, but some of these tips I shall be looking into, its also my fault I dont have those fans my company provides, thats all I would really need.

 

not having a good nights sleep is a SAFETY ISSUE . sleepy drivers have wrecks. I've had that problem before and changed the complaint to a safety issue, (in the Quaalcom, to be on record), the tone changed. loads were late, why they asked, !!?? well, didn't sleep last night in San Antonio,it was 98 at 0200, no A/C. can't drive half asleep. it got fixed.
there is an a/c unit in the bunk area for a reason, so we can sleep in comfort. that's also why I don't drive the northeast anymore. idle regs.