Kicked Out By IdleAire???

Im curious. Has anyone heard about the propane APU that is coming out? I was told that they sell for half the cost of diesel APUs and are about half the weight?! I think the company is in California, but don't remember their name. I personally think an inexpensive APU is the way to go. The're not restricted by the Idleair locations and you won't get ticketed for idling. Anti-idling laws are going into effect all over the country - like it or not. The solution is to stop idling.

 

Have not heard about that. Not sure I would be comfertable with propane over fuel. Is that safe?

 

I was kinda of pushed into using their service one night.... no A/C or heat in truck.. was about 35F outside..... and it was nice to have heat in the truck and be a little quite...UNTIL THE REEFER FIRED UP NEXT TO ME AT FULL BLAST FOR 20 MINUTES almost twice an hour.......but a reefer can fire up and break the no idle zone policy... a truck idling is a lot quiter..... just my two cents..

 

I probably shouldn't write this but I guess I will. What if you just use the service one time? Now you will have a membership card and the inserts for your window. They are not supposed to bother you if you don't idle the truck. If they do bother you show them your card and tell them you do not need it tonight. Or you could take the inserts and pretend to use it. A few months ago the Gateway in E St Louis was having a special. IA was free for a half a day and I got the inserts for five bucks. Then I hatched this little plan because parking can be an issue. But, I sure wasn't going to pay for this overpriced product unless there was a football game on cable or something I really wanted to watch. Since then I have parked in three IA locations. Breezewood, Pa TA, Russel, IL, TA, and the TA at the I 71 and US 35 junction in Jeffersonville, OH. No one has yet to bother me. The one in OH asked me if I needed it. I told him "no thanks" and he drove away. So I have yet to try and "stick it to the man".

 

About Propane and the Propane APU, I found this on the Internet:

The US Department of Energy, Division of LPG Land Transportation and Storage Safety makes the following interesting safety comparison:

"Individual Risk to Specific Fatal Incidents"

Motor Vehicle Accident.........................................1 in 4,700
Air Plane Crash (as a passenger).........................1 in 140,000
Struck by Lightning................................................1 in 1,375,000
Struck by Tornado..................................................1 in 2,450,000
Dam Failure/Rupture..............................................1 in 6,300,000
Air Plane Crash (as a person on the ground).....1 in 37,000,000
Propane Storage or Transportation Incident......1 in 37,000,000

Propane costs about 40% less than diesel fuel if you buy it from a bulk supplier rather than a tank exchange. I found the Propane APU company. It's Lifeforce Energy Corp.

 

The screams of the mental giants that run Idel aire will will shatter the quiet zone if they wake me up.....My wife will whoop their ##$ cause she hates it when I wake up grouchy!

 

Ok, here is my two cents worth:

I do not have a problem with trucks idling at idle-aire as long as those trucks have paid for service during that day and are not just sitting taking up paying customers spots. There have been a number of times when I pulled into a truck stop to use idle-aire and all the spots were full. Unfortunately, over 1/2 of those spots were filled with trucks not even hooked up to idle-aire.

Please do not park in the idle-aire spots if you are not using the service. Would you go into a restaurant and sit at a table for hours without ordering anything? I hope not! Its the same thing; your keeping paying customers from using the service.

 

Here's an idea for company's...why not reimburse co-drivers to use this service? It is cheaper than paying for the fuel for your driver to idle...