Mandatory APU's

I understand that but for the price someone pays for these APU's you ought to be able to freeze a side of beef in the cab...LOL

Hope you understand my point.

 

I understand. I was just trying to show that in Laredo, there is not much to do about it due to the way trucks are made. Hopefully it will change.

 

I don't know. I was only referring to running the front and back air on the truck and trying to get it cool in Laredo one summer. I have never had the luxury of an APU to experience what it would do.

I would certainly hope it would do the job for the price.

 

I've found a lot of people complaining about lack of cooling have their controls set bringing in outside air, trying to cool down 100 degree plus air. Tell them to set the control at recirculating air and it solves the problem. It also helps to have the cab and sleeper pre-cooled with the main engine before switching the APU on. Dirty cab filters are another common problem with inadequate cooling.

 

He's got a rigmaster and I've heard alot of people complain about the heating and cooling of the unit.

 

the staes who mandate insurance vs the unmandated states is a much better comparison. Andd I know my insurnce here in TX (a mandated state) is three times as much as it was in WI (unmandated state) for the same vehicle I moved with.

any time you MANDATE something you compleatly disable the natural market forces which influence price since they don't have to cmpete. you HAVE to have it so they can charge anything they want