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Not too bad after all...

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by kdryan, Oct 25, 2010.

  1. Oct 25, 2010 #1
    kdryan

    kdryan A Pleasant Fellow

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    Wow, and to think I had reservations about this job. :) Today was the first REAL day driving for these guys and even then it was only to go 75 miles to pick up an empty and bring it back. It's a local job, which is cool, and to top it off, the company rents their trucks from Penske. This morning I got into a brand spanking new Freightliner Cascadia daycab. It only had 6000 miles on it! That was a thing of beauty. Shifting it was like a hot knife cutting through butter! Sah-WEET! The kicker was when I got it back to the Penske yard and the Penske guy refueled it, cleaned the glass and checked the oil! They did say it would be a little slow until Ford gets production ramped up where we're delivering too, but they have other runs I would do in the mean time.

    One interesting thing, the truck has a little fuel tank on the side, apparently for re-burning the fuel or something to make for cleaner idling. The supervisor said that it would make it cool to idle the truck. Haven't seen this before. Anyone?

    So all in all, it was a pretty good start...

    Kevin
     
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  3. Oct 25, 2010 #2
    Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    Depending upon the setup, it's either a diesel particulate filter or selective catalyst reduction.
     
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  4. Oct 25, 2010 #3
    kdryan

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    I'm gonna go with B, as he called it a catalytic converter, which didn't make sense as it burns fuel.
     
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  5. Oct 25, 2010 #4
    albhb3

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    UREA injection make sure to thank the EPA while your at it
     
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  7. Oct 26, 2010 #5
    Ranger_309

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    Yeah urea is liquid ammonia the farmers spray on fields. Tank drivers have to
    Wear those white suits to unload it. Don't breath that stuff.
     
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  8. Oct 27, 2010 #6
    Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

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    It's a DEF tank. Don't put fuel in that whatever you do. There's a special pump in some truck stops to refill that tank. DEF stands for diesel exhaust fluid and, as mentioned above, is clean urea that is injected into the exhaust system to change the chemical makeup of what you're pumping into the atmosphere through that exhaust pipe. That system is called a Selective Catalytic Reduction system. If you put diesel into that tank, you will bollux up the entire exhaust system. It's supposed to be more efficient than EGR (exhaust gas recirculation...I think) and is also supposed to be even cleaner than EGR.

    You should be able to get 1500 miles out of that tank. Be careful it does not run dry. That would also be hard on that system. Welcome to the wonderful world of EPA.
     
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