Roehl Driver Check In Continued

At the Beach (Pontoon). Zanesville OH cons tomorrow during the winter storm warning and 4"-6" of snow. That should be fun on the $ General hill. Ohio east looks to get nasty.

 

Last night my bunk heater went out. Was on then made a rumble and quit. Still blew air but no heat. Called maintenance tried filter and blowin it out no luck. Iwas at xt 190 on I 70. 14 degrees this morning. Good thing I had my sleeping bag and blankets. This poor truck was cold though. I am now at xt62 on I15. And heater works. Could it be altitude?

 

In my non-trucker experience, intermittent problems like that seem more like a wiring issue. Something loose maybe?

Well my home time is just about up. Got a load into St. Johns, appointment time 10pm. Hoping the lake effect snow machine holds off, if I get sent through the Chicago corridor afterwards.

 

I've got the same thing with my 2013 Prostar. I couldn't even get the filter out to clean it for fear of wrecking it, so I left it and reported it to maintenance. Hopefully they will get this fixed.

What was wrong with a simple Webasto heater and an APU? They keep telling me how the battery system will heat or cool for a full 10 hour break (it won't), as though I would never need more than that. Auto idle is also supposed to keep the batteries charged if they get low, but it doesn't, turns on a couple of times but still fails before morning.

 

First off, hen it gets cold, the prostar will start a couple times a night, and only run about 10-15 min. I don't care what the mechs say. I've had 2 and the both did the same thing. It will charge when it's low, meaning it will run for an hour and a half or so. For cooling, if it's really hot out, and you're running the a/c full, no it won't work for a full 10, but should still start for a recharge.
They went away from APU's because drivers never maintained them, and would also leave them running during home time.

 

drivers never maintained them? were drivers expected to do the oil changes and PMs on Roehls APUs?

 

Never had one at Roehl. At Marten all I did was check oil and make sure it was still there and bolted down. Anything else and I informed maintenance.

 

Why didn't you idle? No way would I freeze through the night like that. I'm assuming you can override idle shutdown like I can in my KW?

 

Spent the night at Ellenwood. Got jammed up 6 hours at a paper mill so split logged to get here around 1am. Seemed like the best time to deal with Atlanta. First time I've been here. Grabbing a relay then heading to Chicago. Trying to get home sometime late tomorrow for the holiday.

 

You can go across the street and get boiled peanuts.