Seriously?!

APUs are a driver retention tool. I've made it through 2 summers WITHOUT an APU and have only idled all night 4 or 5 times. I use IdleAir ALOT and have many tricks to avoid idling.

 

How much is idelair.

 

idleair runs a little over $2 a hour, its not a huge savings but can save an o/o almost 50% in some cases compared to idling plus you can get internet and cable with it.

I did not idle much last summer at all but I was fortunate to be in the North most of the time where it was a bit cooler and at the time had the prostar where I could open the windows but even with windows open and a fan directly on me I could not sleep in the southern states during the heat even during some nights especially in Phoenix 93 degrees at 2am. Now im in a freight with no windows just those little vents, lately its been in the 70's here and I wake up sweating with the sun beating down turning the truck into an oven. I am not looking forward to the temps hitting the 85+ mark, my idle will probably be much higher this time around.

 

And here I am thinking the Atlanta terminal was bad....

 

I thought that until I learned of the huge tax credits companies are getting for buying them. (Part of some go green program).

And saving a modest 25 gallons per week over a four year period is around 20k at current fuel prices.

 

That's the absolute best you could do, provided you ran an APU for 10 hours a days 365 days a year versus idling for that same period.

Based on my current idling, I would only save about $1000 over a 4 year period. That's won't even cover the maintenance cost on an APU during that time, much less recover a $10K+ capital cost.

 

dropped that looad of water at the walmart dc in fontana. then got a 2 store stop in bakersfeild. the deadheaded back to porterville dc. got a store drop here in long beach and p/u a backhaul in san bernardino going to porterville dc. do that p/u tomorrow since i only had 45 min. left when i got here in long beach. spend the nite here in the parking lot.. been a busy day. pretty much non stop all day...sorry posted in wrong section lol

 

at least your getting miles and making money dp!

 

yep...like the busy part. not sitting waiting for loads

 

yeah its nice knowing you have a load each morning without wondering all day if a preplan is coming