To sleep or not to sleep Idle vs. APU?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by insipidtoast, Feb 14, 2023.

  1. ducnut

    ducnut Road Train Member

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    The fumes are horrible from APU’s. And, DPF trucks still produce carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Stacks should be required on all trucks and APU’s should be required to be plumbed into them. The industry doesn’t seem to care about driver health and well-being, though.
     
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  3. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Throw a fork into the garbage disposal before bed?
     
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  4. Dave1837

    Dave1837 Road Train Member

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    I have beer at home.
     
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  5. insipidtoast

    insipidtoast Heavy Load Member

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    lot of trucks are grass burners now anyway...especially when they decide to do a parked regen in the middle of the night
     
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  6. insipidtoast

    insipidtoast Heavy Load Member

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    Gee, how did he resist the urge to pull over and snuggle up in that bunk next to Kumar?
     
  7. abyliks

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    I hate idling, I have a bunk heater for sleeping and a harbor freight generator I keep in the trailer tool box, very rarely do I need it for electrical in the winter but I set it up if I’m somewhere for a few hours so I’m not dragging off the batteries, in the summer I have a portable AC that I stick the exhaust hose out the passenger window for the summer if I sit somewhere a while,

    I’m not wasting money on an apu
     
  8. GreenPete359

    GreenPete359 Road Train Member

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    All i know is you have to burn a heck of a lot of fuel just to match the initial cost of an apu.

    Maybe if i ran otr i would consider it, but that’s about the only way.
     
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  9. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    seems simple enough doesn't it..??

    if'in ya got it, ya use it.....
     
  10. Born2win

    Born2win Light Load Member

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    Idle... best sleep. Like a baby being rocked in a crib. Amazing
     
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  11. abyliks

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    Even then If I did true otr I’d have a ~100” bunk with a roof top and an onan gen
     
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