My best figures show I'm burning approx $700 a month in comfort idling right now. Soon that will go down during the spring, but if you figure that I do that even half a yr the APU is paid for in 2 yrs. More like 2/3s of the yr i'll spend that much. This was figured using a fuel price of $3.259. The area I'm running in that is the low average. Since sunday it looks like the price is on the rise.
transporting a new truck
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by MedicineMan, Dec 28, 2007.
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there was a tirpac on ebay a few weeks back that the guy took off his truck after two years. It was the complete system PLUS a second brand new motor and it sold really cheap. Like under $2k if I remember
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here's a idea i have had, some of u may think that it's to hill billyish but lets see what ya'll think of it.
how about a generator back of the tractor or secured to the back of the landing gear and run a cord to a small window unit A/C ?
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you could run an rv type heat ac roof unit. Problem is choosing the right generator. Most those type generators are gas and even if you find a diesel one they run flat out all the time so they are not all that fuel efficient. And they are LOUD but that could be worked on.
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What if you got stuck in El Paso in August?
Still haven't heard from my banker. One place I tried turned me down. It was for the best. They were going to really poke me on interest. I know I'm credit challenged, but not for 26%+ -
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In the three yr loan they were going to hit me about $3500 interest. If they would have taken me I would have tried really hard to pay it off in a yr.
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they are a bunch of blood suckers.... don't get me started
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Medicineman,
You seem to be like my father. He always will tinker with stuff till it gets right up to his specs.
Re Gen: Some can be a pain and some are not. I used to run one on a 35ft cruiser based on the East coast and it did not bother anyone, but this was an enclosed 5KW Kohler gas with a sound shield in an engine room.
Good luck and knowing how good of a hands person you are, it can only be a matter of time before a solution comes up.
Hunter
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