"Weed-Burners" Should Be Illegal.......

I'm on a reset...Yeah....I suppose I should just have started my "34" over again right?

Besides...All the spots were taken......And I had been there since noon or so....The other driver pulled in late evening....


Anyway....Got up this morning....Talked to another driver who was also gassed by this guy....He said the guy's APU was messed up....he had to run his CPAP....He apologized to the other driver.....But the APU hasn't run in like two weeks and his company hasn't had the time to fix it yet.......

 

For car haulers they make sense.....
Other carriers spec them because:

1. Their supposedly more aerodynamic and;
2. They cost less then having stacks....

I worked for contractor who had all of his big trucks as "Weed-burners"....
It sucked for the guys in the trench because they would get gassed out every time a truck moved with the backhoe on excavations.....

Btw...backhoes by law in Cali have the stacks turned away from the cab so the operator doesn't get gassed....

 

Or you could spec out a long rail rig like mine.....I have twin stacks and the headache sits behind them....It's a 256" WB which is long for an aero....but it works great for hauling pipe/beam loads when I have to hang 2' off the nose of the trailer......

 

I had two hot plants I backed my ten-wheeler in.....One sand/rock/gravel I had to back my low-side in.....No biggie....

 

Right.....But vocational applications and OTR applications are two different animals...

I know Kevin Rutherford loves them.....

 

The gist is....We as OTR drivers get sheyat for sleep....

Most truck stops are located adjacent to major highways....some are near air strips....Some have rail traffic that runs 24/7.......The noises you can "tune out"....."Weed-burner" exhaust......Seeps into every nook and cranny of rig....these things aren't air tight......