Would you work for a company with no APU?

you really old school.
High idle is not needed, not recommended not required per EVERY engine manafacturer after the interdiction of egr....!!

 

Do you sell apu's?

 

i run the north east and I don’t think I spend 3k a month on fuel total.......

 

But that’s because you’re driving! Idling will cost you more!!!


I’m being sarcastic of course.

 

If he was local. He wouldn't have hos. Or maybe he does. Local wise.

The 2016 FL I last drove. Arrived may 2015. I beleive the order was placed January.

 

This is Detroits recommendation on their latest GHG17 series of engines straight out of the owners manual from my new body Cascadia and they had the same recommendation on their first EGR series 60 engines (September ish 2002)

 

Right. Sooner or later these guys idling are going to run into engine problems.
If they want to throw out 20k on an engine rebuild, we'll be my guest.

The actual fuel cost for idling 24/7 in a month is $1500-$2700 depending on type of truck. Add in repairs and the unavoidable big hit and you see why I said $3-4000/month.

 

In the real world there’s no need to idle 24/7. Anyone buying their own fuel is going to run their operation as they see fit. Me? I’ll check the weather and set an alarm for when the temperature is supposed to start dropping, usually on the hottest days it’s around midnight to 1am. The truck is usually comfortable until 5 or 6 when I’m waking up anyway. If I’m parking in the late afternoon and it’s hot I’ll usually get a motel room anyway because I have no desire to lay around in my truck for 14 or more hours. And with my current averages, every 2 to 2.5 years or so I would be giving up enough payload that equals the $12k price tag for an apu. Your estimated numbers are way off for real world operations, especially your maintenance numbers you keep throwing out. $3k a month is an overhaul every year and $4k a month is an overhaul plus a new dpf and other emission components every year. Simply not realistic.

 

Legally he does. He just doesn't have to run a log book (either paper or elog) if he meets the criteria for it, of which on is 12 hours a day.

 

if you idle 12hrs a day for 30 days a month = 360 hrs a month. At .75 gl per hr = 270 gl per month. At $2.00 per gl = $540... how do you get $1,500 PLUS per month..???

You do realize that $3,000-$4,000 a month (your numbers) = a new CRATE MOTOR AND NEW 1 BOX EVERY YEAR...!!

I don't think so....