Last night a big rig parked in the alley in back of my house, his truck idled for probably around 7 hours. It is hot here at night and could hear his air conditioner in his sleep over cab (cabover) kick on and off during the night. In the morning he drove off. Question. His truck idled all night, is that ok for a truck to do this? If so does it cost much money for the truck to do that? Is this common?
Question for Lorry Drivers yeah they do that here too, theres signs in some truck stops saying not to do it
Question for Lorry Drivers There is no need to have it idling whilst you are asleep, the heating should cycle without having the engine turned over He was wasting fuel........killing the planet........you should have made a citizen's arrest
Question for Lorry Drivers Those things have fridges, tv's xboxs the lot in there I can only assume he wanted to keep it all running, not sure what the law is in the u.s but in the uk we are only aloud two drive. Max of 90 hours a fortnight maximum split 54 to 36 hours so he could have been on his taco limit!
Question for Lorry Drivers Air con won't work with the engine off.. Modern units have fuel fired heaters.. But aircon isn't generally needed over here Guessing this is America we are talking.. He's obviously done it to keep cool, as far as I'm aware over there they are mainly owner drivers so I suppose he was happy enough to eat that bit of his profits to keep cool. As far as if it's ok goes, the tug lorrys used for shunting where my dad works run 24-7 and only get turned off for refuelling and they are fine!
Question for Lorry Drivers Taco limit Love the little USA joke in there ImageUploadedByTapatalk1342386111.126545.jpg
Question for Lorry Drivers Well it is summer time here. It was kind of warm last night, so I assumed it was on to run the air conditioner. I assume he/she slept in the truck as to protect the belongings. Wonder how much it cost to run the motor for seven hours.
Question for Lorry Drivers probably watched a 7 hour porno and needed the engine on to run the vhs player
Question for Lorry Drivers At american fuel prices not a lot, they idle at 500 rpm tops so I wouldn't imagine much.