No Idle Law in Florida

[zr1pete]

I'm not sure, Does anyone know if there's any truth to the rumor that tractor trailer rigs can no longer idle their rigs when stopped?

 

[Tx_Atty]

yahoo search did not return anything. one mentioned Georgia wanting to limit the time but that was all I could find.

 

[Hoss 350]

I'm not sure, Does anyone know if there's any truth to the rumor that tractor trailer rigs can no longer idle their rigs when stopped?

I don't know about your question, but it boggles my mind that they actually have to make a law requiring these businessmen to do something that makes such good economic sense... That's like passing a law to require construction companies to try to get good production out of their workers. Well, DUH!!!!

I am still not, nor will I ever be, truly understanding of the reasons why truckers leave their rigs idle for hours at a time. Their bottom line is burning off by the minute.

 

[jharvey]

I am still not, nor will I ever be, truly understanding of the reasons why truckers leave their rigs idle for hours at a time. Their bottom line is burning off by the minute.

Without sounding rude, crude and totally arrogant..........

Idling when the drivers are in the truck sleeping means being either WARM or COOL depending on the season. In the summer you'll bake and in the winter you'll freeze so being comfortable means running the rig.

 

[DaveBen]

There are other ways of running the heater or AC without running the engine.

Dave

 

[jharvey]

There are other ways of running the heater or AC without running the engine.

Dave

I have seen at a VERY FEW truck stops Idle Aire, not all truck stops have it though.

Back to the original question........ sorry

 

[BamaSixGun]

Without sounding rude, crude and totally arrogant..........

Idling when the drivers are in the truck sleeping means being either WARM or COOL depending on the season. In the summer you'll bake and in the winter you'll freeze so being comfortable means running the rig.

john has hit it on the head. i have trucks of my own, and when i have been on trips with my dad, depending on the weather, thats why you idle.

NOW, there are alternatives at alot of truck stops like Petro, TravelCenters of America, Flyin J, and a few others, that offer the IdleAire system.

it offers heat, A/C, phone, internet access, and coax, and the truck stays off.

there are also other systems that offer on board small diesel opperated units, that run off of the trucks fuel, but at a lot less rate of burn than if the truck is running itself.

in todays trucking business, you have to do whatever it takes to save on the fuel.

for car haulers too, having an electric operated hydraulic pump, can also save on fuel, when loading and unloading, to drive the hydraulic ramps on the truck and trailer.

 

[Hoss 350]

there are also other systems that offer on board small diesel opperated units, that run off of the trucks fuel, but at a lot less rate of burn than if the truck is running itself.

This is where I was headed. A 3-5HP generator can run a heater or a small AC unit. You could pay for it in a few months on saved maintenance and wasted fuel, MHO.

 

[RenoF250]

Yeah, we have a customer in Reno that makes them:
http://www.usdieselengines.com/no_idle_truck_generators.htm

 

[Whata250]

A lot of the larger companies have initiated a no-idle policy. Wal-Mart is one that has done that. They also put the Gen-Set on all their trucks so they can run the heat or air. A truck idling uses about a gallon an hour of diesel, a gen-set uses about a1/10 to run heat and a little more when running air. But the Gen-sets are usually 5-7k.
Houston has a no-idle truck law, but they rarely enforce it.