My SO is heading out next week and we need to know if anyone can suggest a GOOD effective heater that can keep you warm at night without idling...it is our understanding that this is what some companies prefer to avoid fuel consumption.

Thanks in advance.

 

Electric blankets work nice.

Check that...might drain your battery.
Guess I don't know outside of an APU. :?

 

only thing i know of is the electric blanket unless you have a gen onboard

 

unless the company provides an alternate heat source, such as an apu,idle the truck,besides the obvious health risk involved in sleeping in a cold truck,you also need to keep the oil and fuel warm and keep the batteries charged up.

 

I fully 100% agree. You cant run an electric blanket off a truck that isnt running-youll have no battery left. Idle the truck. At the end of the day, the bean counters and pencil pushers go home in a warm environment, and nothing less should be done for a driver.

If the company will pay for idle-air, which is available at many truckstops now, use it. If they pay for an auxilary power unit, APU for heat and cooling, then use it. If its cold, then dont kill yourself. It very easy to catch a cold,flu and whatnot, when its super cold in the truck, and the driver will feel like crap all night.

If they will not provide a driver with a good heat source when its anywhere less than 40-45 degrees, move on.

 

coleman makes a heater that can be used indoors. it uses the 1lb tanks. the heater cost around $75. I use one in the truck camper for deer hunting and works great.

 

Dangerous due to CO levels in an enclosed environment!

If the carrier has some sort of fuel bonus, tell us what it is, it may not even be realistically possible to reach with any idling atall... he will need to idle when temps get about freezing. Get a descent sleeping bag e.g: one designed for 2 rated for freezing temps can be found at about $50 shopping around. extra blanket helps. electric heaters will kill the batteries in a matter of hours.

 

if it was above 40 i usually just used alot of blankets

 

I know I would not work for a company that would not let me idle the truck, to keep comfortable.

 

i never worried about the idle time or bonus there were just times i wanted some peace and quite