From desk to own authority part 3
#551
12-01-2007, 03:47 PM
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Originally Posted by GMAN
Well, at least you have plenty of meat. :wink: Hey Merrick, you'll like this. It's 6 below zero, got the Rigmaster on full plus my 1500 watt heater on full and it only got up to 57 in the truck. Had to start the truck to bring the cab up to temp. :shock: Might be a good thing you started up the road engine! Or..do you have tank heaters that the rigmaster can operate??
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#552
12-01-2007, 03:50 PM
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No tank heaters unless the truck is running but I have been putting fuel additive in.
#553
12-01-2007, 03:52 PM
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Originally Posted by GMAN
Well, at least you have plenty of meat. :wink: Hey Merrick, you'll like this. It's 6 below zero, got the Rigmaster on full plus my 1500 watt heater on full and it only got up to 57 in the truck. Had to start the truck to bring the cab up to temp. Steve I don't know if you would be interested but the Walmart trucks have the espar heaters in them along with the APU,I think because of this fact the APU just can't cut it in the winter and the APU is better suited for cooling? The Espar bunk heater is like $1,500 installed.
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#554
12-01-2007, 03:54 PM
I'm headed to Stamford CT monday...turn the heat on up there Steve...so I can be warm !!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: 8)
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#555
12-01-2007, 04:04 PM
Frozen chains, frozen straps, salt, caked on ice and snow....Yup...winter is here.
Had a simple 200 mile delivery this AM, followed by a 25 mile DH, then a reload. Got up at 04:30 because the 3 year old has her Xmas figure skating show at 7pm. Well, as luck would have it, they got snow overnight. Seems there is a shortage of salt and sand in our neck of the woods too. 6" of fresh and -18 degrees C and I didn't see a salt shaker until 09:30. That was too late for the p/u truck that went into the ditch backwards in front of me at 08:30. I pulled over and offered him my cell and to wait in my bunk until the tow truck showed up. 1.25 hrs gone. Anyway....431 miles in 12 hours, but thank GOD I made it in time for figure skating. Time for bed.
#556
12-01-2007, 04:11 PM
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Ya, but it's in the frozen foods section this morning.
Hey Merrick, you'll like this. It's 6 below zero, got the Rigmaster on full plus my 1500 watt heater on full and it only got up to 57 in the truck. Had to start the truck to bring the cab up to temp.  I spent today sipping my iced coffee on the beach 8) Another 3 days then it's back to the cold.
#557
12-01-2007, 04:14 PM
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The Espar wouldn't help. In fact, the heater has less BTU output than the Rigmaster. The Espar uses about the same amount of fuel also but I have 6,000 watt generator for the same.
Many other factors effect how a heater works. The size of the cab and the amount of insulation. Just going on technical data, it would be colder in my truck with a 9,000 BTU Espar then it would with my 12,000 BTU Rigmaster.
#559
12-01-2007, 04:21 PM
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
The Espar wouldn't help. In fact, the heater has less BTU output than the Rigmaster. The Espar uses about the same amount of fuel also but I have 6,000 watt generator for the same.
Many other factors effect how a heater works. The size of the cab and the amount of insulation. Just going on technical data, it would be colder in my truck with a 9,000 BTU Espar then it would with my 12,000 BTU Rigmaster.
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