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Originally Posted by Part Time Dweller
Cars don't idle for 10-12 hours a day, most times unnecessarily.
You can thank the BBR's that never shut their trucks off, no matter how nice it was out for the idle laws. Maybe if they had taken the time to turn the key off, there wouldn't be a need for the laws.
I don't imagine you've had any thought that the mouse might have had a bit extra Uumph in that swing, did you?
Let's see... You're a local driver with a day-cab.... Sleep in your own bed at night, not in the Don't run in the cold climates in winter, or the south in the summer. Must be nice. Next time your truck won't start because it's too cold to get the engine to spin over, you might want to see if I'm there with my chain. I lost count how many trucks I pull started last winter because the oil was just too thick for the starter to move. Oh, yeah... Hope your a/c dies on you during the "DOG DAYS OF SUMMER". You can put a blanket down under the trailer and try to sleep there because the cab is too warm.
As a matter of curiousity... Has anybody ever given any thought to the damage down to the crank and bearings during starting? Oil pressure at 0, rotating speed very slow, metal actually touching metal... Not as bad as having the bearings and journals dry, but it does "wipe" the surfaces of the metals against each other, and does shorten the life of the engine. Not to mention the brush life in the starter.