XPO | Auto shut off

[1984Sideways]

Its really made things VERY easy in the office or phone.

What is going on with your *&^ Truck!? Driver!

Its broke.

WHATS BROKE &*%

Dunno. Computer says its broke.

WHAT!?

Then they contemplate how far back in the rockies they have to send a hook and add up the losses and begin to really lose their ::. For us its usually a week in a good hotel waiting on the demons to get that old thing straightened out again.

In the old days prior to the computer crap, I had a tractor fail to start. A old Mack R with a dynomax detriot two stroke. Shop boss thought a minute and said driver listen to me very carefully...

Get a bic pen. Make sure that bitch is in nuetral and chocked first. Open hood, find the big can on the right of the engine block near the turbo. Jam your pen straight up it's ass. She'll start.

And thats exactly what she did.

 

[upnorth]

No way to over ride it. We have been dealing with it in -40 temps since the Conway days. We will just take it to the labour board for unsafe equipment.

 

[rangeman]

Thank you.

 

[GO40]

Anyway to bypass the three minute auto shut off during the winter?

What I do whenever i take my lunch in my truck is wedge something against the pedal & the cab that keeps it at a higher idle & the truck won't shut off. ABF has stickers we us on our freight the round cardboard roll works perfect....

 

[upnorth]

What I do whenever i take my lunch in my truck is wedge something against the pedal & the cab that keeps it at a higher idle & the truck won't shut off. ABF has stickers we us on our freight the round cardboard roll works perfect....

Won’t work on ours. Three minutes is it.

 

[GO40]

Won’t work on ours. Three minutes is it.

Even with the rpm's up, if that was the case cruise control would not work....

 

[upnorth]

Even with the rpm's up, if that was the case cruise control would not work....

Nope. They have the fast idle turned off. Three is three.

 

[icuicp]

Nope. They have the fast idle turned off. Three is three.

To save what? $50 - $60 in fuel? Versus drivers being comfortable in OUR office.

As a driver , you haul freight worth millions of dollars up and down the road , safely and on time. P&D drivers deal directly with the customers ( not over the phone or through emails )

The VAST MAJORITY of drivers do what's required under ALL sorts of challenging circumstances: bad weather , distracted drivers , hostile and/or difficult customers , you name it...why should a driver have to worry about staying warm in the winter or cool in the summer , in their OWN OFFICE?

You can trust drivers to risk their lives for their jobs but you can't trust them enough to be comfortable in their damn tractor?

 

[upnorth]

To save what? $50 - $60 in fuel? Versus drivers being comfortable in OUR office.

As a driver , you haul freight worth millions of dollars up and down the road , safely and on time. P&D drivers deal directly with the customers ( not over the phone or through emails )

The VAST MAJORITY of drivers do what's required under ALL sorts of challenging circumstances: bad weather , distracted drivers , hostile and/or difficult customers , you name it...why should a driver have to worry about staying warm in the winter or cool in the summer , in their OWN OFFICE?

You can trust drivers to risk their lives for their jobs but you can't trust them enough to be comfortable in their damn tractor?

I agree. Talked to some guy named Stewart in maintenance. Says you don’t need them turned on. I said easy to say sitting behind a desk, why don’t you come up here and sit with me on the side of the road in -35? I’ll be happy to shut the truck off and you can see if we need it then.

 

[GO40]

To save what? $50 - $60 in fuel? Versus drivers being comfortable in OUR office.

As a driver , you haul freight worth millions of dollars up and down the road , safely and on time. P&D drivers deal directly with the customers ( not over the phone or through emails )

The VAST MAJORITY of drivers do what's required under ALL sorts of challenging circumstances: bad weather , distracted drivers , hostile and/or difficult customers , you name it...why should a driver have to worry about staying warm in the winter or cool in the summer , in their OWN OFFICE?

You can trust drivers to risk their lives for their jobs but you can't trust them enough to be comfortable in their damn tractor?

Don’t forget the fuel wasted on ghost pickups….

 

[Triplex]

To save what? $50 - $60 in fuel? Versus drivers being comfortable in OUR office.

As a driver , you haul freight worth millions of dollars up and down the road , safely and on time. P&D drivers deal directly with the customers ( not over the phone or through emails )

The VAST MAJORITY of drivers do what's required under ALL sorts of challenging circumstances: bad weather , distracted drivers , hostile and/or difficult customers , you name it...why should a driver have to worry about staying warm in the winter or cool in the summer , in their OWN OFFICE?

You can trust drivers to risk their lives for their jobs but you can't trust them enough to be comfortable in their damn tractor?

It's not the company, it's the Federal Government and the "green" initiative attempting to reduce emissions/CO2.

 

[ABF381]

It's not the company, it's the Federal Government and the "green" initiative attempting to reduce emissions/CO2.

I disagree.... the government just gives the company an excuse....

 

[Triplex]

I disagree.... the government just gives the company an excuse....

Just for starters...

Trucks.com - Marketplace for Truck, SUV and Van enthusiasts

Trucks.com is the marketplace for truck, SUV and van enthusiasts and a dealership's technology partner.

www.trucks.com

https://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/legisbriefs/2018/September/VehicleIdling_Sep2018_34_v01%20FINAL.pdf

Truck Idling Laws

List of Truck Idling Laws by State for diesel trucks

www.smart-trucking-jobs.com

 

[eBiTDa]

Yet just about every OTR bubba out there not in a big fleet idles their truck, all night and day 24/7.

 

[ABF381]

Just for starters...

Trucks.com - Marketplace for Truck, SUV and Van enthusiasts

Trucks.com is the marketplace for truck, SUV and van enthusiasts and a dealership's technology partner.

www.trucks.com

https://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/legisbriefs/2018/September/VehicleIdling_Sep2018_34_v01%20FINAL.pdf

Truck Idling Laws

List of Truck Idling Laws by State for diesel trucks

www.smart-trucking-jobs.com

I understand that there are no idle laws and EPA regulations.... to my knowledge though there are no laws requiring companies to make the trucks automatically shut down...

 

[seabreeze]

It's not the company, it's the Federal Government and the "green" initiative attempting to reduce emissions/CO2.

Just shows these pansies can't take it as we did back in the 50s when we had no heaters.
I can recall being stranded in those Fla mountain blizzards for days.

 

[seabreeze]

I understand that there are no idle laws and EPA regulations.... to my knowledge though there are no laws requiring companies to make the trucks automatically shut down...

I recall one time, ours would speed up a few seconds up if idled too long.

 

[ROADY]

Just shows these pansies can't take it as we did back in the 50s when we had no heaters.
I can recall being stranded in those Fla mountain blizzards for days.

I hear you breeze, horrible conditions in those mountain ranges of Florida. This morning Fort Myers area had a tornado. We get some tough winter weather down here in Floridia!!

 

[seabreeze]

Just for starters...

Trucks.com - Marketplace for Truck, SUV and Van enthusiasts

Trucks.com is the marketplace for truck, SUV and van enthusiasts and a dealership's technology partner.

www.trucks.com

https://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/legisbriefs/2018/September/VehicleIdling_Sep2018_34_v01%20FINAL.pdf

Truck Idling Laws

List of Truck Idling Laws by State for diesel trucks

www.smart-trucking-jobs.com

Makes you wonder what percentage of pollution is caused by bovine farts

 

[seabreeze]

I hear you breeze, horrible conditions in those mountain ranges of Florida. This morning Fort Myers area had a tornado. We get some tough winter weather down here in Floridia!!

I feel for you Roady, we had 36 and a very cold rain here on the Carolina coast this AM