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Overdrive Radio
Professional appreciation, and more on an owner-op-designed solar aux power system
This week on Overdrive Radio podcast, hear more about Chad Fowler's custom-designed "Solar Peterbilt" and its auxiliary power system. Listen on Overdrive.
March 13, 2020
Custom Rigs
The quest for no-idle, mostly maintenance-free power
Owner-operator Chad Fowler’s “Solar Peterbilt” eliminates any need to idle the semi-truck since it provides all electrical needs during downtime.
March 10, 2020
Business
eNow cab/trailer roof solar-charge system for battery-based APUs and more
Jeff Flath of eNow says the company’s five years’ worth of design and testing work with partners among the larger fleets has proven out the design of their system, ready to market to owner-operators with auxiliary battery-based anti-idling systems.
July 28, 2016
Channel 19
APU weight-exemption guide, state by state
Wide variability in state law governing weight exemptions for owner-operators utilizing APUs is what drove the creation of this chart, showing just what states allow for the 400- or 550-lb. federally encouraged weight exemptions.
June 9, 2016
Business
More states working on APU weight exemptions
On Jan. 23, Missouri and New Hampshire legislatures held hearings on bills that would allow the auxiliary power unit weight exemption permitted on trucks to be increased.
January 24, 2013
Business
Hodyon addressing APU accessibility for owner-operators
The Dynasys APU’s leasing program refuses no one, regardless of credit score — just one of the ways the company is breaking down accessibility barriers for operators needing APUs.
August 23, 2012
Business
Pulse
Some of us at Overdrive were talking with drivers at a truck stop recently to hear about their interests. The conversation drifted to our columnist and trucking radio host Kevin Rutherford.
June 1, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operator on the guv’s blog
Owner-operator Paul Ahles utilized the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s program for low, 4 percent financing of auxiliary power units to purchase the APU on his truck today, and as a participant in the program he was featured recently on Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s blog, available at this link. Ahles called the choice to purchase the PowerCube […]
April 6, 2012
Business
Oregon to start idling limits
Trucks that aren’t equipped with idle-reduction technology will be prohibited from idling more than five minutes an hour in public areas.
December 29, 2011
Channel 19
Electrification of truck stop spaces revives
As fuel prices spiked in 2007-08, a large majority of truckers’ anti-idling interest was focused on dedicated auxiliary power units, which market expanded dramatically with a profusion of new manufacturers. This time around, with the economy still somewhat shaky, owner-operator and fleet interest in up-front investment in full-function APU technology may be taking a back […]
August 30, 2011
Partners in Business
PIB TIP: CONSIDER AN APU. A recent survey shows th
PIB TIP: CONSIDER AN APU. A recent survey shows the average owner-operator idles more than 5 hours a day, in all weathers. That’s the equivalent of 18,000 yearly miles on the engine, says Argonne National Laboratory. Cutting that idling to zero eliminates 18,000 miles of wear, extends your oil-drain interval and saves nearly $4,500 in […]
September 20, 2010
Business
OOIDA members may seek APU funds
Eligible members can get a 40 percent reimbursement for the cost of the APU and installation.
September 7, 2010
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