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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
Channel 19
APU rebates, Leslie train horns for East Tennessee’s Sams Trucking
Check out my story in the September Overdrive magazine on various financial incentives — rebates, grants, various low-interest loan programs — state governments are making available to owner-operators and carriers to encourage the purchase of idle-reduction technologies like APUs, cab heaters and the like, and you’ll find in the lead this pic of the new […]
September 8, 2010
Business
Tridako APUs available
The new HC5128 and a smaller prototype are made for truckers with limited frame rail space. The larger unit is 28 inches wide and offers 24,000 Btus of air conditioning capacity, 30,000 Btus of cab heat, 6000 watts of 120-volt, 60-Hertz AC power, and 60 amps of 12-volt DC power. The smaller design, with a […]
August 27, 2010
Business
Grants awarded to cut emissions
OOIDA has been selected to receive $1 million to implement an auxiliary power unit project costing more than $2.3 million.
August 6, 2010
Business
Thermo King introduces three products
Thermo King Corp. introduced the TriPace Electric APU System, the T-1000 SPECTRUM multi-temp unit for trucks and the SmartPower high output electric standby option March 25 in Louisvilles The TriPace Electric APU System is an electric auxiliary idle reduction and temperature management system designed to maintain comfortable temperature conditions in the truck cab without running an […]
April 13, 2010
Business
Tennessee funds APUs
Tennessee truck owners are eligible to apply for up to $4,000 in grant rebates.
March 10, 2010
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