Straight Trucks with APU

[mjmsprt40]

Re: streight trucks with APU

Their right is limited to the local noise ordinance of the jurisdiction of which they are. So a good plan B might be; Amazon.com: sleeping headphones

So all parties can get a good rest and be safe and alert for their next run... I have used a pair for a few years now. I am a Straight truck parked in back next to noisy generators and reefers and people yelling and trucks using un-muffled engine brakes and horns and loud thunder from storms and planes flying overhead and....

I'll have to look into that. Set up your device to either a white-noise frequency, or to the music of your choice, and muffle any external sounds. Not bad.

 

[letsdrive]

Or for a $1 or 2 you can get earplugs at Walmart and while your there you could park and probably not have to worry about the apus running and keeping you awake if that dont work theres lowes or home Depot just a few places that you may try.

 

[JohnWC]

Or for a $1 or 2 you can get earplugs at Walmart and while your there you could park and probably not have to worry about the apus running and keeping you awake if that dont work theres lowes or home Depot just a few places that you may try.

and what about hearing the phone for the next load or hearing where and what is required to place my bid in for the load so I don't overcharge and lose it or undercharge and lose money lol

 

[letsdrive]

and what about hearing the phone for the next load or hearing where and what is required to place my bid in for the load so I don't overcharge and lose it or undercharge and lose money lol

Yes and thats why I dont use them. Its kind of like a catch 22. Sacrificing one for another. In other words this is the job some have chosen nothing glamorous about sleeping in truck stop that often times smells like urine had some str8 truck park right next to me idling all night long. But at end of day im not responsible for everyone else just because some people are rude and disrespectful. dont need to let it bother me. Or get under my skin.

 

[JohnWC]

Yes and thats why I dont use them. Its kind of like a catch 22. Sacrificing one for another. In other words this is the job some have chosen nothing glamorous about sleeping in truck stop that often times smells like urine had some str8 truck park right next to me idling all night long. But at end of day im not responsible for everyone else just because some people are rude and disrespectful. dont need to let it bother me. Or get under my skin.

most of the time I don't care eather but once in a blue moon I'd like to chain them up right next to the noise or take their trash and dump it right back in their truck and go on my merry way

 

[hossman2011]

It certainly s a good thing that there are outlets like EO forum, so that people that have issues with others, and don't have the cajones to directly address it with people, have a place to ineffectually vent. Some times people like the couple that were sitting in the restaurant at the table next to my wife and I and very loudly playing with ringtones for their phones, need to be reminded that there really is a better place and time to do that. Might not accomplish anything but that one time it does would make you feel almost as good as picking up others garbage. All that said, NOISE is the nature of what you have chosen as a vocation.

 

[JohnWC]

It certainly s a good thing that there are outlets like EO forum, so that people that have issues with others, and don't have the cajones to directly address it with people, have a place to ineffectually vent. Some times people like the couple that were sitting in the restaurant at the table next to my wife and I and very loudly playing with ringtones for their phones, need to be reminded that there really is a better place and time to do that. Might not accomplish anything but that one time it does would make you feel almost as good as picking up others garbage. All that said, NOISE is the nature of what you have chosen as a vocation.

yea but if theyed replace their mufflers it would be less offence

 

[runrunner]

I wish thouse streight trucks with APU Would park in the back of truckstop with outher trucks .insted of blocking off the air and then starting up that noisy blank blank APU in the front parking lot you rude drivers

You remind me of the driver at the Detroiter years ago,talk about rude,he woke me up from a much needed sleep,and told me I had to move my truck because I was blocking his TV reception,and this took place in the pay lot, in the back. I'm sorry you don't like the noise,but this is our World not yours. If you don't like the noise then your free to move.

 

[mjmsprt40]

Johnny-- you have a van, like me. You're not restricted to truck-stops like some of these big fellows are. You can park ANYWHERE that it's legal to park a vehicle, including truck-stops, most Wal-Marts, motels, some church parking lots (you'll have to ask before doing this) sometimes at the shippers or receivers, motels (surprise-- they actually WANT you to come there, sign in and enjoy a room-- it'll cost ya, but you get a decent room, a bed, a shower and you don't put up with loud trucks) in short-- anywhere you can legally park a vehicle.

Places that allow large straights are fewer and farther between. They stay at the truck-stops because they have to, many of them will park in front because-- oh, I know you won't believe this-- because there's a "pecking order" in some places and the straights just aren't welcome in 18-wheeler-land-- so they go up front where they can find a little peace. Park your large straight between a van and a bus-sized RV and don't worry about it-- or so it goes. Besides, as has already been pointed out-- some of those TT guys can't back a trailer to save their lives, and the scars on nearby straights prove it-- so the straights head for the front lot.

 

[JohnWC]

It's about a straight truck with a defective muffler as to where they park like I said before most people out here are nice people some should be chained to thier trucks next to thier apus or have the trash and thier dog poo etc thrown back in thier truck for those of you that don't fit that I'm sorry for offending you but from sept to may its wasting money to pay motel rooms when you can get a shower for 12 bucks or less and yes I could aford a motel any time I want to but one I hope to move back up but right and have no payments that way I can still expidite like I do now if they don't pay a fair price let someone else do it

 

[cheri1122]

It's about a straight truck with a defective muffler as to where they park like I said before most people out here are nice people some should be chained to thier trucks next to thier apus or have the trash and thier dog poo etc thrown back in thier truck for those of you that don't fit that I'm sorry for offending you but from sept to may its wasting money to pay motel rooms when you can get a shower for 12 bucks or less and yes I could aford a motel any time I want to but one I hope to move back up but right and have no payments that way I can still expidite like I do now if they don't pay a fair price let someone else do it

It's not about a straight truck with a defective muffler - you were complaining way before I mentioned that my muffler pipe just broke. And you'll be complaining after it's fixed, too, because there are bigrigs with jake breaks, loud radios in nice weather, drivers up early working on their trucks, etc. None of whom give a flying fig that you're trying to sleep, or that I am.
Suck it up, buttercup, they have as much right to use the parking lot as you do. If you want to be a princess, you could try putting orange cones in the spaces to either side of your parking spot, see how that works.

 

[cheri1122]

Re: streight trucks with APU

Somebody forgot to mention Pennsylvania. I mention it here because it's one state where I know they have a law that says you can't let the main engine of a truck over 10,000 lbs gross idle for more than five minutes. You have to run an APU there if you want heat, air and electrical power.

There are others, as well - not just states, but city & local laws against idling. I've even had a [very obnoxious] WalMart clerk ask why my truck was idling [APU wasn't working] in the front parking lot. She woke me up, so I had to ask "What state is this? Wait - it's Ohio - it's not illegal to idle here." She said it's posted: on the back of the building, near the docks. When I said I hadn't been near the docks to see it, she said I had 10 minutes to leave the premises, and she was going to report me anyhow. I wondered: to whom? I found out when dispatch called as I was pulling out, lol.
Yep: some people are nice, and some are just jerks. It goes with the territory, wherever you go.

 

[JohnWC]

lol how come everybody is picking on me just clean up yalls messes and its not about refers jakebrakes its about a rude straight truck and it wasn't you unless your a team with 4 yapping dogs while I was the only van driver to complain about them here their was 3 outher van drivers trying to think up ways to fix the problem permently

 

[Slo-Ride]

Not picking on ya John..Just entertaining ourselves with you..

 

[JohnWC]

Not picking on ya John..Just entertaining ourselves with you..

lol I know

 

[cheri1122]

Re: streight trucks with APU

o poor me last few breaks no apu's no gen noise no yepping dogs I got sleep but sure has been a lot of vanners sitting and straight trucks sitting but your right to stay cool or warm should not over ride someones else's right for also being able to sleep and even when I was driving a straight I didn't idle or use apu except to stay warm or cool but also kept them maintained I did not say all just a few out here that feel their rights supersede everyone else's

The thing is, my right to "stay cool or warm" does override your right "for being able to sleep", for several reasons. Mainly because hypo & hyper thermia can kill. Also because without climate control, I can't sleep. And, if the batteries go dead, I might have to wake you up to ask for a jump start.
I do agree about the yapping dogs, though - just one drives me crazy, 4 would make me nucking futs, I'm sure.

PS If you stay in a motel, pick one that doesn't have a pool. You think dogs are noisy.....

 

[JohnWC]

Re: streight trucks with APU

The thing is, my right to "stay cool or warm" does override your right "for being able to sleep", for several reasons. Mainly because hypo & hyper thermia can kill. Also because without climate control, I can't sleep. And, if the batteries go dead, I might have to wake you up to ask for a jump start.
I do agree about the yapping dogs, though - just one drives me crazy, 4 would make me nucking futs, I'm sure.

PS If you stay in a motel, pick one that doesn't have a pool. You think dogs are noisy.....

nope we should be sharing the parking lots noise makers to the back and spending money this time of the year on motels is stupid why spend 40 to 60 bucks on a motel when a shower at a truck stop is 5 to 12 bucks and as far as walmarts the only time I stop there is to buy washer fluid and stuff that's way cheaper than anywhere else their bathrooms are to far away for a old fart like me to make sometimes and a blank bottle is a bio waste and I don't have permits to carry such things and if your batteries can hold a charge its time for new ones have a nice day ps I have a dog and the only time he barks is if your dumb enough to stick your hand in my window dogs can be trained not to bark all the time but that takes time which most people won't invest in them

 

[mjmsprt40]

Re: streight trucks with APU

John-- you started this party then you wonder why we're jumping on you.

Here's the deal: Truck stops are what they are. They've been that way a long time before you and I showed up, and they'll be that way a long time after we're gone. If you're going to try to sleep in a truck-stop lot, you'll just have to learn to live with what these places are.

It's a little like trying to ride the Greyhound bus, then complaining because there's a couple with a loud, crying baby behind you, an obnoxious drunk three seats behind you and a guy who looks and smells like the last time he had a bath was when he got caught in the rain. It's the Greyhound bus, fercryinoutloud, that's just the way those things are. If you want fine travel, don't take the bus.

You want a nice, quiet, unmolested night? The truck-stop ain't it. It's noisy there, it's the nature of the thing.

 

[Slo-Ride]

Re: streight trucks with APU

we should be sharing the parking lots

We do share..You can park next to a straight anytime ya want front or back yard.. Heck if I'm out back I'll even let ya slip in the same spot..

Now where are ya getting showers for $5?

 

[JohnWC]

Re: streight trucks with APU

John-- you started this party then you wonder why we're jumping on you.

Here's the deal: Truck stops are what they are. They've been that way a long time before you and I showed up, and they'll be that way a long time after we're gone. If you're going to try to sleep in a truck-stop lot, you'll just have to learn to live with what these places are.

It's a little like trying to ride the Greyhound bus, then complaining because there's a couple with a loud, crying baby behind you, an obnoxious drunk three seats behind you and a guy who looks and smells like the last time he had a bath was when he got caught in the rain. It's the Greyhound bus, fercryinoutloud, that's just the way those things are. If you want fine travel, don't take the bus.

You want a nice, quiet, unmolested night? The truck-stop ain't it. It's noisy there, it's the nature of the thing.

here's the thing i'll complain all I want to mainly because what your buddy's did was rude and it was not a big truck not a refer it was a straight truck with a APU that needed to be fixed and I belive their object was to run the vanners off the lot while the outher were trying to think of how to fix the problem I just complained here so maybe next time i'll just call the law and complain to them about the noise and see if it is to loud ps i'd rather walk than ride a grayhound