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TRUCKS' PRODUCTS * USA - The idling truck solution
Big rigs get lousy mileage, even when they're parked - Small power unit runs quiet and helps trucking companies save big on diesel
Central Point.OR,USA -Mail Tribune (Medford,OR), by Greg Stiles -May 21, 2008: -- ... Cross Creek drivers — like other long-haul operators — spend hours parked en route to their destinations... Now, with incentives from the state, Cross Creek Trucking is refitting its fleet of 115 semi-trucks with a Thermo King Tri Pac hybrid auxiliary power unit. The device allows truckers to shut down their main engines for enormous savings in fuel, dollars and emissions... While even the new 14-liter diesel engines burn a gallon an hour, the auxiliary units burn 8 to 10 ounces an hour... The device, which shares the fuel tank with the tractor, charges batteries and preheats the main engine as well as heats and cools the cab... (Photo by Bob Pennell - A fuel-saving auxiliary power unit is mounted behind the cab of a Cross Creek truck. The units cost nearly $7,000 each, but by saving up to 13 hours of idling time each day on the truck’s main engine, the savings in diesel are tremendous)Labels: trucks' products USA
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