Class A Diesel Idling
Disclaimer: NOT trying to start a firestorm We were on the road for the last 3.5 weeks. It takes us approx 30min. to break camp in the morning. We then start the truck and position, hook up, do ...
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harryjr wrote:Skid Row Joe wrote:
.Diesel engines must have warm Up time because they're ALL lead-sleds without adequate warm up time. Diesel engine Class As, are likely to have air brakes as well. ALL air brake systems need to be adequately charged with compression before they'll even operate.
All my coaches, and most of my cars over 30+ years have been diesels. None perform at all without a good 5 to 10 minute engine warm up period of start up time elapsed. Especially in the Wintertime.
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Don't think I've ever seen a diesel ambulance or firetruck idle for 5 - 10 minutes before leaving the station. Gotta suck for the poor guy who's house is on fire.
That’s only because they don’t have the time to waste, but they certainly do preheat them in many cases.
Some rocket scientist near here decided to equip a brand new fire truck with a fuel-fired preheater instead of merely using an electric block heater (inside a heated fire hall) reasoning that it would also preheat the auto trans and cab area.
Except ........
It malfunctioned and burnt the fire hall to the ground, with all that stations compliment of vehicles inside.
Fire hall burns to the ground.
Oh, BTW, the reason the fire got going so well before anybody noticed?
The fire hall was NOT equipped with any kind of fire detection system, a case of ‘do as I say, not as I do’ apparently.......
But I don’t mean to pick on these poor buffoons, they do have a perfect record after all, they’ve never lost a basement yet.
