ml> have the capability of keeping their fuel tanks and
 ml> fuel lines warm... the show "Ice Road Truckers" has 
 ml> shown what happens several times... i've also seen it 
 ml> talked about in shows concerning drilling operations 
 ml> in those extremely cold climates...

 BA> In this area during the winter many if not most truckers leave
 BA> their trucks idling at truck stops rather than shut them down.  I 
 BA> noticed that several years ago, I don't know if they do it in the 
 BA> summer, too (to run the cab a/c while they're sleeping ).

when i've been on the road in the big truck, the engine is not turned off
until the end of the mission or when fueling up... i don't know about
others but ISTR that part of it is also fuel economy... it takes more to
get started than it does to idle on... and when you're looking at only
(maybe!) 9 or 10 MPG, it can add up real quickly...

i'm still waiting on "them" to come out with big trucks that are
set up like the railroad trains... their engines are used to drive
electrical generators which then turn the wheels... heck, if CSX can move a
ton of material some 400+ miles on one gallon of fuel, imagine what a big
truck could do with the same or similar setup ;)

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