Increase Profits...Stop Truck Idling
Many states recently have been considering anti-idling campaigns to generate interest and awareness of anti-idling state laws. For these campaigns to truly work the industry owners need to take a look at fuel savings and lowered maintenance costs which ultimately lead to company profits. Most often truckers will run the engines to keep cool in the summer and warm in the winter when taking mandatory rest periods in their sleeper compartments.
Here is a good example of how much money could be saved with the elimination of idling from just one truck. Approximately .8 gallons of diesel fuel are used per hour when a engine is idling. I'll use a conservative long haulers rest/idle time figure which is approximately six hours per day.
- Six hours of idle time per day multiplied by .8 gallons of fuel per hour equals 4.8 gallons of fuel used for daily idle time.
- Over a period of a year, assuming the truck is active 250 days out of the year and the cost of diesel fuel remains at $3.00/gal, the total savings per truck is $3600.00.
- For a large fleet the savings are substantial.
Did I forget mention that the elimination of idling also makes the air we breathe better and will cut down on global warming for future generations.
2 comments:
There is a solution to anti idling that saves truckers money on fuel and provided truck stop owners with increased revenues. The product is called AireDock by Craufurd Manufacturing.
Thanks for your comment.
I also truly believe that one must start with education. Education of the drivers to promote anti-idling is of the utmost importance. Trucking companies should provide incentives to their drivers to turn off their engines. Owner operators are actually turning off their engines to increase to bottom line. Stop idling, save fuel, become more profitable. Too bad that it took high fuel prices for owners to turn off their engines.
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