$1,000 APU OTR SEMI TRUCKING OWNER OPERATOR SAVING MONEY AC & GENERATOR  

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Glue some heat reflective material to that window vent screen.

Morning Cash. Sunday is motorcycle ride day. I'm gonna go break some speed laws and watch your video when I get back home.

It seems like most drivers doing this are running Westinghouse units. After some research reading up on the reviews I see why. I'm currently piecing all the parts for my setup. I'm going with a 3600/4650 watt Westinghouse WGen3600DFc unit because remote start from the bunk in the heat or cold is a must for me. It also has pull start as a backup. Need to bypass the carbon detector though. Heard new generators keep stalling because they go bad quick. I'd prefer to go with a smaller units but they don't come with remote start, only pull start. I want to vent it permanently thru the small side bunk window. Thats gonna be a bit tricky but not impossible. As for the condensation water I'll drill a small 1/4 hole under the passenger seat and run a plastic 1/4 line thru there. I want to secure it in a vented locking sidebox and set it up with some sound deadening materials on the inside walls along with an exhaust port. If possible I'd like to mount an larger external fuel tank and run a long fuel line to there. Reason being is I don't want to constantly pull out the heavy generator from the sidebox to fill the small tank that's located on top. And longer runtime intervals is a plus. Extras I'd like to include is a 4 bank truck battery trickle charger that also connects to a shore power outlet so I don't have to run the generator when thats an option. Thinking about making a video on this when I'm ready. It's going on a 2020 Cascadia.

Get rid of the spark arrest on that Genny. With as much as we run these genny’s you will clog it and it won’t start. Welcome to the club, Finally! You will upgrade :)

Yea you could easily use that year round, not only run a small heater inside the truck like you said, but also run another cord over to your block heater for the engine, so your truck will always start real easy and have heat coming from the vents basically right away. Genius!

I'd probably look into a nice little metal cage to put around your generator to protect it from the weather and theives.

Cool setup. Finishing mine right now. I managed to connect exhaust pipe to my sleeper window. International trucks has small little windows on the upper bed. Whenever you don’t use it you can close it, instead of using passenger window. I also put the unit on top of my refrigerator nice and neat. Strapped it down and voila. Next step to install side frame box for the generator to protect it from the bad weather.

Man badass!! Thanks!

I have a tripac, and I learned to work on it myself because if you don't it will drain your Money. This is a great option. 👍

The generator helps a lot I also use when I’m cooking with my instant pot on the road I don’t eat food from the truck stops

Get a metal gas can. That plastic gas can will expand with heat and turn that 2g gas can into a 4g gas can. Also, you can get a little battery powered transfer pump. Like $10 at the Harbor Freight. Makes filling that little genny easy with 5gallon gas can.

Smart man. I'm kind of doing the same on my truck , mini split ac system with a 3700 watt generator and i'm doing all the welding work. 🤩

If you can figure out how to hang it. The really small window units work better than the floor models. I'd buy the smallest window unit you can buy.

When the flex pipe breaks look at the insulated duct flex at Lowes. Should keep the heat out of the cab better. If you decide you want your genny in a box check otrookie his setup looks solid. Dig what you do Sir.

Thanks!

Buy the metal box that attaches to the chasis and put it inside to secure it just got to find out how to let the exhaust fumes out that metal box, or you can always do electric generator and keep inside cab.

Also you can use a battery charger if your batteries needed charging

I can tell you for the winter time Walmart makes a DC heated blanket with a high and low setting for $22… that thing works perfect I’ll buy two or three of them at a time… seems like Walmarts up north usually have them in the automotive section and if you’re down south you usually have to order them… I’ve tried the heating blankets that plug-in to my inverter and they don’t work very well

I have one of those in my bedroom. Works well. At night, I can turn off the regular AC to the entire house. In Florida that's hard to do. Paid like 500 dollars for it.

I keep getting closer and closer to buying those window screen inserts. On beautiful nights that I’m way more comfortable with my windows down rather than running my APU, damn bugs ruin everything

That has got to make you more comfortable in places you are not allowed to idle.👍#Dammittboy

Looks DOPE!!!!! If I didn’t have a park smart system I would honestly look into this. Much cheaper than a apu. I’d recommend looking into a parksmart or similar system when you replace your truck in the future. APU’s are good for company drivers in my opinion and battery pack units are good for owner ops whose primary focus is to save fuel plus very little maintenance.

You should add an Amazon link to your CO detector and mention how important they are.

Westinghouse. I think my grandma owned one of them..😀

I still haven't upgraded from the tornado fan, powered from the reefer jumper cables.

Looks great, the only concern for me is the generator beigm stolen. I do my 10 hr breaks away from truck stops to not have my hood taken off at night, mainly sleep at abandoned wafehouses etc places like that and it could possibly get stolen but very nice. Might just get a metal rack built for it so it wont get stolen

Great setup. Instead of the warranty I would think about putting some kind of isolation pad under the generator. These trucks rattle down those bombed out roads I wouldn't want the generator getting rattled to death. Dumb question, can you plug the generator into shore power and use the inverter?

I have a predator 3500 running a 8k btu and a mini freezer.. works amazing

Get a quart of oil for the generator and keep it in the truck. If the generator runs low on oil, it will turn itself off (low oil safety switch) and wont start back up until its refilled. I have a similar Westinghouse unit and it happened to me last summer after about two months of use. 10w30 is kinda hard to find at TA, think loves had it. I have a small storage bin I keep that accordion hose in that doubles as a water pan and a piece of 1/2" clear tube about 18" long I hook to the back of my ac unit to catch the water. I run my drop cord out the window beside the window adapter, with some foam tape to seal and just roll window up to the bottom edge of window adapter thing lol. My Westinghouse is 2500 model I think, it holds 1 gallon and only lasts about 8 hours. I have Toshiba 8000btu ac, maybe that's why.

No more hugging bags of ice to sleep lol

This is awsome

Morning all

Solid

Nice

take out that passenger seat. nice setup 👍🏿

You got another one coming from the TVC ProDriver

I like the concept and it makes sense financially. As you mentioned installing a carbon monoxide detector the part that concerns me is creating a potential carbon monoxide poisoning situation for the truck parked next to me. Am I missing something as to why this isn't a concern?

Hell yes

Ride day was fun. Every speed limit was broken today lol 😆 BTW 💸 What model Westinghouse generator are you using? Thx

I did this just make sure to vent the truck drivers window and get a carbon monoxide detector

Nice

Spraypaint can fix your screen easily

Are you able to drive down the road with the straps on ? How many times a week are you checking it ? Thanks

will probally get this when my apu takes a dump

Damn, I really need one bro , how to put the hose up to the window , do I need to take off the window or just use that bracket ? What does it call and you said you got it from Home Depot ?

They make those portable AC units that have AC and heat.

Where do you keep the gas can while driving and parked?

For states (like CA) that don't allow you to idle the truck, will they allow you to run a generator? Seems like DOT would try to write you up either way.

We got the same cooler, works pretty good huh? 🙂

I DID THIS!

Hey cash. What’s a good shop in Minneapolis for ac repair?

Sure beats 2WD A/C!

How many watts is the generator? Checking out a few on Harbor Freight. Thanks, good info.

Off topic a bit. But can anyone tell me why there's no dip stick in newer automatic trannys in cascadias?? And what do they use for Bruce Jenner fuild?

Have you thought about what to do with it when it rains? Yeah, I just can't justify paying $15,000 for a new apu or epu. I'm fixing to do the same thing with my truck. It came with a EPU on it but the ac doesn't work. Heat's good but no ac. So off to Walmart I went. Got the Media 5000 BTU for $239 and the warranty also for an extra $30 bucks. Also bought the champion 2500-watt inverter generator for $499 which only uses enough energy to support whatever your running. Apparently there supposed to get much better gas mileage because of this. The description said it will run 11.5 hours on 1.05 gallons at 25% load which doesn't sound nearly as good as what you're getting from the sound of it. Also, these inverter generators are supposed to run clean power so your electronics don't get messed up. Seems like that's what you had but I don't remember you mentioning whether the one you bought was an inverter generator or regular version. I'm going to attempt to set it up tomorrow. Thanks for the pointer on the plywood window insert. I was wondering what I was going to do with that. I had the same idea but your mentioning it confirmed yep that's how I'll do it. Enjoy your videos. It's like we're brothers from another mother or something lol. I even have a 2016 Cascadia. Every time you mention something about yours giving you problems I'm like great won't be long now I'd better prepare. Yours has a bit more miles on it than mine if I remember correctly. Mines at around 675,000. I'm also leased onto a company for similar reasons as you. But I pull flat not reefer. Thanks again for the vid's brother.

One hose units suck!!!! the outside air in!

What is the brand?

Those plastic gas cans are rubbish.

Suit better than a 10k apu

Ho figure thermoking wants 10k for there apu

We here and your late...again

Stop being cheap and buy a used apu from dales in Springfield Missouri

This guy is lame