ANY Benefit to idling a GAS engine all night long? - Page 3

Originally Posted by Patriot76

Sledge, I am not hijacking your thread, just answering the original question. Two 50 ton coal crushers have to be scrapped in a project. Coal dust is explosive. Because of this forum, we will be using carbon dioxide to flood the chambers. The trucks will be running for 24 hrs. to fill them. The only neighbors we will piss off are the raccoons that migrated into the building. Therefore your neighbor might be trying to rid the community of raccoons. By the way thank you for the thread. Love the humor.

I'm willing to betcha those trucks will be diesels! Am I right? Huh Huh? HA!
No worries- no hijack.. its all relevant.. Glad you like the thread.. we all need some comic relief when others are being "Captain Douche-pants!"

Why is he parking a commercial vehicle in a residential neighborhood? Contact your city.

Originally Posted by Russell

Why is he parking a commercial vehicle in a residential neighborhood? Contact your city.

So this may not even be legal? No one has come by (i.e. police) and said anything to him regarding it.

Your town may be like mine...Code Enforcement doesn't usually get involved unless someone complains.

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

Your town may be like mine...Code Enforcement doesn't usually get involved unless someone complains.

Same here generally. About 30 years ago my dad bought a small straight truck parked it in the driveway, next day city told him to move it. Meanwhile, down a few streets I remember at least one contractor that had trailers with commercial signage parked in the driveway and had them for years as I grew up. I have had my trailer parked in the driveway and neighbors have never complained. I know a guy that parks a moving truck that he owns from time to time in his driveway. This is all in the same town, yet it is a law against parking commercial vehicles in private drives for extended periods of time. Part of it is people are trying to make a living, however, if they are treading on your comfort such as causing noise pollution (which could be another angle you could shoot against him).

Well this is all very interesting. Code Enforcement would probably never get involved because of the following: He pulls it in at 9:30 at night.. and is gone by 6:30 in the morning.. never even getting close to their business hours. But all really good stuff to chew on. Thanks Gents

I think the point is.. I don't mind people warming up their trucks. I do it too.. But his truck was literally running 24 hours a day- the entire time he did his route, AND when he got home- and let it sit and idle from 9:30 PM until 6:30 AM and off he went.

So It is funny I have pics of the street where he is dropping all kinds of fluids from the truck.. no sooner did I do that- he has been sent home with a Diesel Penske truck because his must be in for repairs- the 24 hour run time for so long must have d!cked something! Glad I nipped this in the bud before he let that d@mn Diesel idle overnight- I'd have gone bat-shat crazy!

Ok So Apparently the Delivery Truck DOES fit in the driveway!
I swear I had NOTHING to do with this! Just good Karma raining down on me possibly?
In all the years he's been bringing this home- ever since it caught fire once.. he has NEVER parked it in the driveway- but there it is!

Focker: You figure my trailer sits right behind my truck.. You imagine a car on it and it having to "run all night" if things were to get nasty eh?
Oh and his bedroom window sits right next to where the trailer sits- yep- THAT CLOSE!