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Should There Be a Cold-Weather Truck?
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Every truck can be a cold-weather truck. A simple 25 amp wiring arrangement, plugged into a 110 v outlet at the terminal before the truck's daily run, activates a series of immersion heating elements which will raise the engine, radiator, battery, and the fuel in the tanks to summer starting temperatures. The results will be elimination of cold-weather downtime in ambients of as low as −40 F, and assurance of normal battery life, without the addition of any maintenance items such as plumbing or hosing systems.
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Stubenvoll, K. and Mulligan, F., "Should There Be a Cold-Weather Truck?," SAE Technical Paper 660013, 1966, https://doi.org/10.4271/660013.Also In
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- Becker M. Hills F. J. Osterhout D. P. Jr “Fuel and Fuel System Factors Influencing Low-Temperature Diesel Operation.” Paper presented at 30th Midyear Meeting of American Petroleum Institute Division of Refining May 1965