I have a carrier comfort pro apu on my 579. It has almost 24,000 running hours and still kicking it. Mine has its own coolant reservoir and I have an evaporator under the bunk with the condenser on back of cab. I’ve used both carrier and thermo king and I honestly prefer carrier.
I really like this Carrier idea that you have going on. Doing it for $5,000 is a little steep on price, but you’re also rebuilding the engine to go with it. Place in Missouri sells used APU’s and installed they cost $5,000. Can’t wait to see the end of the series on this and see which is the better idea. I currently run a generator off the back of my truck and use a portable ac unit in the cab. If this pans out I might just hire you to do another one of these builds, lol
I know this is an older vid, but wanted to note that I *highly* recommend Dale’s APU in SpriMo, and Dale’s is also a certified seller/installer/warranty shop for Green APU.
I'm getting a go green apu. On my 18 cascadia next week. I'm so happy brand new. Good video. I saw a use apu on the web for 25 hundred. I started to get but decided to go new.
Ryan, appreciate your content. Watched your recent electric APU install video too. I need an APU. I’d appreciate your opinion on the Green APU too. Its a tough decision with all the APU options
When I get my own truck one day, I do want to get an APU so I am not running my engine the whole time. Plus when I am not driving I can set it for when I am not driving and the battery gets low it will start and charge the battery
Did you ever encounter a T680 leaning to the right, I have changed. Cab mounts, shock absorbers. Spacers blocks, and springs leaves, don't know but also to do to get it level.
Hello sir, I have a TK ApU on my truck, basically the AC works perfect and when the batteries go down 12 V it autostart, but not when I use the heater, a friend of mine told me have to replace the fuse box, it is the only solution? Thanks
Ryan, I like the plan you’ve come up with. If you couldn’t get a used APU, I think that I would basically do what your doing, except I would probably mount an electric start 6 kw kubota and mount a 5 or 6 thousand btu RV A/C unit on the roof of the truck and compliment it with a Chinese wabasto bunk heater knock off unit. Having said that I would also carry a 1500 watt electric space heater in winter just in case the knock off failed, till I could get another one for $130.00 on Amazon.
This only works if you have a shorter truck that can accept the unit for height. Taller trucks like my 780 wouldn’t be able to have a roof mounted a/c system.
@@cweber9112 Very true.I guess it would depend on the type of truck you had as to what would work.. I have seen some Condo units on the road that have the RV A/C units mounted on the front slope and the white cover painted to match the colour of the truck. They do make some nice compact units now, not like old days with those big ugly bulky units. Being as I’m frugal, “cheap”, I think I’d figure a way before I’d put out 15 or 20 grand for an APU. Just my thoughts but good point Bearded Trucker.
I had TriPac's in company truck's, and I bought a Carrier for my own truck when it was new. I can say 100% the carrier is a piece of noisy shit, and the dealers are not much better. I live with the regret of making this decision every day on the road. I will never purchase another Carrier product as long as i'm alive, TK forever!
Hey Ryan! I am in the unique situation where I am also looking at both units (with limited frame space). Can you tell me the space in inches from your Fuel tank to the suspension mount that your APU sits in? Both carrier and TK need 24 to 26 inches of frame space and your space looks pretty tight, I would love to know the space you TriPac takes up. Thanks as usual great info on anything and everything!!
I don't know if you have a headache rack or not but I have seen them mounted at the back of the cab before. not sure if it's a special mounting kit or if it's a custom thing but I've seen it several times done that way mostly on short wheel base trucks.
Besides heat and cooling, I thought an APU made 12 volt power to charge the truck batteries for the truckers using Microwave ovens, coffee makers, TVs and dvd players or Cpap machines and everything electric. And now for a question. What is stopping you from mounting an APU up on the frame rails a few inches from the cab? The only downside I can think of is that IT will be destroyed if you jackknife the trailer. But you're not supposed to do that anyway.
as a thermoking employee of 24 years you find more thermoking APUs on the road 5 : 1 over the carrier and you will find more knowledgeable people and parts then any other brand of APUs
The problem with termo king they always busy, you got to drop your truck at your shop and wait for a week to get it back, now you lost a week worth of work or $5000 revenue, carrier they may fix in one day or half of day
I choose Carrier over the Deevolution. The older tripacs were great and blew ice cold ac. You could turn the heater on when the motor had a fault. And you could get the trouble code without the usb. The usb is a good idea, but bring back functionality when stuck in cold weather and the apu won't start or breaks down and don't use cheap parts. As for the heater. You need to change the atomizer screen once a year. It's a cheap easy job. They were designed to run on kerosene and not dirty diesel fuel. But if you keep them cleaned out once a year, they will not let you down. Espar is quality they just hate not getting enough air to start when clogged with carbon.
In my opinion......yes the carrier is louder than the TK by far but if you intend to use a lot of house power (110v) for cooking and whatnot the carrier is far superior in that aspect. It has a 6k ac generator built in the unit whereas the TK uses a 120 amp ish 12v alternator and an inverter to create house power. It all depends on really what you want do with the Apu. More house power..... carrier.....basic needs .... TK. That's just my opinion. Take it as you want.
You only need 1 HP to power each one ton (12,000 BTU’s) of cooling, plus I guess maybe enough to charge the truck batteries. So, I think they could make a small 1.5 to 2 HP unit identical to a trailer reefer unit, but much smaller and mount it on the back of the cab. I am certain “they” could make it smooth enough and quiet enough to mount on the cab where it would not be submerged in salt. They could make it a heat pump with electric heat strips. Thanks.
1 hp to run ac compressor?? What are you talking about I have rigmaster with lombardini 2 cylinder 15.5 hp and senden compressor 24k btu when compressor turns in sometimes it even does chockes my engine specifically when it is cold
No that's not a remote oil filter you pointed out that's a fuel filter and don't compare apples to oranges this unit is highly neglected my unit was purchased in 2006 and has over 35000 hours on it
Why do van drivers park on the shoulder so often when it’s clearly not an emergency??? They drop their phone where they can’t reach it? Sometimes it seems like there’s one every couple miles re-entering a 70mph highway at 5mph.
Truth is a lot truck drivers are braindead and drive until the last minute before they have to take a 30 min break and keep driving. It’s such a retarded and dangerous move since they can get hit or cause an accident. Instead of going to a rest area or gas station or at least exit off the ramp and pull over on the other ramp back onto the freeway . I’m a truck driver myself and they still do this . Angry DOT officers sometimes get them and give them tickets 🎉
Hell the morons will hit the shoulder under a bridge between exit and entry ramp when there’s 4 truckstops at that very exit. A lot of these drivers nowadays are just plain out fricken STUPID!!!
Don't forget the flat bedders who pull right on the shoulder n right next to the right travel lane to resecure their load as traffic whizzes by..... Go to a rest area , truck stop or at least get to a double width paved area...
I say screw both of them, especially the carrier unit. The coolant for the APU should NOT be connected to the truck's coolant that's just ridiculous. I rather get an RV and a generator and install that and probably have a stand-alone a/c unit and some batteries to charge up when the diesel truck is running.
But the carrier had to run an electric air conditioning compressot and condenser fan motor out of that wattage, making it equal or less leftover wattage
I have a carrier comfort pro apu on my 579. It has almost 24,000 running hours and still kicking it. Mine has its own coolant reservoir and I have an evaporator under the bunk with the condenser on back of cab. I’ve used both carrier and thermo king and I honestly prefer carrier.
I need one for my Pete that doesn’t have a bunk heater so I am leaning towards Carrier. Thank you
@@adco it’s worth it bc my carrier AC is colder than my truck AC. They got dealers all over. 😎
Carrier is louder
I really like this Carrier idea that you have going on. Doing it for $5,000 is a little steep on price, but you’re also rebuilding the engine to go with it. Place in Missouri sells used APU’s and installed they cost $5,000. Can’t wait to see the end of the series on this and see which is the better idea.
I currently run a generator off the back of my truck and use a portable ac unit in the cab. If this pans out I might just hire you to do another one of these builds, lol
Will keep you updated!
I’m in Missouri. Do you by chance know where the place that has the used APUs at. Sounds kinda awesome
@@PoBoy_Trucker it’s Dale’s APU’s in Springfield, MO.
@@cweber9112 terrific. Thanks so much. I’ll look into it
I know this is an older vid, but wanted to note that I *highly* recommend Dale’s APU in SpriMo, and Dale’s is also a certified seller/installer/warranty shop for Green APU.
I'm getting a go green apu. On my 18 cascadia next week. I'm so happy brand new. Good video. I saw a use apu on the web for 25 hundred. I started to get but decided to go new.
Thanks for the video and the phone the other day👍
You are welcome
Ryan, appreciate your content. Watched your recent electric APU install video too. I need an APU. I’d appreciate your opinion on the Green APU too. Its a tough decision with all the APU options
When I get my own truck one day, I do want to get an APU so I am not running my engine the whole time. Plus when I am not driving I can set it for when I am not driving and the battery gets low it will start and charge the battery
Yes, good plan.
Great info! Thanks Ryan.
You are welcome!
Thanks for the review
You are welcome
Did you ever encounter a T680 leaning to the right, I have changed. Cab mounts, shock absorbers. Spacers blocks, and springs leaves, don't know but also to do to get it level.
You are the man
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing...
You are welcome!
Hello sir, I have a TK ApU on my truck, basically the AC works perfect and when the batteries go down 12 V it autostart, but not when I use the heater, a friend of mine told me have to replace the fuse box, it is the only solution? Thanks
Ryan, I like the plan you’ve come up with. If you couldn’t get a used APU, I think that I would basically do what your doing, except I would probably mount an electric start 6 kw kubota and mount a 5 or 6 thousand btu RV A/C unit on the roof of the truck and compliment it with a Chinese wabasto bunk heater knock off unit. Having said that I would also carry a 1500 watt electric space heater in winter just in case the knock off failed, till I could get another one for $130.00 on Amazon.
This only works if you have a shorter truck that can accept the unit for height. Taller trucks like my 780 wouldn’t be able to have a roof mounted a/c system.
@@cweber9112 Very true.I guess it would depend on the type of truck you had as to what would work.. I have seen some Condo units on the road that have the RV A/C units mounted on the front slope and the white cover painted to match the colour of the truck. They do make some nice compact units now, not like old days with those big ugly bulky units. Being as I’m frugal, “cheap”, I think I’d figure a way before I’d put out 15 or 20 grand for an APU. Just my thoughts but good point Bearded Trucker.
@@aj44ish my next truck I am debating on buying a mod roof just to install a roof mounted ac system, lol
I had TriPac's in company truck's, and I bought a Carrier for my own truck when it was new. I can say 100% the carrier is a piece of noisy shit, and the dealers are not much better. I live with the regret of making this decision every day on the road. I will never purchase another Carrier product as long as i'm alive, TK forever!
What model of carrier apu was it?
Hey Ryan! I am in the unique situation where I am also looking at both units (with limited frame space).
Can you tell me the space in inches from your Fuel tank to the suspension mount that your APU sits in?
Both carrier and TK need 24 to 26 inches of frame space and your space looks pretty tight, I would love to know the space you TriPac takes up.
Thanks as usual great info on anything and everything!!
I don't know if you have a headache rack or not but I have seen them mounted at the back of the cab before. not sure if it's a special mounting kit or if it's a custom thing but I've seen it several times done that way mostly on short wheel base trucks.
Can I replace my tri pac apu with a evolution unit ? Meaning will it plug up to the harness
Besides heat and cooling, I thought an APU made 12 volt power to charge the truck batteries for the truckers using Microwave ovens, coffee makers, TVs and dvd players or Cpap machines and everything electric. And now for a question. What is stopping you from mounting an APU up on the frame rails a few inches from the cab? The only downside I can think of is that IT will be destroyed if you jackknife the trailer. But you're not supposed to do that anyway.
as a thermoking employee of 24 years you find more thermoking APUs on the road 5 : 1 over the carrier and you will find more knowledgeable people and parts then any other brand of APUs
The problem with termo king they always busy, you got to drop your truck at your shop and wait for a week to get it back, now you lost a week worth of work or $5000 revenue, carrier they may fix in one day or half of day
I had TK new and used both sucks I'm going full electric this time
I’m going for carrier
How hard would it be to just make tk apu run do its job without using the headache brain box under bunk. By flip of switch on an off
I choose Carrier over the Deevolution. The older tripacs were great and blew ice cold ac. You could turn the heater on when the motor had a fault. And you could get the trouble code without the usb. The usb is a good idea, but bring back functionality when stuck in cold weather and the apu won't start or breaks down and don't use cheap parts. As for the heater. You need to change the atomizer screen once a year. It's a cheap easy job. They were designed to run on kerosene and not dirty diesel fuel. But if you keep them cleaned out once a year, they will not let you down. Espar is quality they just hate not getting enough air to start when clogged with carbon.
In my opinion......yes the carrier is louder than the TK by far but if you intend to use a lot of house power (110v) for cooking and whatnot the carrier is far superior in that aspect. It has a 6k ac generator built in the unit whereas the TK uses a 120 amp ish 12v alternator and an inverter to create house power. It all depends on really what you want do with the Apu. More house power..... carrier.....basic needs .... TK. That's just my opinion. Take it as you want.
That person who dislike this video obviously owns a carrier haha
I would agree with this theory👍
You only need 1 HP to power each one ton (12,000 BTU’s) of cooling, plus I guess maybe enough to charge the truck batteries. So, I think they could make a small 1.5 to 2 HP unit identical to a trailer reefer unit, but much smaller and mount it on the back of the cab. I am certain “they” could make it smooth enough and quiet enough to mount on the cab where it would not be submerged in salt. They could make it a heat pump with electric heat strips. Thanks.
1 hp to run ac compressor?? What are you talking about I have rigmaster with lombardini 2 cylinder 15.5 hp and senden compressor 24k btu when compressor turns in sometimes it even does chockes my engine specifically when it is cold
I'm go use battery station 🤣😆 no more headache
Both have numerous problems. Get a Green APU, the Best.
Green APU no alternator
@@kuwaitmo ??
I think the comfort pro. Better.
👍👍👍👍👍
No that's not a remote oil filter you pointed out that's a fuel filter and don't compare apples to oranges this unit is highly neglected my unit was purchased in 2006 and has over 35000 hours on it
Why do van drivers park on the shoulder so often when it’s clearly not an emergency??? They drop their phone where they can’t reach it? Sometimes it seems like there’s one every couple miles re-entering a 70mph highway at 5mph.
Truth is a lot truck drivers are braindead and drive until the last minute before they have to take a 30 min break and keep driving. It’s such a retarded and dangerous move since they can get hit or cause an accident. Instead of going to a rest area or gas station or at least exit off the ramp and pull over on the other ramp back onto the freeway . I’m a truck driver myself and they still do this . Angry DOT officers sometimes get them and give them tickets 🎉
Hell the morons will hit the shoulder under a bridge between exit and entry ramp when there’s 4 truckstops at that very exit. A lot of these drivers nowadays are just plain out fricken STUPID!!!
Don't forget the flat bedders who pull right on the shoulder n right next to the right travel lane to resecure their load as traffic whizzes by..... Go to a rest area , truck stop or at least get to a double width paved area...
What does apu stand for?
Auxiliary power unit
@@truckingandfixing thx
Auxiliar power unit
I say screw both of them, especially the carrier unit. The coolant for the APU should NOT be connected to the truck's coolant that's just ridiculous. I rather get an RV and a generator and install that and probably have a stand-alone a/c unit and some batteries to charge up when the diesel truck is running.
Termoking working much quieter how carrier
The biggest difference is the carrier puts out 5500 watts and the tripac only puts out 1800.
But the carrier had to run an electric air conditioning compressot and condenser fan motor out of that wattage, making it equal or less leftover wattage
I have Carrie apu for sale if you interested. You just have to remove it from my truck.
6k generator
Carrier is too noisy can’t sleep
WTH is an a/c alternator? LOL