Installing a House AC Unit in My Semi!

[@markharper4166]

Hook up a drain line to the outside. You don't want to have to haul a tub of old water in and out. And the algae and mold is going to affect your health. You'll be waking up congested every morning.

[@merlinmonson2133]

Drill a 1" hole in the floor and use the drain hose connection with a piece of garden hose on the back of the ac unit, let the water drain onto the ground and eliminate the bucket to catch the water.

[@GrandPrix46]

I had one of those AC units set up in my bedroom because we like to sleep colder than the kids. I had the drain ran into a 2.5 gal. water container, some nights it would be nearly full by the morning but worked damn good.

[@ronnieterry9275]

I use a window AC unit in my semi truck. I leave the passengers window down and sit the unit in the window. I built a template for the ACunit to sit on. I didn't modify anything on the truck to retrofit it in the window. The window glass is rolled down. It takes about seven minutes to set the AC in the window. I do this instead of idling my truck then in winter I use portable electric heater.

[@jesusmoreno3465]

What do you use to power your AC?

[@ronnieterry9275]

@@jesusmoreno3465 I use the Honda generator.. it's small enough to move in and out of the truck. It has a suitcase type handle on top of it. Each time I set it up I run a cable around the handle and lock it to prevent it from being moved. I have used the same generator and small window ac unit for five plus years and both have been trouble free. I also use a small ac powered fan to move air around in the cab of the truck. It holds about a gallon of gasoline and will run the generator for about nine hours.

[@625logisticsllc3]

Hey bro I’m that a/c unit I’d drill a small hole right there in the floor big enough for a hose to go out because that plastic container is going to make a mess going down the road water will be everywhere plus you’ll have to keep moving the unit to dump the water from the container o and yea you definitely got a air leak that’s why the truck be making that bumping sound and it feels like that because the air bags are going down.

[@thesilverstackingbotinc.1928]

I have one of those A/C... I drilled a hole in my home floor, and let it drip to the ground. I see other comments saying the same.

[@beetlebailey]

Why not just drill a hole in the floor and let the AC drain out onto the ground?

[@Mr1Percent706]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gjjm123]

When the truck is rocking don't come a knocking.

[@608trucker4]

Drill a hole into the floor of truck for the drain an vent. That's what I did.

[@larrycobb3102]

Once again another great video with you guys. I have hauled many a ton of fish food back when I pulled grain hopper trailers. At least your load was the finished product. It's good to know that you care enough about Fat Butt to make sure she is comfortable when left alone in the truck. Take care and stay safe and healthy as well. 🙏👍💕🇱🇷

[@tlspiker5341]

Have a good ride and be safe out there. From Tx

[@alextorres_2023]

Freeport Center old military facility there…There is a big map on right side by the entrance of 13th St and W Antelope Dr… I bit confusing at first but it will give you the correct directions to where you need to go… Great video mate!! Be safe out there!!

[@tylerdunn6578]

Wyoming has elk mountain with crazy strong wind I've seen it over 100 miles per hour I always check elk mountain for wind and Rallins and Laramie also if it's real windy dangerous wind you can go through medicine bow it's just a way around the mountain was the main road at one time just be careful out there dude been through elk mountain and on side of road look like a big truck grave yard wind blew all of them over

[@cheatham777]

Was there on leap day 2020 just missed the 200 truck pileup

[@barrypierce9100]

You do win robert you got a beautiful and smart ladie....god. Bless...

[@ronaldfulton1175]

A combination valve is made to dump trailer suspension air when trailer brakes are set...you wait until suspension bottoms and then do the same with tractor. Ultimate would be also to use a dump valve on rear of cab air suspension.

[@terryreeves676]

You’re are lucky to have a great partner in her,don’t let her go.

[@ericwendlandt7808]

We have one like that to supplement our air in a room. We never get significant water from ours.

[@richardpearce2186]

Depends on ambient humidity

[@cooltrkin]

Oh Clearfield Ut. The old Air Force base. Cool I've loaded there at many different businesses. At least it looks like that place. We unload Thursday and reload thur. In Grantzville Ut. Going to Boise Id.

[@chrisnelson5877]

Robert Lita is absolutely beautiful. You’re one lucky young man.👍

[@tylerdunn6578]

Yeah she has one hell of a turd cutter

[@jimpantherdrivervickers5439]

I agree...she might even be too hot for Robert...lol

[@tylerdunn6578]

@@jimpantherdrivervickers5439 what not to hot for the Kevin Bacon lookalike .

[@spencerbeales8965]

Lita is lovely, and she's really rockin that spooky themed outfit right down to the little ghost key chain.

[@tylerdunn6578]

@@spencerbeales8965 Robert's head is going to be so big he might not be able to get in the truck

[@RealCoachRonn]

That fill tank should come wth a space to put in fish tank hose & you can have it drain to outside the truck.. down through the under bunk access👍🏾

[@donbeam4072]

Robert I always enjoy your videos

[@dfballou]

Hey Robert, I see Fatbutt likes our ducks, there on that Hyline canal. Just about 300 yards from there is Indian Creek, that is full of those ducks year round..

[@joebrings5817]

I literally just used that same one last night in my hotshot truck . Worked good in my little f350

[@jasonpaff7341]

Are you still using this?

[@joebrings5817]

@@jasonpaff7341 no I just idle now. It works good tho just wanted more room in my truck. Used it all last summer

[@joeirion511]

I live close to where you stayed at. The Sage Travel Plaza. Nice place. Used to park there all the time when I was OTR.

[@mikemcdonnold9821]

I’m out west every other week and when I get to salt lake I always Ltl out of there back east. It’s the only way I have found to get back making any kind of money. Last 3 times I’ve gone out there I was able to get out of there in 2 days. It has taken up to 5 days loading everything.

[@jaredfosdick8117]

Try dumping your air before setting the breaks!! I have to on my truck or it keeps pulling on the breaks!

[@jamesorr2404]

You Guys are doing Great!! That ole Mack is making some Money good for you. Be Safe out there. God Bless!! Robert you need to Teach Lita how to Drive that truck >>Then you could just home and Drink Beer LOL

[@kytacomaguy]

I Know....... that I like watching this channel !!!!!!!

[@jamescota8137]

That's what I use in my truck pickup truck with my Predator generator it works damn good

[@jasonpaff7341]

How do you run the exhaust? I had mine vented out of the vent in the back of the cab. Its kicking out cold air but doesnt seem to get cooler then outside air because of the heat it kicks out. My exhaust hose gets really hot

[@750VFR]

Square to Round, round to square, Houston we have a problem.🤔🇬🇧

[@jackseaa3911]

Hi you three, yea i never arrived with out full tanks to any pick up. didn't care what they or my dispatch said. i wasn't going to be empty and filling up every 10 hrs for a heavy load. and that was then, NOW, shit i would want to have full tanks..

[@mattbrumm8255]

If you leave your truck off at night you can bleed down your air and that should progress the truck settling down quicker so it wont do it at night.

[@thomasarnao2699]

Robert you should check into a tri pack then you will have air conditioning and heat and it will keep your batteries charged

[@JohnSmith-ug5ci]

Drain the air-conditioned to the outside and be done with it. I will say this again. If you do a lithium battery install large enough to run your electrical, including the air at night, and even heat for winter, you can charge it off your alternator system while driving. That way no generator would be needed and your truck battery/s would last much longer. By the way out of date video.

[@travis9438]

Settling. after you stop for the night before you go to bed release the tractor break. it will settle than reset it. takes 30 seconds you will sleep like a baby. ps do this wile the truck is off.

[@shoey64]

I have to say I have never seen such bad luck with just about everything. (set backs) wow.

[@larsharris]

A roof RV AC/heat unit might be a option. @ $1000 new. But used ones should be cheap. Then you don’t lose any room inside. I am told a 2000 watt inverter might run, but likely trips.

[@larsharris]

I saw that scale looked tight to get lined up. On weight. You tell them. “I will be loading 150 gallons fuel. 7 lbs a gallon...so 1000 lbs add to empty weight. “

[@richardpearce2186]

That little reservoir is going to fill up quick as hell. What about drilling a hole and draining it straight under the sleeper?

[@shirecain2129]

When you say you gotta weigh we want to see/hear what it was. Please and thank you from myself and the community 👍👍

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

Yeah Lita has been editing lately and forgetting to put in the screen shots :(

[@jimhanratty9543]

Lita does seem happier

[@packofhounds]

I laughed at the "still hungry" joke.

[@eby6114]

That thing will work a lot better if you get a second hose and bring the outside air in pass it across the cooling fence and out through the second hose Right now it's pulling outside air in so warm air into the cabin cooling it down and using that air and pushing it outside through that hose

[@jasonpaff7341]

How would you add a 2nd hose

[@eby6114]

@@jasonpaff7341 there's 4 things going on in a unit. Air coming in getting cooled and blowing out. The other two are hot air going out but also air from the room is being drawn out to blow across the radiator to cool the exhaust cooling. That air is being drawn from outside to inside then exhausted. Find the exhaust intake. Add a hose to it by doing a little bit of box building and use the hose probably 6 to 8 inches to pull air in straight to the ac then it will heat it up and exhaust it thru the original exhaust. This keeps the travel limited to the ac instead of outside air warming the room to get to the ac to be exhausted.

[@eby6114]

just got my CDL today. Hope to run into you out on the road not literally lol

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

Haha! Congratulations!!

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Good idea man should be great for the dog

[@shadowchaser6362]

GO "MackDaddy" GO!

[@midwestdrones4228]

You guys ever get through Kansas on I70, get in touch with me, I will buy you dinner.

[@diamondback2295]

Just be glad you don’t have to pick up at a paper mill. Or a Tyson chicken plant. Those places will burn your nose hairs off . Have a great day guys

[@Dreamer-yz5op]

Don’t understand why you didn’t put a RV roof top a/c unit on , a lot easier and more efficient.

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

It's a full roof, not a mid or short roof. They have to be as flat as possible. Also I would have to drill holes. This is light years easier

[@tinysmisadventures3051]

I keep waiting for you to 'credit' Lita when she bends over your shoulder.... Just a quick,little, Whoop!🤣🤣 CAH-REDIT!

[@76pault]

Dumb question. Why not just get the ac fixed in the truck?

[@elvergontemeto714]

Expensive and burns too much fuel every single day,plus idling hurts the engine in the long run,this guys is doing the right thing

[@cablanchette1]

How is the AC working? I'm thinking about doing the exact same thing... How are you powering yours, I'm sorry if I missed it in the video, but by the end of the video you are all bundled up and wearing winter clothes, so I'm not sure what's going on LOL.... But how are you powering it? Are you using an inverter or a generator?... I have a 3000 watt generator hard wired in, and I think most of those portable AC units use less than a thousand Watts. Are you using an inverter? And running it all night without starting the truck? batteries still up in the morning?

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

This was run off a generator. The bad roads cause damage inside causing them to blow hot air. Some people have great success. Keep your receipt lol

[@cablanchette1]

@@SouthGeorgiahotshot thanks

[@acapulco1231]

Did he say " Ding Dong " for her lady ??!😂😂

[@garyhawthorne4599]

I bought mine at lowes, it drains the water out of the exhaust vent, so you do not need to drain water in the truck

[@mikeabner0511]

Have you checked on a Thermal King tri pack, I loved the one I had on my trk. They are a little expensive but worth the cost

[@RaoulThomas007]

The APU Center in Springfield MO.

[@ronclifford3336]

Yea trains are truckings biggest competitor. Ole Bernie Sanders said once during a run for the presidency that he wanted to put freight back on trains and get rid of over the road trucking. I guess he gave up on that idea because I havent heard him say it in a while? Theres several companies who require you to be full of fuel before they load you? Some require at least a half tank? Breweries immediately come to mind. Ive been told by several that it makes it easier for them to load your truck, without overloading it. Really it makes sense. If you go into a plant that loads heavy loads, and you are about empty on fuel, time they load you legal according to their scale, youre going to be overweight after you fuel? Which will cost both you and them money and time trying to straighten it out? Also saves a lot of bickering back and forth about whos fault it is? Course D.O.T. will tell you, they dont go by nobodys scale but their own. You'll also run across some who do not have their own scale, that will require you to go by a truckstop and get an empty weight before coming to the plant. Usually the broker will tell you if thats the case but if they dont, you may have to go find an empty weight before they will load you?

[@cubanohot76]

hi what happend with the house ac unit did you install last year ,dont work

[@jasonpaff7341]

Just tried hooking one of these up in the hotshot and it is basically canceling itself out from the heat its putting off in the exhaust hose and it also creates a vacuum in the cab trying to suck in air from the outside to replenish all the lost air😔. Very disappointed. Spent all day reworking my interior

[@bounpasongvongsamphanh5747]

That’s more room than my Corolla!

[@nathanking8396]

How old is Fat Butts? She looks like an older girl. But I can tell she’s a good pup.

[@georgehender910]

Lita more beautiful everyday!

[@cubanohot76]

at the last video did you install a split what happend with this one /?

[@AJNunez-zy5mp]

Ding Dongs, you mean the chocolate ones with white cream?

[@jimhanratty9543]

Ring dings are dairy free, a little funfact

[@stuartgibson1896]

What happen to the APU?

[@lyndonhamby7432]

Sup gear jammer 🤘

[@j.m.5995]

I tried one of those 10 years ago and burnt out my Inverter because of the current surge at startup

[@faithfp]

What kind of ac was this?

[@massmanfarms9927]

U need to buy one of them scooters and leave on truck for transportation

[@MikeG_9]

Lita are you thinking about getting your CDL?

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

We would like to adventually.

[@scottbulach]

What size of generator are your running?

[@bradwecker8727]

just use the factory hole uner carpet in the closet

[@johnathanalford5866]

How fare do u live from Melbourne Florida i got a camper down there and I'd like to see about getting it hauled to Springfield Missouri

[@stuckinohio5111]

What that link. He put an AC in his rig... much better setup

[@randyjones6916]

Rob. Take your binders and hook them into your chains ? You can put one binder to one chain or put several binders on one chain ? Now you can get some spring Cleaves or use wire or zip ties just for security on the binders if you wish . But it would free up room for more chains in the rack ? You can also do the same with chains ! Just hook them into a hanging chain, then for security use a price of stainless steel wire at a link... Really I have told yu this before !!! Good luck. Question ? Why tarp every load ? Those scaffolding didn't need tarps. Why spend the time and loose money ? If their not paying you for the extra work why do it for free ? Time is money !!! Also speed up on your videos. Also why not say what their.paying you ? You did when you started the show so what's the difference ? Most everyone else tells their pay !. Please advise Randy

[@mattbrumm8255]

Have yall been able to log back into your Facebook account?

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

Nope

[@TommyLemery]

Does Lita have a fans only page.........asking for a friend 😉

[@rickycorbin4626]

man you so green out there

[@ramonbautista1250]

Boss what truck you have now? Planning to go hotshot is it ok to use automatic transmission?

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

It's a 08 mack pinnacle. I'm not sure about automatic

[@ramonbautista1250]

@@SouthGeorgiahotshot you mean it's not advisable to buy an automatic dodge ram 3500 used for hotshot?

[@ramonbautista1250]

@@SouthGeorgiahotshot when it comes to parts mack are bit affordable sir? And you are using the same apps for load the one you use in hotshot?

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

@@ramonbautista1250 same apps. Mack parts are hard to find

[@joemoore8054]

2:30...face in the corner of bunk.

[@nicknetotian2108]

Does anyone know what the name of the A/C unit is?

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

Just measure how much space you have. And google portable ac and find one that fits

[@nicknetotian2108]

@@SouthGeorgiahotshot thank you

[@nicholasjohnson6721]

too funny

[@raptorgamer8878]

Dang I knew you were special didn't know that you. Would take it that far..😂😂😂😂😂.. Hope u can take a joke..😂😂😂 2022 coming fast

[@Venom0496]

Robert should change his tampon not tarping in little wind

[@kevinherm3036]

I was told that you need to let those things sit upright for at least 24 hours before turning them on. Laying them on their side isn't good for them.

[@larrycarpenter7719]

That A/C will not last in a a truck, obviously it's falling apart before you even used it. There are HD roof A/C units that are about the only thing that will last.

[@kennyvelez8060]

2 minutes in and I already have a comment. You'd be better off draining the ac into a 5 gallon bucket, so if you forget or overlook it you won't be draing the water on the floor, if you do it right maybe "fatbutts" can use it as a water bowl as well, just a suggestion,,, Carry on Now I'm back to the rest of the video

[@dixiemae5042]

I’m thinking let’s stretch the frame ... cut that sleeper off and swap it with a small rv 👊🏻💪🏻

[@michaelhartloff3833]

Wassup

[@JuanHernandez-pq6nb]

Lol ho ho ding dong

[@shadowchaser6362]

: )

[@Ecoscienceczar]

Just fix the fucn AC!!

[@christinerobbins6813]

Dirtbags

[@snowman5609]

My god your truck is a mess I'm just shaking my head watching your video thinking how does this guy get anything done man you need to sit back and think a little more about your appearance and your videos

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

Haha I think we'll be ok

[@SouthGeorgiahotshot]

Haha I think we'll be ok

[@billcole707]

@@SouthGeorgiahotshot I don't think Snow man understands that your truck is 1- your office,2-your bedroom,3- your living room,4- your kitchen, 5- a kennel ,6- maybe once in a while your bathroom, 7- and most of all you work location, as long as you know where everything is....your fine !!!!

[@snowman5609]

@@billcole707 hey I understand I been and a o/o for 32 years never ever has my trucks over the years looked like a pig pen on the inside or looked run down on the outside and I don't believe a dog or a cat or any type of animal belong in a truck and your personal appearance will go a long way when it comes to dealing with customers or lawenforcment.

[@snowman5609]

@@SouthGeorgiahotshot hey I just giving you some free advice I been a o/o for 32 years I think I know a little bit on what it takes out here your appearance means alot when it comes to dealing with customers and a nice looking truck on the inside and outside will go along way with lawenforcment. I understand your just getting started in the business but running a semi is alot different then running a pickup with a gooseneck.

[@joebrown4096]

Really a waste of my time when I click on one subject and watch something else for 90% of the video