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Let her idle if its a quick stop, if I'm hitting the head and grabbing a drink I shut em down.
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Exactly my philosophy too, except I don't fuel fire trucks!Pretty much only the military consistanly makes you shut it down when fueling diesel. Pretty much everyone else realizes there's virtually no chance of starting a fire just from fueling with diesel. We do shut down our fire apparatus at the pumps, mostly to be a good example and so we can hear the walkie if we get a run. Other than that, I don't generally shut down for diesel. Gasoline is an entirely different matter. It's a lot easier to ignite from static electricity or suck in volitile fumes from a spill.
I would say its a toss up... I know alot of fellow drivers that turn it off, but when you get into a big truckstop like Fontanna there is alot of background noise ( engines running)I let mine run.
You CA guys, do the big rigs shut down when filling?
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