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MPG question

Discussion in 'Prime' started by michaelg, Mar 15, 2014.

  1. Mar 15, 2014 #1
    michaelg

    michaelg Light Load Member

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    I'm a little curious exactly how they calculate the end of week MPG that gets sent out Tuesdays. The numbers I keep and what come thru on Tuesday usually vary by about .2-.3 each week in either direction. Is it taken based off what the "authorized miles" are when we send in a Mac27 and anything over that drops you down?

    I'm just wondering, since this week I had 3 overgrosses with about 100 extra miles of wasted fuel getting scaled and returning to shippers. Is that going to cause my MPG bonus to plummet since on one of the trips it was 35 miles to the nearest scale (and 35 back) so 70 extra miles than were not "authorized" by the fuel stop program. Or does it go by ALL miles the truck goes regardless of how far out of route you go?

    Thanks for the help as always.
     
    michaelg, Mar 15, 2014
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  3. Mar 15, 2014 #2
    precisionpower

    precisionpower Light Load Member

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    how much over gross were you?
     
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  4. Mar 15, 2014 #3
    michaelg

    michaelg Light Load Member

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    No less than 1,000lbs each time. One was about 1,400 over.
     
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  5. Mar 16, 2014 #4
    ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    Its downloaded from your truck's ECM after midnight... each Saturday morning essentially.
     
    ironpony, Mar 16, 2014
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  7. Mar 16, 2014 #5
    michaelg

    michaelg Light Load Member

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    Ahh alright, thanks IP.
     
    michaelg, Mar 16, 2014
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  8. Mar 18, 2014 #6
    nofreetime

    nofreetime Road Train Member

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    Mpg is taken off the qc though I would imagine that the qc gets them from the ecm. I reset my trip meter on my dash every Sat morning or if im driving late fri night ill go to performance monitoring on the qc and watch for it to reset the mpg to all zeros like it does when you fuel and reset mpg or trip on the dash then. Usually thats around 1-2am central sat morning. The dash is usually accurate within a tenth and the weeks mpg consists of all miles. Also usually if I call my fm I can get the pay adjusted for something like that especially if its 100 miles in one week.
     
    nofreetime, Mar 18, 2014
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  9. Mar 18, 2014 #7
    michaelg

    michaelg Light Load Member

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    I always used to reset the dash on Tuesdays after Verna sent out the weeks MPG, thinking that's when it all reset lol. Guess I'll have to start doing it on Saturdays now!
     
    michaelg, Mar 18, 2014
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