Truck Speed

There's a rumor going around that they are turning them up to 65 but mine is set at 63.

 

Thats not cool posting someones truck number on here

 

Jeez 65 don't get in trouble with that!

 

Shhhhh.... no one is supposed to know...

 

Some of us have had "work done" on our company trucks to make them run with the big dogs. I would not like seeing my truck number being posted on a message board after I passed someone doing 70+

 

They upped mine at my last service. I can now run 65 with no problem.

 

If it has a "T" in it it's a Team truck,,,, I think they're allowed a little more leeway.
(and I think "C" is for the trainer rigs.)

But after the big dust up with International, USA doesn't dial their trucks "all the way back" to 60 any more.

(The story I heard when I was there 3+ years ago, was that USA's shop monkeys were fiddling with the factory engine settings, someone who had no business trying to edit code screwed up a whole mess of ProStars and then tried to sent them back to Navistar for warranty repairs. International told them "you broke it, you bought it" and USA responded by switching to other MFGs. How much is true? Not sure. But they never had Cascadias and Peterbuilts when I was there.)

Also I had a USA unit walk away from me on I-81 in the mountains in PA yesterday, so he was at least doing 70 in the flats.

 

Actually the "T" trucks are trainers and the "C" trucks are owner operators and most of the trainer trucks are running the shorter loads now with the primary focus on training so the arent given any more leeway with speed.