If you're with a mega different companies call it different things. I've heard "repower" from some but in the event that you arrive days early if there's another driver in the area that's out of hours you can swap loads or if there's a terminal nearby you can sometimes drop in that terminal, grab another trailer and get something else. In any case a dispatcher giving me a 3 day 800mi run is going to get cussed out unless he can reschedule the delivery.
Petition to oppose FMCSA speed limiter mandate
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Safety wise you have to go along with the speed of the traffic and keeping the right distance from what is ahead of you. That does not need any academic research, it is pure logic , no more, no less. 62 mph vs 80+ mph of a minivan taking a family on vacation asks for tragedies to happen. I see it every day even when we travel at 65+... those 4 wheelers are too fast and too distracted and slowing the trucks down would create even more hazard not for trucks but for them. I really am dumbfounded that they try to apply the logic of "speed kills" to big rigs while it should apply to 4 wheelers or motorcycles who really travel at excessive speeds 80- 90+ on interstates and highways, often changing lanes. Of course a big rig travelling at 90mph might raise question marks but these are very rare and hard to spot. Speed limters for trucks? Sure, but it should be set at 85 mph!
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Thats my entire paycheck right there. Or near enough at least. But hay i guess it doesnt matter ehh? Its just a couple mile less a day right? Just because you get to sit on your ### for days or drive slowly taking a pee break every hour doesnt mean all of us have that luxury.
But thats the trouble with....people....like you. You have the mindset of "hay it doesnt effect ME so these other guys are just dumb and selfish because it clearly doesnt effect them either". Oh well with how high in the aor your noses are maybe you can confirm if gods farts actully smell like rainbows and sunshine for us.Last edited: May 8, 2022
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I hauled quite a few loads of steel from AR to OR over the course of the past 6 months. Many trips I took 40 out across to Barstow then up through CA just to avoid winter conditions up in wonderful windy Wyoming. Average mpg for the two quarters was right at 5.7 mpg for both trucks. It’s about 860 miles the way I run from the river at Needles to crossing the state line into OR on 5. I run about 60 mph through CA because of their 20th century speed limit for trucks. All loads nearly identical for weight and dimensions, no tarp. Fuel mileage in CA? 5.8 mpg. A whopping .1 mpg better than the 75 mph I run from Fort Smith AR to Needles. 565/2050 X15 back with a 20918B Eaton Fuller, 3.25 rears turning 24.5 lo pros. Both trucks are identical in spec, 389 Petes with standup sleepers.
So yeah, I can get better fuel mileage slowing down. But the time is a hell of a lot more valuable than the 2 gallons of fuel I save over 860 miles. The aerodynamics play an effect, yes. But the type of truck/trailer combo and weights pulled are far more influential in fuel mileage.nredfor88, Bret1984, W923 and 1 other person Thank this. -
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175 hp max out for passenger vehicles is fair. I don’t see any reason for a vehicle 8k lbs and lighter should have any more power than that.
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