Whats up with 62 mph?

I'm telling you you're blowing smoke because like many customers these aren't located right off an interstate ramp . The move also involves weighing incoming and outgoing trailers at an off site CAT scale .
I have done an 1800 mile round trip and a 1500 mile round trip in 6 days. I logged 67 hours . No 60 mph truck could do that .

 

Rat, the point you don't seem to understand....


Speed is all that matters.

You time to complete the task is pointless and irrelevant.

Afterall,

Labor is not an expense.

 

If one really runs the averages, the gap between running speed and average speed increases as you go up the line. I can average around 53 by running 55, I may average 62 running 65, and maybe 65 running 70. With the increased speed also comes more frequency of having to slow down and speed up, not just for slower trucks, but slower autos as well. I find that I hardly have to do the slow down speed up game running around 60-62 mph. It is a good balance of time management and economy for the way my truck is spec'd. Tires last longer, components don't wear out as quickly, brakes last longer, etc. Of course, this all depends on what is being hauled and where you are doing it. For general freight, it is realistic. I have no issues whatsoever with the livestock hauler that is putting it in the wind. I would to if I was doing that. Livestock can die in that wagon and the faster you get them off the better for you and them. Everything must be balanced with a little common sense and a business mentality. But I find that most who are running fast just do so to boost their ego or have a misguided conception that a person has to run fast to make any money.

And this is true for both O/O and company drivers. For O/O, the lower you can keep your costs the better. For company drivers, the more they save a company, the easier it is to leverage for a pay hike. Kinda hard to demand from a truck owner that you need more money when you are burning up as much fuel as you can, shredding his tires, and increasing his truck maintenance costs.

 

I really think your Bi-Polar

This thread is about 62 mph ... That. Quote is from another thread different topic

 

MN

Why would you quote me off a thread on a different topic ... Are you on medication

The quote you quoted me on was from Cost per mile in a thread called
Quote 911

This thread is about running 62 mph

Go take your meds

 

never said it wasn't....

you claim is that you save money running 62 MPH.

This is the same argument made 20+ years ago when the big companies limited trucks to 55 and even 52 MPH.

And there are people here who are debating that you loose money running at 62 mph because of lost productivity.

For every gain, there is a cost. It's a business FACT. Save in one area, you will loose in another. Economy costs you productivity.

YOU have stated wages are irrelevant when you run at 62 mph.

Sorry, but that lost productivity IS relevant.

But it seems to be a lost point to bring up.

So what's the real cost benefit analysis?

Yop, you save money in fuel expense.

But what are you loosing in productivity?

 

Show me where I said in this thread about wage being irrevelant at 62 mph in THIS THREAD

Your quote of me was me saying

Wage is not a FIXED COST of the truck ... As a O/O
You wage is part of your profit ...
That was an entirely different thread. Entirely different topic

 

sure.....

whatever you say.

My skills, background and experience tell me wages ARE an expense to put into the overhead of an operation. Profits are paid AFTER expenses are paid.

You want to save money at 62 MPH and prove it. Then give the full cost analysis to include lost productivity of the driver.

You can't, won't and haven't.

Instead, you through insults and childish comments at people who bring out valid business points of view.

You can join Gizmo in my ignore file.

 

With pleasure ... Stay classy ....

 

c'mon y'all lets keep it nice in here and informative...shall we??