Whats up with 62 mph?

No proven fact that all trucks get better MPG's by going less than 60mph, just opinion.

I don't benefit by slowing down and I get paid by the load/weight. Slowing down costs me more time and money.

See here is the problem.... This happened to me a few weeks ago. Running down a 2 lane road where the speed limit is 55 except thru towns. We come up on some moron trying to save fuel only running 45-50. He is a hazard! Why you ask...? Cause now you have impatient people, mostly cars, trying to pass. Now us trucks, especially me, couldn't pass this idiot, so we never tried. Here's the thing, if this guy would've ran 55, he would've gotten over the hills a little easier using less fuel and have gotten down thru the 2 lane slightly faster with less hassle. He also wouldn't have had to stop in every town due to the cars that passed him earlier, was now forcing him to stop cause they was turning. So in the end this idiot probably used more fuel cause of his own stupidity...

See you guys sometimes don't think of the big picture. Now on the interstate its a different story. But on 2 lanes you have to use some common sense.

Oh no your a liar.....

Don't confuse them with reality it will mess up their fantasy!

Actually he does your just not wanting to get it cause it messes with your theory that slowing down makes you more money at the end of the week.

The question was..."why are trucks going 62mph" or something like that. The answer that most are giving is to save fuel... Ok thats fine, but there is more to that when slowing down that you seem to not be thinking or are just refusing to acknowledge. That is that with slowing down you don't run as many miles, haul as many loads<<< that depends on how you run, where, and how long your freight would be. Basically there is a lot of variables that you don't want to except, because it will throw your ideas out the window.

So to simplify this just for you...... Slowing down will cost you miles at the end of the week and could possibly cost you a load or two. That right there has everything to do with going slow!

Now depending on what you do or how you get paid is a big factor also.

Now I'm sure you won't except that it has anything to do with going 62, but it does. And like all threads on this forum, the conversation changes because one question and one answer sparks many other questions and a whole lot more answers...

The problem is that to many are out here with no knowledge of what they are doing. So they get in over their heads and the only way they can make money is by getting good fuel mileage. If they had a clue they would've set their rates accordingly or not leased on with some crap company that pays some cheap mileage rate.

To this day I can't understand why anyone would run for these big companies and a mileage pay. If they only had a clue as to how much money they are losing they would be astounded!

 

Physics doesn't change from truck to truck. The engine reacts to the load placed on it and the RPM that is demanded by the load. You run it at a higher RPM, and more fuel is consumed.

When you start relating that to speed and fuel economy, now you're bringing the gearing into the conversation. Gear that truck so high that it can't be operated below 65mph and an RPM that puts it out of an economical power band, and you've got a problem.

I have no issue with this. There are industry segments that require you to run fast. But that usually the exception to the rule. IMO, mostly what running fast brings is higher fuel bills and more sittin' around. YMMV.

 

If everyone drove the same identical truck, I'd say you guys have something with your theory, but we don't (Thank God)!

If you guys were completely right in your theory, then when Ohio raised their speed limit to 65 from 55, my fuel mileage should've dropped. It didn't. It stayed the same. One big factor in fuel mileage is how you get up to speed. This is something people seem to forget...

And what is it with this "supertrucker" thing? What? cause we can do the speed limit and afford the fuel we are now "supertruckers"....? To me it sounds like you guys are just jealous that you can't so your now calling us names...

I'm also curious as to why going faster wears things out quicker??? Do none of you consider that the reason is we are getting more loads/miles? I'm guessing not!

 

How does dring faster mean more sittin' around ? I take 10 hour breaks just like the slow trucks. I stop earlier so I start earlier and I may run 100 miles a day more . But suppose a fast truck sat 2 hours a day more for 5 days. That's all off duty and the 6th day he hs 10 more hours to run.

 

Stuff wears out quicker because we are putting on miles faster. Meaning we are putting on more miles a week and more miles a month and more miles a year.

I get the same milage out of tires as the slow trucks do, just have to replace them sooner.

 

I guess that settles it. Some will not slow down. Some will not speed up. Looks like everyone ought to get used to it because nothing is going to change. Bellyache all you want.

 

No you don't. Guy who runs the maintenance department at my company flat out says I have gotten more miles out of the tires on this truck than any other truck running them. They still have a few months left on them also.we had about 150 trucks come from the factory with these same tires.

 

Lol, you know this thread will end up 100 or so pages.

 

Im just talking about open highway.Rural routes I do the speed limit except in places like texas posted 70 I do 60-65.out west I run 65 and if the load and conditions are right ill run 70.but I honestly think the road hazards are the drivers that run fast no matter the conditions.i ran a a heavy load of scrap today and got 8.0 mpg running 55..i cant control future loads and preceived lost revenue..asuming ill be running preplaned stacked.i have to run the load I have and take control of the things I have and know will save money.running slower saves money and is safer period.

 

Running at lower speeds saves on equipment wear and tare also. so even if you lose say $50 a day running at 60mph. You should gain that back with less wear on equipment at higher speeds. Speed makes heat and heat cycles wear down equipment.