What is your MPG?

7.0 with 17% out of route. Not quit sure how that happen.

 

Not sure about what? The 7.0 or 17%

 

17%. I was told we start in trouble once we get over 20 percent. But I just don't get this, please explain to me why do drivers want drive 58mhp for a fuel bonus when you can drive faster get the load off then be first on the board and get a better load. It just seems that you will make more money getting the miles.

 

My guess would be that since we have an unstoppable 14 hour clock that then demands a 10 hour break, those "extra" miles from going faster don't actually get to add up to create more loads.

 

As for the 17% it's the beginning of the quarter so it only takes a few miles to make a big %. Remember until you deliver a load it is computed as OOR. So when you go home loaded for the weekend you will be OOR. Once you deliver the miles will go to terrif.
You pick up very little driving faster because you are bucking the system. Maverick figures your loads at 48 mph. This gives you time to stop for fuel and what ever. Think about what clock is always getting you. It's the 14 not the 11. Saving 20 min at a shipper is a heck of a lot better than running faster. Also think about this, each penny you get in fuel bonus is about $1,100 per year. At .43 a mile you would have to run an extra 2,558 miles. Your choice.

 

I was 7.1 for the 4th quarter, but mine has went to hell since about the end of December. I still drive the same, but on my Sunday beep last week I was at 6.6. Don't really know why. I run between 60 and 62 most of the time, but will move it up a touch in the mountains to keep up some momentum in these under geared trucks! What speed does everyone else on here run? Loaded, empty, flat and mountain speeds? I know it would be alot easier to get good mileage out in the Illinois/Indiana/Ohio area. I seem to do good out there, but back over in my neck of the woods kills me!

 

Under geared trucks what do you mean. My God it's a big truck not a pickup truck. I like my truck pulls great through the hills. I'm sorry your get passed by all the doors that only have 15 to 25,000, in their trailers or by the owner operators that have 600 horse five-mile to the gallon trucks. I can run up and down the East Coast and through West Virginia and still keep over 7 miles to the gallon average. As for Indiana and Illinois when the winds are blowing and I'm only get 6 1/2 miles to the gallon tell me how great it is.

At the start of the quarter your fuel mileage can jump big-time just by your tanks empty at the end of their reporting or were they full makes a big difference. There's times my fuel mileage on Sunday beep can change by as much as a half mile to the gallon. Once you have 8 to 10,000 miles on the quarter you will not see a big swing.

If you drive 60 to 62 mile an hour you should average 6.7 two 7.1 as long as you don't flat-footed every time you take off and don't hard break every time you stop.
Think of it this way if you got your car every time you took off you put it to the floor what would that do to your mileage. Your truck is the same way keep the throttle a quarter inch above being floored when you take off getting up to speed. Not to mention how much easier it is on the drivetrain and tires. When stopping you get a lot of weight you'd be amazed how far you can coast. On flat ground I back out of it three quarters of a mile before the exit.

As for the speed I drive 57 on flat ground. 59 on rolling terrain like I 44 Missouri 75 in Kentucky etc. etc.
empty by have time to kill to get to pick up 55 if not 57

 

I don't have control over the loads I get. But I do have a choice on how big my fuel bonus will be. It is been proven time and time again you can make more money by keeping your left door closed utilizing your time and driving 57 and 59 mi./h.

On average I can unload and reload and still run over 450 miles a day.

Maverick's highest mileage guys are mostly the guys with the highest fuel mileage. It's not that they drive slower they just know how to utilize their time the best. Some things, you just learn with age and experience.

 

I think Maverick makes a big mistak telling all the new guys you have to "Run Hard" all during orientation. They should stress "Running Smart". I'd put that in their suggestion box if they had one.

 

I do coast a lot and try to take off easy. I just think the trucks would pull better if they had a little higher gear in the rear end. I don't know how many times I have been passed going up hills by TMC and McElroy trucks going up hills and they are governed at 62 I believe. I love the truck, just wish it pulled a little better in the hills....that's all!

As far as not stopping often and getting secured or unsecured quickly, I think I do pretty good for a newbie! In the last 3 weeks since work as picked up for me, I believe I have been over 500 miles every day I have drove and in the mid to upper 600's on a couple occasions. If I can keep that up (and still get home!), I will be perfectly content. All I wanted to know was different people's driving style/speed in different scenarios. Nothing more.