Truck governed speeds

Ill keep it short and sweet....65 mph cruise....66 pedal

 

ours is 67-68

whats yours mack e-6

 

Hey, JoeMech, what do you think of the Western Star (before the freightliner buy-out) or the Marmon trucks? What about Brockway or Autocar? I'm sort of biased towards the Star for OTR or the Brockway for construction-type work. Being as Mack owned Brockway, I assume those husky trucks had/have Mack engines.

I agree on your view of the KW. When I drove one of those, all the brown, wood-like trim on the dash made me feel like I was driving a mobile home whose walls were covered in that cheap wooden paneling.
I drove a Pete once for an outfit out of Ontario. That truck was gorgeous inside. It's too bad my paycheck for the company wasn't gorgeous. Actually, that paycheck looked like Medusa. I turned to stone when I looked at it.

 

It's a 379 Pete and it will do whatever I want it too. Does'nt mean that I drive balls to the wall everywhere I go. I drive according to traffic and conditions.

 

I know between myself and lil we are raising the dead with this topic but just to add my own truck

Im governed at 74 but down a hill it will hit 76 and the limiter will hit hard

~D

 

Most drivers assume that if your truck is'nt governed to run 65 or less that a driver will speed excessivly and thats just not true. In the past I have had brokers tell me that if I could get a load there by a certain time than there would be an extra 2 or 300 bucks on the rate, and maybe a time or two I bit, that was a different time. With fuel prices as they are now it just does'nt pay to run like that. Most of the time I'm cruising at about 70 to 72mph. Between San Antonio and El Paso on I-10(speed limit for trucks is 75mph) I may from time to time do 80mph if the load pays really well. As far as tire wear, proper air pressure will aleviate alot of problems.