What do 4,000 miles a week look like

Under the right circumstances you wouldn't have to fib that much if at all. PA just raised the limit to 70 a couple weeks ago across most of I-80 and you can do 70 across OH and IN on the turnpike. NJ can be fast too if you leave at the right time. Trucks are all governed at 70-72 at my company.

With electronic logs that start recording drive time right as soon as you get above parking lot speeds it would be a tougher challenge though. Traffic and construction zones would kill you.

 

Sonetimes you get stuck in a tight one where you're 10 miles away from where you need to be when the clock runs out and you you just do what you gotta do. Less than 15 minutes though I'd laugh in their face if they tried to hassle me about it.

 

I always thought it looked like this?!

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Couple years back, in orientation another driver was there to get his orientation on. His friend had or still has a dedicated run from Milwaukee WI to Los Angeles CA, he runs 2 weeks then takes a week off and put another driver on his truck for his week off then back at it for 2 more weeks. That's right around 4000 miles a week.

One of my favorite runs is Livermore CA to either Chicago or Indianapolis, about 2200 miles then turn and burn back. What usually happens though is I run 2200 miles this week and 4400 miles next week but that's the paychecks, and the reality is more like 3300 miles a week on average for that lane.

 

That would be a very very tough one to stay on pace with, especially heavy. Lots of hills and also some slower speed limits to contend with. One hiccup and you wouldn't have the hours to get back and you would be stuck taking a reset in Reno or something.

 

Yes, Chicago to LA and back is a nice gig. If I still lived in Chicago I would do it again in a heartbeat. There is a company in central Florida that runs reefers out to Cali but they use only teams.

 

Teams whole different world that many just don't understand. We are on dedicated run 2040 miles each way. Live unload immediate reload. We can do 8k dependant on which day of week we leave

 

Don't forget all that hard running catches up on you fellas

 

If you're refering to my post, what usually happens is I finish the 2200 mile leg and get started on the second 2200 mile leg but the miles have to carry over to the next week. Then I turn back for the next 2200 mile leg and it falls on the same pay period as the second 2200 mile leg so one paycheck looks like 2200 miles and next week's looks like 4400 miles but in reality I drove about 3300 miles each calendar week.

 

Gotcha. I was talking about actually turning Chicago or Indy out of Livermore on the same 70 in 6 days. Theoretically possible maybe. Not likely though.