Has anyone ever done 700 miles on elogs

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  1. mover man

    mover man Road Train Member

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    Sure its possible done it many times.
    I did it when mine was in shop. I was driving a borrowed 69mph company truck.
    I've done it in my ungoverned fast as I want to go truck.
    There are many different reasons why or why not it can be done. But the main thing is always. Left door closed, right ankle bent.
     
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  3. JoeTruck

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    I did 680 from Indy to Tulsa with 13,000 68mph. But 600 is very doable.
     
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  4. SouthwestVeas

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    741 miles is the most I've squeezed out of elogs from my house near Henderson NV just outside of Vegas over to the Love's in Tucumcari NM with 3 minutes left on the clock at the top of the ramp, where i switched to the sleeper berth... This is in a 73mph truck with a light load of produce from Salinas...

    And the only way I'd achieve this was under perfect conditions, and i mean leaving home in Vegas around 9pm at night and running all night keeping the left door closed, no accidents on the highway, no construction backups & in the winter time you can almost forget it if there's snow on top Flagstaff, which then the farthest i'd usually make it is the Loves or TA in Santa Rosa NM...

    I'd leave the house, top off with fuel at the Loves in Kingman, but usually i'd try to top off with fuel before taking my 34hr reset at the house, but usually needed to stop & top off the reefer.... From there I'd truck nonstop over to either the Loves in Joesph City AZ or Gallup NM for the 30min break... Now there were times when the reefer was between a half a tank and a quarter or right at a quarter tank, and i'd just make it to the Loves in Joesph City or Gallup and fuel and take my 30 minute break there, all at one time...

    I could usually tell if i could make it to Tucumcari NM by how much time i'd have left on the clock when hitting Santa Rosa... That's usually where i'll decide to keep pushing it or to just stop... Its about 680 miles from the house to Santa Rosa and an additional 56 or 60 miles to Tucumcari... If i have about 10 to 15minutes to spare, meaning 1:10 or so on my clock, I'd push it.. But i'd also check Google Maps for any accidents and things too...

    It'll all comes down to timing, conditions, where you're running, etc...
     
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  5. Cabinover101

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  6. mpd240

    mpd240 Road Train Member

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    Yep. Left Bismarck nd in the am and went west to Hebron nd loaded brick. Left Hebron and delivered brick to brock white in St. Cloud MN. Left St. Cloud MN and spent night at petro truck stop in clear water MN 714. Still stands at old company.
     
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  7. danny23tx

    danny23tx Road Train Member

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    Pulling out west max I did was 675. Of course there is no reason to run that hard un less your the Bandit
     
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  8. Linte_Loco

    Linte_Loco Road Train Member

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    I’m too lazy to try. My elog doesn’t like going over 8 hours for some reason ;)
     
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  9. poppapump1332

    poppapump1332 Road Train Member

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    I was wondering where he got the 10.5 from lol but yes it’s possible on a really good day no traffic.
     
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  10. SteveScott

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    I've done around 730 in 11 hours across Nevada, Utah and Wyoming with a light load. My truck goes 75.
     
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  11. TravR1

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    My truck is governed at 65mph.

    One time, and one time only, I logged 688 miles. Thats the max I have reached, and that was on I80 going through Nebraska and part of Wyoming in ideal conditions.
     
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