4000+ Miles/Week is Possible w/ELDs

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Not in the western mountains.. unless you got 700 horses.

The majority of my otr was western regional. My first truck was about 40. It only had 400 horses. Don't know about the wheels.

 

When people cut the line, I cut the line in front of them. If they can do it, so can I...

 

Same thing with taking breaks at the fuel island. Other guys do it, why can't I?

Same goes for pulling up. I finish fueling, lock my doors and disappear for 40 minutes. I don't care if there are 3 trucks behind me..#### em.

Same thing with high beans at night. I ride with my brites on all night long. Other guys do it so #### em.

 

Can average better out west with a light load. Hard to do east of i15 to much traffic

 

I'm based out of Idaho... And hit Utah, Wyoming, and Montana on a very regular basis. Occasionally I get into Colorado.

No I dont run that region exclusively... But I start and end there every single week. Probably about a third of my miles are in those states.

When I run local/regional staying in the PNW exclusively I add Washington and Oregon into the mix... Still average 62 mph. Almost always gross 72k+, with a vast majority of my loads grossing between 78k and 80k.

My company fleet truck is governed at 67, but can coast up to the legal limit (80 mph in many places) without any flack from the company... Its a Volvo.

I also prefer to run nights... This helps some, but not enough to really change that average over 300k miles.

As an example... I started my week in Idahofalls, ID at 10:54 A.M. GMT 12/6/2020. I just finished my day today at 5:36 P.M. GMT 12/9/2020 in Oakwood, IL. Within that time frame, since leaving Idahofalls, ID I have unloaded in Huntington, WV, reloaded in Cincinnati, OH, and made it to Oakwood, IL. A travel distance of 2327 miles by the odometer.

By mid afternoon Friday 12/11/2020 I will deliver in Billings, MT... And be back in Idahofalls, ID shortly after sunrise the following morning. This will add approximately 1675 miles. Bringing the grand total to just over 4000 miles in just shy of 6 days.

About the only thing that stops me is MAJOR road closures and high winds. Often times I will detour around closures or really nasty weather.

 

Yep. That'd be the place to do it. Not really possible on the west coast I-5 world... or like said, the east side.

 

All these truck drivers on here that don't seem to like driving and are proud of how little they actually drive.

 

If I could get the same revenue to sit in my parking spot, drink coffee and talk on the phone I wouldn’t move. Until then my goal is to drive the least miles, with the least traffic and frozen precipitation possible, for the highest revenue per mile. 33 years ago I had a slightly different feeling, but for some reason it has changed. When I first drove a tractor and trailer I would have done it for free, today not so much! I still love my career most days.

 

I’m on a dedicated regional lane, paid a salary of $1200/wk, averaging around 2k miles a week, covering TX, OK, KS, MO, AR, LA, and MS. I’m home for the weekends.

Life’s too short to work much harder than that! I get to eat my wife’s cooking on a regular basis, play with my five year old grandson (my wife says we’re both about the same age emotionally), build guitars (it’s hard to have a hobby if you’re behind the wheel all the time), and generally have a life.

 

Quality over quantity.