speed governed trucks

gotta agree with the others speed should be the last consideration.As an O/O i've had some trucks with the ability to go fast but my general cruising speed is 62-65mph. Getting an early start and keeping the left door closed are more important to making a living.

 

depends on 650 miles a day or 750. just keep listening too all the crap on hear and UL have 500 miles less pay per week.

 

Yep, that's my delima. Tho I think in my situation, it'll end up being somewhere around 150 mile less per week. I guess in dollars it'll be something like 50-70 dollars per pay period. And how much will that save the company... more than fuel mileage?
I guess not if I can't deliver a load on time because of this.

 

Well i have read all of the post's!

I have driven O/O and as a company driver.
and fuel savings starts with the DRIVER, if you can't find that sweet spot your going to use fuel and lot's of it! The only differance i have seen in fuel milage is my idle time. A smart buy is INTEL-A-IDLE Or a A,P,U.

But as far as the speed being set at 85 or 62 theres no DIFFERANCE in fuel milage WHAT SO EVER!!!!!! AND YES I KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME ROAD WARORER'S OUT THERE THAT WILL PLEE THERE CASE WITH ALL KINDS OF STAT'S AND FIGURE'S BUT AFTER 20+ YEAR'S DOING THIS WORK I HAVE ALL THE PROOF I NEED, AS MOST OLD TIMER'S WILL TELL YOU THE DRIVER IS THE KEY TO LOW FUEL COST'S

 

The driver probably really is the key, but most drivers either won't drive properly and just go as fast as possible, or just won't understand what is necessary to do.
I drive a 62 mph truck, and don't like it all that well. I wish they would give us 65-67, and base a bonus on us saving fuel, or better mpg. I don't mind the slower most of the time, but there are times that a little more power would be nice.
Even with my slow truck though, I have driven at least 3000 miles 3 of the last 4 weeks. Sometimes there's not freight if you drive faster anyway, you just get there sooner and wait for a load. Everything seems to work out for me so far.

 

At least I don't have to worry about speeding tickets, unless I'm in the mountains, or Illinois. I usually don't slow down much in Illinois either, and usually get passed by a trooper sometime during the day, so I think most of the time they will give you the 62.

 

That statement isn't even remotely true. Last company I worked for didnt govern their trucks at all. Second to the last governed at 78mph. You know those trucks that pass you like you're standing still in Ca. Az. and Nm. Yep, you guessed it, those are just a few of the companies that do NOT govern their trucks at 62-65.

Just one more steering wheel holder that cant see out side of the SwiftArrowWernerJBHuntSchneider #### hole box he's gotten himself into.

 

This whole thread is relevant to where you live. I can run 75-78 all night and make more money running the desert because I can legally run farther because of the speed limit. And the runs are set up that way. So BrickMan is completely right a Fast truck or one that can run the speed limit anyway is expected to get down the road and cover a long trip in a day. If you are running the east coast 60-62 mph should be all you need to get the job done. If I was to do some of the runs out here with a 60 mph truck I would have to log The Sleeper before I even arrived.

 

ha ha ha that was a good one.....the thought of being being bunched up in the right lane with 65 mph trucks doesn't work for me..

Lets see, if the speed limit is posted 75 mph and I lock the cruise in at say 80 mph or better and I decide to run from early morning to late at night with keeping the stops to a minimum how many miles do you think I will cover ?? I bet whole lot more that an under powered company truck running 65 mph I can assure you...

GP

 

Wrong........