Why do YOU speed....if this is all you save?

I monitor factors such as the wind.

If I have a tail wind and the schedule is tight, I might increase the speed.

If the schedule is not tight, I will use the tail wind to increase my fuel mileage.

It is just what one decides is important to them.

It also amazes me, that I see the same vehicles passing me many times. I do not waste time in stops or eating facilities. These are for the end of the day.

 

If I'm on a long run I get up in the morning run till midday stop about 5-6 hrs into my drive time and that's all till my 11 is up then i do my fueling shower eating etc....

If I have to load and reload I usually don't stop at all unless i need fuel and try to make sure I don't.

 

Under the old law, I used to run and always take the showers and grab a bite in the middle of the afternoon. Like around 2 or so.

Now, with the ones we have now with the 14 window, I rarely stop because of the loss of driving time.

 

Mr. BW9, why are you yanking some poor guy's chain about his financial agreement with another entity? *smiles sweetly* I am also in a financial agreement with an outside institution. My name won't be on the title to this truck for a couple of years. But that's the case with anyone with a note on their truck.

*turns to the crowd*
I've told this a few times. I was independent of any large company. I had money set by for repairs and such. I had a lemon truck. It ate my savings and I was very soon running for truck repairs. Ask Redd about this with that Pete he had. He ended up in the same boat. He went one way and chose to buy another truck on his own, which I sincerely hope works to his favor. But he's already had to dump a few quid into repairs. I just plain old lost my a%#.

So I chose initially to lease from Prime. It didn't work out. This arrangement I currently have is somewhere between. I negotiated it myself. And I'm happy with it. I can completely understand your irritation with people who seem to want to place themselves on the same level as you.

* looks BW9 in the eyes*
I respect you. you have forgotten more about trucks than I will probably ever know. But I have money invested in this vehicle and I am working toward a goal, same as you. I hope to continue learning from you for years to come.

*to the crowd*
Now: the speeding thing. I have found through my own experience the closer to 70 or 75 I run, the more tired and stressed I am at the end of the day. I might have more time to recoup, but it takes far longer than the time I saved to relax. I will have lost 1.5 mpg going 72 vs. going 63. If I'm doing 63, most of the time you'll find me in the Granny lane watching the big boys go by. I don't consider it speeding to be cruising the speed limit. I am not frustrated by trucks blowing my doors off on their way past. What they don't know is most of the time I'll smile and wave if they take the time to look. But, that's their loss.

I only speak from my own experience. I have a Cummins ISX motor in this. It's a solid power plant that I have no trouble trusting to get me there. If I have to pass someone and I suspect someone might come blasting up behind me, I will top out my 68mph governor to get it done as quickly as possible. I get irritated, though, when someone is content to go 61mph, I feel like going a little faster and the one I'm passing speeds up and holds me in that left lane even though I've kicked it up. Then you come up behind me and get annoyed with me. In these cases, I will often slack off it, get behind the guy who's being a turd and let you by. I'll wait for a good hill because I know my engine and rear end gearing will get me to the top faster than the guy with flatlander high speed gears. And I pass him then. I do everything I can to avoid holding up traffic. However, there are some juveniles out here who think this is all a game. Problem is, I don't play well with others when it comes to people's lives.

So do what you think you have to do. All that stress you're causing yourself will cost you far more than a few dollars. I'll be cruising in that Granny lane waiting to say hi to y'all.

 

I haven't yet read all of the posts, so this may have been mentioned already. If so, sorry.
It's not 4.42 cents. It's 4.42 dollars, per hour, for every hour you are rolling. Would you like a raise of $4.42 per hour?
We have been told for years how important is to drive slowly - save fuel, save the equipment, be safe, etc., etc.
But nobody ever talks about how tired you can get going 55 all day long, with every truck passing you, you flash your lights, they are long gone, cars are getting PO'd at you . . . How is it wrong to go 75 across the desert with no traffic in the middle of the day?
It is all arbitrary anyway - 55 on I-10 in CA at 2 p.m. with a motorcycle and trailer, then cross the state line - 75 in AZ with a gas truck in the rainy mountains at 3 a.m., no speed limit on the autobahn, you can literally do whatever the car will do, but trucks still go about 60.
If all we hear is how terrific it is to drive 55 or less, it will become a reality for the newer drivers. Kind of sad.
You can make a lot more money, get there sooner and get onto the next load, and have more fun, if you -
"Go fast and don't stop."
Of course, as set out above, we must add, "but always be safe and comply with all laws".

 

The speed limit has little to do with safety.
It is more about regulation and raising revenue. Witness CA.

 

Break out the calculator buckaroo..
An extra 13 miles equals another $4.22 not 4.42 cents..

So at 62mph you're making $21.08 per hour. At 75 you're making $25.50. That's assuming $.34 per mile.. That's an extra $46.42 per 11 hour day..

Multiply that out over the year...

 

Hey leave the OP alone. They're using a government issued calculator, the same one the white house and congress uses.

Truckerdragon would also appreciate it if you guys would stop trying to put facts in the way of his/her opinion. His/her trainer told them what reality is and they know everything which is why they have the title "trainer".

Also I'm sure the truck driver trainer has also flown on an airplane so if any of you would like advise on how to land one they probably know the answer to that as well.

 

Wonder if the trainer slept at a Holiday Inn?

 

Ken: looks good on paper, but you're not figuring in fuel consumption and additional maintenance for the extra wear and tear. I understand your theory more miles equals more money in your pocket, but what you're not considering is the added expense.

A company guy would care less about that. But someone who pays the bills for the truck might think about the value of the tradeoff.