63mph vs 65 mph

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  1. Jul 2, 2012 #81
    dude6710

    dude6710 Road Train Member

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    Wait, what are log books?
     
    dude6710, Jul 2, 2012
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  3. Jul 2, 2012 #82
    BigBadBill

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    It is more the overall type of business you develop. Large companies that pay by the mile or take big cuts make good money keeping drivers running hard. I honestly can't think of the last time one of my drivers HAD to take a 34-hour restart on the road.
     
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  4. Jul 6, 2012 #83
    DThompsonNGI

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    BigBadBill, are you talking about direct freight right from the customer or off load boards when you talk about setting rates?
     
    DThompsonNGI, Jul 6, 2012
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  5. Jul 6, 2012 #84
    rollin coal

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    That was my comment about setting the rate. Any freight direct or loadboard. You set the rate your truck moves for not them.
     
    rollin coal, Jul 6, 2012
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    MNdriver Thanks this.
  7. Jul 6, 2012 #85
    Flip Flops

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    unless your a stick hauler don't worry about them just hammer down and the rest will take care of itself.... LOL
     
    Flip Flops, Jul 6, 2012
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  8. Jul 8, 2012 #86
    pauly da trucker

    pauly da trucker Bobtail Member

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    our trucks are set up for max fuel mpg including side skirts wings on the back and wheel covers every 3 months the driver with the best mpgs gets a harley davidson and all drivers have had mpgs over 8.4 mpg for the past 30kplus miles im at 8.9mpgs they reset the truck every 3 months
     
    pauly da trucker, Jul 8, 2012
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  9. Jul 8, 2012 #87
    pauly da trucker

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    switching from company driver to o/o this week trucks are governed @71 but i think im going to stay @63 havent been late for a load yet due to proper planning will update my mpgs after the next 3 month period
     
    pauly da trucker, Jul 8, 2012
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  10. Jul 8, 2012 #88
    Cowpie1

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    The truck I have on order... 2013 FL Columbia with a pre-egr detroit in it... will have enough engine mods that if it isn't a mid 8 mpg truck, and even bumping 9's with lighter loads, I will be shocked. But then, It wouldn't be the first time I am wrong. But with what I am doing to it before it even starts to work, there will be little excuse for that engine to get a lot of work done on as little of fuel as possible. And it doesn't hurt that I usually run around 60-62 mph and the truck is spec'd to work in that range. No off the shelf specs that dealers like.
     
    Cowpie1, Jul 8, 2012
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