MPG?

DUH, every time i fuel up.

the math don't lie.

anything else

 

Ya if you think going faster saves you fuel then I say go for it. Maybe you should be running 75+... That should save you lots of money! Why don't you put that in your calculator!

Oh ya and I'm not being smart, this is just fundamental owner operator skills. Apparently you missed that class!

 

i don't need a class to tell me what the calculator can tell me.

or something that physics taught me WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY back in grade school.

next

if you think slower is the way to go. knock yourself out.

80k is 80k. your not saving.

but i'm in it for the revenue. faster means more money. which far outweighs your slowness.

 

Snowy I have to side with chompi on this, Your way out there on what your saying. Even the laws of physics say your wrong. The more weight you pull and the faster you go reguires more energy to do it. In order to get more energy it has to come from somewhere. That means more fuel, cause I'm sure your not peeing in your tank!!!!

 

No faster does not by any stretch of the imagination mean more money! As a matter of fact there is even statistics that prove that you can run too many miles! When it comes to fuel, maintenance etc... running an excess number of miles will actually start to cost you more money then it is worth to run those high miles.

This is where being a smart business person comes into play as a successful owner operator.

You can be a supertrucker and bark all you want but you aren't going to disprove years of trucking industry economic statistics!

 

Snowy maybe you should contact the OOIDA with your findings! I think they would find them interesting. They would also probably want to clone your truck because its the only truck in the world burning less fuel the faster you go! Hell NASA may want to talk to you!

 

uh, could be an alien!!!!! lol

 

You're only going to find out where the fuel milage drops off is when you do a good cents per mile analysts. Not a dollar per hour but all the figures it takes to run that truck at a certain speed. I would check every 5mph when the truck is rolling past 50mph. If you don't know the difference between the two types of figuring then you're in trouble. One deals with what it cost to run the truck at the speed you like to analyze. That would include everything from maintenance, fuel, tires, wear & tear, license, tax, and to any other item that makes that truck go. The dollars per hour is what it cost to run the truck with a driver. That would include the medical, dental, retirement, and so on and so on. Everything it takes to make the truck run needs to be figured. Some numbers will stay the same but others will change. The driver side of figuring cost or dollars per hour is easier to figure because a lot of times the numbers stay the same even if the truck is not making money.

Your major items to check of course would be fuel, maintenance, and wear. I hope everyone knows that it's going to cost your more in maintenance and wear&tear to run the truck at 70mph vs running at 60mph. Why wouldn't that make sense to some when the large companies are squeezing every penny out of that truck. Those companies have departments with the college people just working there to show the board that setting the truck at 60mph is better than 55mph or the other way around too.


You may have a truck that is showing you better fuel milage at 75mph but you lose that advantage when you figure all your costs in. You can modify your program to figure as deep as like go into costs, but just using the basics will show you a basic answer. We all know that we would only get deep into this type of analysts if you owned the truck. But being a company driver you can help in the over all picture by keeping the truck in top condition. Keeping your foot off the floor when driving can save fuel. Checking the pressure in the tires to insure peak performance. Watch your idle close. These are all the items the company is looking at so if you are trying to make any changes you've got to help them too. Also if you check you numbers close the company just might see your name at the top and give you the better runs. It's worth the extra effort in saving cost but it also increases your stability in safety. It all means more money in your pocket.

 

A 300 SDL! LOL, I have one of those in my barn. Awesome ride, don't see too many of them these days.

 

And for this conversation, I get 1 mpg better at 63-65 than I do at 70-72.