Counter offer.

ALWAYS use 46 miles per hour for planning, this is reality, not 55, not 60, nothing but 46.

 

Don't bother allowing for fuel and mandatory break time? Mega trucks running 70 mph? What are you smoking?

 

M

marlboro's in the box.
I forgot the 30 minute break that's it.
I'll repeat it again so you understand.
Divide the miles by 60 miles an hour and that's how
Long it takes to do the trip.
I do it every freaking day on e-logs and I have a
68 mph truck. Works every time and I'm always
A hour early at the customer.

 

^^^^^ Do you not know how to read???

 

I figure mine as two separate numbers. Drive time and stop time. Truck does 68 so I use 63 just to figure drive time. Then I add in fuel stop and 30 min break. If you do it like this remember this about fuel stops. It's more than fuel time. The moment you slow down for the exit until the time you are back on the interstate at speed is fuel stop time.

 

Lol
So what's the point? They're gonna give you some extra anyway. So maybe when you get good at this you can figure to tell it a bit less. So you can be right on the money.

 

OP I read through all of your comments and based on where you’re running and what your truck will do, here’s how I suggest you calculate trip times:

1. Loaded miles divided by 50mph average. (This accounts for quick breaks, fuel stop, etc since you’re actually driving 60mph)

2. Take however many hours you get and add 30 minutes for a break, 30 minutes for an inspection, 1 hour per day for any unforeseen delays, and however many 10 hour breaks you’ll be taking.

Example:

1,000 loaded mile trip. Divide that by 50mph and you get 20 hours drive time. That’s a two shift trip, so you need to add in two 30 minute breaks, two 30 minute inspections, two hours for unforeseen delays, and one 10 hour break.

Total estimated transit time is 34 hours.

Some guys can do that trip a lot faster. Some guys can run 70mph, only show 5 minutes for a pre-trip, eliminate one of those 30 minute breaks, etc. Don’t worry about how fast someone else thinks you should run it, just worry about doing a quick, simple estimate to use for dispatch purposes. You can always make adjustments to it later, but that will come with time and experience.

Drive time @ 50mph plus 2 hours per day plus however many 10 hour breaks you need.