Have ELDs Ended the 700 mpd Expectation?

Greetings brother truckers,

I have never understood the expectation that CMV drivers can average 700 miles per day, unless they are working purely repowers or D&Hs. Still, it seems some brokers and employers are stubbornly sticking to this expectation for live load/offload, dry van drivers.

Even IF that expectation was founded during the paper-log era, shouldn't ELD requirements effectively eliminate this expectation?

What say you?

 

The question is "how" to average 700 miles per day under typical circumstances. By typical, I mean several 4+ hour live load/offloads per week, mountains, traffic, weather, lower speed limits, repairs, etc.

Give me an ungoverned truck, with a full clock of drive time, on a Nebraska highway, without inclement weather- anyone with a right foot can do 700 miles.

Put me in something with a top speed of 65 mph with 48,000 lbs going through mountains with a 4-5 hour live load/offload the same day. It's not happening.

 

Let me rephrase the question:

Who here is comfortable contractually obligating themselves to average 700 miles per day in order to meet a set appointment for any given load so that if you were to miss this appointment time there would be costs and deductions?