Any SRT Solo drivers

5100 miles a week? Yeah who else is driving that truck? I know it ain't one guy making those miles.

 

first and foremost you don't know enough to call another driver a liar;secondly a truck's speed,unless it is like 60 mph, has absolutely nothing to do w/the number of miles you can run. Even at 60 w/zero delays and the desire you can eclipse the legal number of logged miles by a large margin.
I would venture to declare that among those forum members on here,roughly half of us have driven that kind of mileage and more,some of us on a regular basis as well. I did back in the early to mid 90's,have since BUT NOT so often and will again if i make the decision to do it.Yeah go ahead and type about the law,the logs,the repercuassions of an accident if something horrible were to happen and all but driving that kind of miles is nothing new to many a hand on here.The week that you drove that 4100,you probably would have driven more had they asked you or you needed to or for whatever reason. That 1000(his 5100 versus your 4100) mile difference is only about a 24 hour period,+/-,condition dependent, and apparently his planning or the companies planning,or lack there of,allowed that driver the additonal 1000 miles.
4100 is just as illegal as 5100.Therefore,why question the driver as you did?
That was not cool and reeked of crybaby.
5100 divided by 7 days =728.57 miles per day divided by 14 hours =an average of 52 mph.
5100 divided by 7 days=728.57 miles per day divided by 11 hours = an average of 66.233 mph
4100 divided by 7 days = 585.71 miles per day divided by 14 hours =an average of 41.84 mph.
4100 divided by 7 days =585.71 miles per day divided by 11 hours = an average of 53.25 mph
If my math is correct you screwed around way too much.

 

I say your full of ####.Youre probaly a dispatcher.If I find who you are I'll turn you in to the DOT.Youre no proffesional and your probaly taking drugs.Youre endangering the lives of other motorists stupid.I'll be looking for you...

 

Feel better now? you go off on a diatribe that starts w/you advising the world that you are a dime dropping snitch yet you do not dispute my math. Where in my post did I claim to be a professional? I have had my run-ins w/the DOT over the years and I am not scared. I pass my piss tests. I do not endanger the motoring public any more than you do.
I doubt that you are looking for me but it will be a pleasure to meet a grumpy job scared punk.After meeting you,I can declare that i have met virtually every type of driver there is. I'll decline the cup of coffee that you will offer me but i will allow you to purchase a Red Bull energy drink to compensate for the effort I took in addressing your post.Thank you in advance.
BTW-your post to me confirms that Mark Twain is not pleased that you quote him.

 

I figured some people would call me a liar which is normal anymore with drivers bickering among the brotherhood, 1 I am not lying i have nothing to gain or lose telling people here how i run. I dont stop at every truck stop and waste time playing video games and normaly i will run 300-400 miles in between stops also it help when most of my runs are 2000+ miles so i can keep the wheels turning and run 700-800 miles a day. Do I do it for the company, no not most of the time there has been times when my dispatcher will call me and say hey i need u to repower a load and make it to where it is going by a certain time and he knows i will get it there, but mostly i do it for my family to try to make ends meet with 6 children and a wife to support it is not cheap. My wife does not work she takes care of the children because there young 4 are 10 years old 1 is 9 years old and my baby just turned 5. do I push myself, yes at times i do, but most of the time i just keep the door closed and wheels turning and it isnt that hard u just keep the same schedule everyday and if need be call a shipper or reciever and move appt's around no big deal. have a great day

 

I won't bother calling you a liar. But I will refute your numbers. Especially since I'm well aware of what it takes to log 4000 miles in 5 days, on a consistent basis.

#1 This is an SRT thread. So I assume you drive for them.

#2 You must be an O/O. How did I arrive at this conclusion?

#3 The majority of SRT trucks are castrated at 70 mph or less. Some will run more. That would be one of the "pet's" trucks. This could explain a lot.

Especially the miles, and the obvious no dock time you have.

#4 -- 5100 miles at an average highway speed of 67 mph takes 76 hours. IF you never stop, for anything. In other words...I don't care how long you kept the door shut. And you have to be running light, to maintain that average.

#5 The truck has an average range of 1300 miles per fill up. Which means you must stop no less than 4 times a week for fuel. Which leaves 69 hours to drive. Which also means your truck is not governed.

#6 Mathematically, you can only get 13.75 hours per day driving. But you can't do it for seven consecutive days. That would be 96.25 hours. This also lends itself to meaning you are one of those special drivers that SRT has. Since you're getting 5100 miles in 5 days. Otherwise, you wouldn't have a reset for the next weeks miles. Since it would occur on day 1 & 2 of the next week.

#7 You could be a trainer, and be using your students miles in your calculations.

Last but not least....

#8 None of the above lends itself to a legal logbook. Except for the trainer comment. But there's no need to debate the legal aspect, unless you want too. Because I really don't care if it was legal or not. I'm refuting the miles based on what I know firsthand of SRT.

But do PLEASE answer this question for me. Who in their right mind, would want these kind of miles, week in and week out? It lends itself to a slave mentality. Are you in debt this bad?

 

WOW.That hand NEVER said his 5100 mile week was in 5 days.I read where he stated that he took 5-6 days at home after 6 weeks on the road but I can't find that his 5100 mile week was done in 5 days.
Can you please direct me to the post declaring that he did 5100 in 5 days?
I noticed that you have been driving a number of years.Because you dissected his post and disputed the 1020 mile average for a 5 day total of 5100 miles,I will assume that even back in the day that you never drove 1000 + miles in any given 24 hour period.
To drive 1200 miles in a 24 hour period would only take a 60 mph average.I base my mileage on facts and what can be done,what i have done,and NO those figures are not legally logged which brings me to my point-that 5100 mile per week driver actually stated that he did/does some creative logging.
You went way out of your way to show off your legal logging ability.I am not impressed and neither is any driver on this forum that has had to do "creative logging".If it got down to it,could you do any creative logging?OR will you park that truck when you are 25 miles from the house because you are a stickler for running absolutely legal?
There are times that creative logging will take precedence over merely running legal and remaining legal on paper.
Company drivers,L/p's,O/O's, and then the hand,regardless of stature, that drives and logs not as he drives but in the manner in which he has to log to remain legal looking.
Which profile best describes you?
EDITED to add-you did not refute his numbers and you did a poor job of disputing them as well.

 

I just re-read every post in this particular thread and can not find where SE01 stated that he ran 5100 miles in a 5 day span. Apparently i am reading w/less comprehension than others on here.
Silver eagle 01-did you post that you drove 5100 miles in a 5 day time line? May i inquire as to the number of days that it took you to run that extremely DISPUTED 5100 miles? Heck,no one knows you and srt will not get in trouble and i am really starting to REFUTE in my own mind just how i have always remembered the manner in which i have driven and the miles that i have actually spit out over the years,never mind the ability to log said miles in a legal manner.
Thanks in advance for the clarification.

 

#1 If you do 5100 miles a week consistantly. You do it in 5 days, otherwise it means you shot 8 1/2 days in the ###. Not a week, which is 7 days.

#2 If it takes 7 days. You lose almost 6 days per month. Which brings you back to about 15k a month. Not an impressive 20k a month.

#3 600 miles a day equals 15k a month running legal. about the same as our super trucker

Actually I went a long way out of the way, to prove he's a liar. SRT does not give those miles to even 10% of it's fleet on a consistant basis.

My Quote:

Legal or not...he doesn't run those miles consistantly. I know better, I've driven for SRT twice. The SOB's couldn't keep me running for squat. I spent more time sitting, than driving.

And you #### sure can't get 5100 miles a week, when you're given a load going 800 miles with firm apointments, 5 days later.

And their 300% turn over rate, before the economy tanked. Was because they couldn't get drivers the miles they needed. Not because they ran them too hard.

 

Ok but you certainly added many "ifs,ands, and buts" it seems. i am still thinking about the losing 8.5 days if you do 5100 on a consistent basis.The OP never stated how often he drove that 5100 nor that he did it consistently.He merely declared that he had driven that 5100 miles.
I apologise for not being in the know regarding the ins and outs of trucking at SRT. i was basing my post on running high miles in general,something i have done consistently and inconsistently,often,not so often and more than likely will do when i want to or even when i would rather not.
Thanks for the break down that I am working on applying to driving high miles overall.
Where is that spread sheet driver when one needs him?