Trip planning

415 in 7 hours is averaging less than 60 mph. 60 is completely in the realm of doable for most fleet trucks.

 

and i'll inform you that a good portion of those years, i drove day cabs.....had to find motels, that had truck parking, that actually had room to park more than ONE truck.

yeah, i drove day cab from MA, to VA, motel room, then from VA to Louisville, motel, all the way back to MA.....

i didn;t have it THAT easy to jump in the back of a sleeper....

many times over the years i had JIT freight to get delivered. tell me how to not drive the maximum hours.???

also the LTL carrier i worked for NEMF, when the driving hours changed, they made sure we maxed them out, there was no stopping to wait for traffic to die down, you had freight to get to the next terminal(s)

 

I know that you guys really frown on flaming a member of TTR, but this guy doubling down that he would fire him for not using those 3 hours to advance the load only 70 miles instead of conserving the hours in order to go double the miles and make the delivery on time really makes resisting the urge to do so very difficult.

 

Well now it makes perfect sense! When your bed is behind the seats, stopping early to avoid traffic and be able to start in the morning is a smart move.

 

uh...no it does not. getting closer to the pick up/delivery point makes better sense.

and yes, had i been an owner of a comapny and any of my drivers failed to get closer to the delivery/pick up points would be fired for failing to do so.

 

Well he delivered on time, so I am betting his boss is a happy camper.
Reminds me of the old saying that, there is more than one way to skin a cat, also something about, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

 

Noted. He's just explaining his point of view like everyone else in the thread. He's entitled to do that.

If you or I or anyone else doesn't agree with him we're entitled to present our point of view as long as we don't engage in insults or any behavior that violates TTR rules.

We appreciate the fact that this thread, despite vastly different views and opinions, has been civil and within the rules. If that changes there are the usual options of infractions, thread banning, closing the thread and outright banning available but thanks to everyone keeping their cool we haven't had to do that.

 

Seems a lot of people disagree with your position.

The efficiency of an operation is dependent on a number of factors. Weather and traffic are large components of that equation. Time management is the name of the game today, thanks E-logs. Knowing where to stop to take best advantage of time is a
Key. As in the example based on the OP, this case the right choice was made. The choice of burning hours for insignificant gains, like trying to get 30 miles down the road during high traffic times. In some places that’s an hour and a half. The other option is preserving hours and using the off peak travel time to make bigger gains. Same 30 miles in 30 minutes, and an on time delivery.

 

You have a hard job...

 

If he had of driven another 3 hours. He'd be shutting down around 8pm. Then have to take a 10 (out of hours so cant fo a split sleeper). That means and 6am when he could start. He would have (using your figures) 265 miles to drive and 4 hours to get there. 256miles÷4hours=66.25. Is it possible he could have made it and not be late. Yaaa possible but not plausible, Most likely a late load.