What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    As a company driver, getting paid the mile, I'd drive the speed limit.

    However, as an owner operator, I balance pickup and delivery appointments with the need to save on fuel costs. I drive only as fast as needed to get the load there on time. It's saved me about $1300-$1500 a month in fuel—about half my truck payment.
     
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  3. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    Everyone running all these miles.

    Meanwhile I'm in Tampa like....
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  4. MartinFromBC

    MartinFromBC Road Train Member

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    Well rats can only go so far per day.
    I spend the majority of my time on roads marked maximum 60 kms/hr up to 100 kms/hr, that is about 37 MPH to 62 MPH, we don't have those high speed interstate roads. And police patrol it regularly.
    In winter its icy, and in summer the tourists drive slow. So big miles just don't happen. On Wednesday my trainee and I did 807 kms (501 miles) but we were preloaded, and just dropped off a processor, and loaded up a skidder at the same location, turned around and left. I drove for 2 hours on the way back so she had less driving hours and could make it home.
     
  5. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    The manufacture of the iPhone. The manufacture of iPhone mostly takes place in East and Southeast Asia, where the labor force is cheap and abundant. China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia are the main countries that bear those characteristics and participate in the manufacture of iPhone.
     
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  6. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    Still beats my all time high of 410 miles in a day and I only did that once lol. I average like 150.
     
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  7. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    So what you are saying is when i flunk out of trucking and then flipping burgers there still might be hope for me to find employment?
     
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  8. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    ok. And your point is...
     
  9. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Public awareness.
     
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  10. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    I like my iPhone and my next phone will be an iPhone too
     
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  11. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    And I knew that post would awaken the forces of evil.
     
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