Am i to slow?

I drive so slow I think prime trucks are fast!

 

you can go down a hill too fast only once.

You can go down slow as many times as needed to get the job done safely.

you're ok. Drive safely and sleep peaceably at night knowing that you're stil alive.

 

Really there is no such thing as to slow. Stay in your comfort zone. Mine changes with where and how tired I am. If there is any worry of impeding traffic or causing a little disturbance keep in mind part of my job as a professional driver is notice slower moving traffic and deal with it accordingly.

 

Howdy Red, ---
Welcome to The Truckers' Report.
Whuzzup?

How tight is your delivery schedule and do you still run paper logs?
If your delivery time is whenever you get there, (within reason), I wouldn't push it.
Corning, California from Long Beach is a bit of a stretch at 55 mph, but do-able.
Back in the day, Burns Brothers was the truck stop in Corning that I made my
destination when starting out from the Los Angeles area, but not for the cheap
motels, ----

Corning is known as Olive City, and there used to be several olive tasting rooms
within walking distance of the truck stop. If they still exist, and you like olives,
ALL kinds of olives, green -- stuffed with various things, ripe olives -- stuffed
and un-stuffed, do yourself a favor a try some samples if time permits.

I considered it a treat when I wasn't too pressed for time, schedule wise, to do
something I rarely do, --- wash the olives down with an ice cold brewski, followed
by at least an 8 hour break before resuming my travel.
If you're not on a rush schedule, take your time, smell the roses, enjoy yourself
along the way.

I don't doubt that, Red.
It takes time and conditioning to get used to drivin' a Big truck for ten hours,
covering 500 miles or more. How do you feel in the morning after the drive?
Do you feel well rested and alert, or kinda draggin'?
For someone who seldom runs the Grapevine, the stress/fatigue factor doubles
or even triples for those miles. Contrast that with I-5 being so straight on the
north side it can be rather boring, --- especially at night.

As Wore Out has already mentioned, "Stay in your comfort zone".
Good advice.

Enjoy the drive.
Let us know how it went.

 

Well somebody had to quote that. Hahahaha

Mikeeee

 

Am i to slow?


thank you for feeling guilty. too bad that so many out here do not. I am thinking that you can feel better by waiting for a faster truck to be almost at your ICC bumper and then switching lanes right in front of that truck without a signal,perhaps one flash of the turn signal, just because you are tired of being behind that other really slow truck that you have been behind for the last 20 miles yet you know full well that the next 20 miles will be spent driving beside the same truck that you have been behind for the last 20 miles.

doing that should boost your self esteem.



okay. i was being a bit sarcastic. you will be fine out there in that truck hating state in which you live.

 

thanx pmracing. guess i'll go back and edit it rite. suprising how missing a word can change the meaning.

 

Awww. Then it won't be funny anymore! Hheheee

Mikeeee