An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

I have not. 791 is my current best, and that’s only because we can drive 13 hours in Canada. Back in my conastoga days a few times I would leave Wichita and make it to portage Indiana, that was 715 if I remember right. But I had a 71 mph truck then.

 

i think my personal best is around 710. Governed to 68. Reached the 690’s on several occasions

 

When SPD had 70 mph trucks, I had several 2 and 3 day stretches of 700+ mile days, usually around 720(with a little drive time to spare) When they turned their trucks down to 68, I found it hard to break the 700 mark. Hard to believe that a 2 mph change could make that much of a difference. Heck, with this no-pulling Freightliner over here, I only managed 676 yesterday in 10:58, but this load is way heavier than the majority of loads I pulled at SPD.

 

There’s been a few times over the last few months I’ve been able to put on about 675 miles in about 10 hours and 45 minutes

 

Personal record is 722 miles, have had a few 700+ days. I always vow at the end of one of those days to not do it again because it sucks to push that hard.

 

I’m sitting here in Sidney getting paid to sit this one out…60 mph wind gusts…

 

getting paid because of bad weather that’s a new one

 

Marten has done that for years, I think Holland has either started it or soon will.

 

We get inclimate weather pay..if we have to shut down due to it, we get up to $150 for it.

 

Smart that these companies do this…overall it’s much cheaper to pay a driver to park in extreme weather conditions than it would to pay a wrecker and freight claims if blown over..