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BD69: The Owner Operator Chronicles

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Broke Down 69, Feb 5, 2018.

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  1. Mar 29, 2018 #401
    bzinger

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    All shops that way anymore ...new rate at Freightliner in Omaha like 160.00 an hour .
    Morehouse is half that .
     
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  3. Mar 30, 2018 #402
    Airborne

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    Well ya definitely got my attention BD, congrats on your 1st truck, I hope to see you and the rest of the crowd someday soon!!!!!
     
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  4. Mar 30, 2018 #403
    Airborne

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    Just did the test and I got a 1, whatever that means but I'm guessing thats is pretty good but not sure. Scooter, if you could tell me wwhat a 1 means that would very kind of ya and thank you ahead of time and thanks again for posting this!!!!!!
     
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  5. Mar 30, 2018 #404
    Scooter Jones

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    Well, I'm not a sleep disorder professional. If you read farther down in the results section of the test score, they provide some interpretation.
     
    Scooter Jones, Mar 30, 2018
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  7. Mar 30, 2018 #405
    Airborne

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    Heck, why not put a new one on yourself and save on the labor charges is what I'm asking!!!!!!!!!
     
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  8. Mar 30, 2018 #406
    Broke Down 69

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    Well, I know I'm going to get the business for this, sample size to small and all that but I've run most of a tank of fuel out and it pencils at 7.93 mpg with 41k in the box running Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee hills with a little Illinois flatland thrown in. I've done nothing to run for milage, I've had my boot in it the whole way. My aggregate milage before injector swap was 6.88.

    Going to be with my aunt tomorrow and a good bit of Sunday, I don't drop this load until Sunday at 2200. Then bounce to Gadsden, AL for a load back to Omaha.

    I'm going to eat.

    More later...
     
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  9. Mar 30, 2018 #407
    spyder7723

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    I certainly don't get high 7s if i got my foot in it. I can get low 7s by keeping my foot out of it.
     
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  10. Mar 30, 2018 #408
    Scooter Jones

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    Enjoy your weekend & Happy Easter!

    I'm going back out on Monday. I've taken off about 7 weeks this year so far. It's been so nice to be able to do so, man.

    This is owner operator(ship) at its finest ;-)
     
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  11. Mar 30, 2018 #409
    Tug Toy

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    We have 3 2014 t680 Cummins with autos. All 3 average less than 6. When I drove one for 6 months best I could average was 6.3. That was pulling flat though?
     
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  12. Mar 30, 2018 #410
    Broke Down 69

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    No tailwind. Average speed over 742 miles was 66.8. No good explanation for it myself but I'll certainly be keeping an eye on it.

    For the record, I could never get much more than 6.6 in the autos. Despite it just being a 10 speed, I can keep it in the rpm sweet spot much better with me in charge of what gear it's in instead of some bloody computer.
     
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