can you go 100mph down a hill??

My speedometer doesn't go to 100, but I can calculate how fast I would be going. With .73 final, 2.64 rears, on low pro 22.5 rubber, I would be turning 1600, give or take a few rpm, in the top gear at 100 mph. Have no desire to test it out though. I know that in 17th at around 1500, give or take, I am running about 80 mph.

 

I remember back in the day, pre-55mph era, I had new front steers put on. I got back from the west coast and the guy I was driving for asked me how they handled. I told him great, the only issue was a slight shimmy at 105. His response? Keep it under 100.

 

Years ago, I left Tucson, Arizona heading east. There used to be a sign that said, NEXT EXIT WITH SERVICES 255 miles. The daytime heat was a buck twenty. No one ran. At night, the temp would drop 60 degrees. As soon as the sun started setting, we would step on to the big road. If you could, you'd get out into that dead zone and put the hammer down. There were exits, but they were empty dirt roads at the bottom. There was nothing between Tucson and ElPaso. Everyone who ran at night ran triple digits. The road would cool off and you wouldn't cook your tires.

used to be a sign in the road atlas' that would warn that there was nothing past GreenRiver,Utah. If you had the power, you would blast through these areas.

The amazing thing is that you would do these things in a spring ride truck with Armstrong steering. So they build a truck that an idiot could drive and dumbed everything down so that an idiot could qualify. What do you have? An industry chocked full of idiots making less money than what they did two decades ago. And you're away from the house 3 times as long.

Used to run a two stick. 14 hour days, you would run 1000 miles a day. I would run 5000 miles a week and be home on Friday night,$.38 cpm. Do the math. Someone will say, "I make 44 cpm now." Wow, 44cpm and 2000 miles per week. Home time every 3 weeks. How is that good? We made twice the money and home on the weekend.

Imagine if there was a company that still used two stick trannies. A company could be paying .65 cpm and people would say, " I don't think a two stick is safe. What kind of trucks do you have? I don't like to shift. I want an automatic. They should also take the full contact out of football and mma. It's so harsh!"
The thing is, there would be some drivers that would sign up to drive the two sticks for 1.5 x the money. Wouldn't matter if they were taught how at a school. In fact, I feel the old way was the best way.they threw me the keys to the truck and I went to load. Is it difficult going from a 9 to a two stick? ABSOLUTELY! But a trucker can figure it out. But that's exactly what's missing nowadays. Drivers arent supposed to be able to figure things out. "Call dispatch, driver."

That's why you have all of these idiots running through farms and restricted roads and say, "My GPS told me to turn here! And it's a trucker GPS! What went wrong?" You're not a trucker. A trucker can drive and read road signs. Road atlas and calling cards got replaced by GPS and smartphones. You would figure that drivers would be better.

 

You beat me to it..lol!!!

 

Back in the days of truckin' (unlike today's hand-holding), triple digit trucks were what everybody wanted. Hell, I ran a buddy's 100+ mph truck hauling steel across PA for a few weeks when he was laid up! Dumb idjit went an busted his foot, needed the truck run for a bit to keep the contract. I can't remember the last time I had THAT much fun behind the wheel!

Of course, that was back in my "outlaw" days...triple digit truck, multiple logbooks, and big paychecks! Man, I miss those days....sometimes, anyway.

 

Very few tires on the road today would stay together at speeds over 90 MPH and if he was loaded and did run a 100 MPH, I can almost guarantee you has at least several tires with separation issues

 

What date would you like on the fuel receipt sir? the good old days!

 

What if it is not in gear then you might have some fear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

What does the speedometer have to do with the speed the truck will run ? My truck still ran when the speedometer didn't work at all !!! I know that sounds like a truck driver story but it really did !!! I swear it really did guys.......LOL

A 100 mile an hour speedometer makes a fast truck like a CDL makes a truck driver ..


From what I see lately a 62 mile an hour truck is more than your average CDL holder is trained for !!!!!

 

100 mph your kidding,the midnight strollers would run across tx between 90-100 steady ive run 100 up thru va on 81 many times,tires not holding up?you drivers really dont know what trucking was really like, not a clue