CB Radio Comments

I just had a load that I picked up in a drop yard that sales seemed to have forgotten about (1300 miles in 19 hours). I got a little extra time on it, but still ran it 70 the entire way, the load was 77,000#'s and I still ended up with 6.5 MPG on it.

 

I'd be fired for that too, seeing I'm governed at 62!

 

And while you ran all night the drivers that passed you and were at the recievers got plenty of sleep and are now rested to go again. But since it took you all night you will run out of hour before leaving the dock

 

Not likely...

 

What gets me is the "professional" with a 62MPH truck, who comes up on the other "professional" in a 61MPH truck, and decides he needs to pass the slower truck on the 2 lane interstate.
This happened to a friend of mine on I65 near Lafayette IN a few weeks ago. It took the 62 MPH guy about 10 minutes to pass the other guy, because neither one would back out of it. Meanwhile, traffic continued to back up behind them.

 

I don't care who you are, that there is funny!

 

Me too. I always back it down a bit to allow the guy to get by, especially if he is holding up traffic.

 

Same here, but I'm usually crawling along in the granny lane. Had a Prime truck grousing about "how slow you;re going" the other day... so I'm not usually caught in a race with another governed truck. If it happens, its usually because I've gained some speed on a downhill stretch, but they'll catch me on the uphill side.

"Just doing my part to clog-up" traffic on America's highways!'

 

That's great, y'all, that you back out of it, but not everyone shares your views. I wish more people did.
Throw a few hills into the mix, and a 10 minute pass turns into 20....