Did Prime get slowed down to double nickels?

The math doesn't lie about what a driver who runs and has all the miles available to them they can run. 55 avg highway speed Vs 64 average highway speed is 9 mph X 10 hours = 90 miles X .42 = $38/day thrown away. Maybe they can make that back in fuel bonus, I don't know. (I realize that math doesn't lie either) But is it worth the stress? 65 is bad enough getting passed twice every 60 seconds practically and constantly having somebody along side you in the process of going around. I can't imagine getting passed 3 or 4 times each minute of every day. F#k that. I got places to go and things to do.

 

So the thing about this is...

Who cares that others are passing them?

They have one butt in one seat in one truck...

They're not concerned about getting passed and secondly...

Rushing to get somewhere to sit longer makes no sense.

Wal-Mart for example...

A Prime truck and a "fast" truck have the same appointment time. The "fast" truck burns fuel going faster to get to Wal-Mart, then ###### near has a stroke #####ing about getting unloaded after the slow ### Prime truck that rolled in 30 minutes later with fuel in the tank and money in his pocket courtesy of the weekly fuel mileage bonus!

LOL.

Roll on, Speedy!

LOL!

 

Who's rushing to sit? I'm just talking about running more miles in any given week. I'm running on recap hours most of the time and I don't diddle with wasting time "On Duty" any more than necessary. So extra miles are extra money.

I see you sat through the "fuel economy is the most important thing in the world" conference at Prime and bought the t-shirt. Good for you.

"LOL"

 

You also have to consider this part of the equation...

If a driver is burning more fuel, that driver is more valuable to the company "sitting" than driving.

Drivers who do not make fuel mileage requirements find themselves repowering loads for shorter distances to sit at the dock for those "slow" drivers who are now out of hours and on a 10 hour rest break with another load with miles on it waiting when the break ends.

You can't lose $38/day on miles if you're not getting a load to run because you're more valuable parked at the dock, right?

It's business.

Who would you have run your freight off your fuel:

The driver who is burning fuel at say .08 cents a gallon or the one costing you .25 cents a gallon?

I don't know about you, but "speedy" can come finish this load for the last few remaining miles and sit at the dock with it once "slow rolling" runs out of hours getting it as far as he could for the least amount of fuel cost to me.

 

The slower you go, in relation to others, the easier it is for you and harder for others. The biggest problem is probably merging traffic, but at 55 the mergers can easily speed past. If they look up from their phone in time.

 

No...

That's not it.

If you're burning through fuel faster than the next guy...

You don't get any miles to run.

You're not going to get dispatched on more loads.

You don't get miles to run because your costing the company too much in fuel to run.

There are no missed out on "extra" miles because you are not getting dispatched to do anything other than run short miles to finish a run and then watch your clock burn down while you're sitting at the dock getting unloaded.

That "slow" guy is wracking up 2500 miles per week while you, "speed racer", are getting 1700 miles because most of your day is spent sitting at the dock getting unloaded.

You can't earn if your wheels don't turn and because your truck is burning more fuel...

You don't get to drive...

You get to sit!

 

This is true which is why you will most often see Prime drivers chilling in the "granny" lane.

Passing is a problem for the company trucks and some leasers... especially when their courtesy is not returned.

They move over to accommodate the merging traffic, but then are not allowed to move back into the "granny" lane. A lot of Prime drivers have stopped getting over for mergers for this reason.

Everybody on the planet knows they drive slower so their thing is...

I'm trying to help you get on now speed up so I can get back behind you.

 

Strange but true I find some company’s gave the rush load or important one to the guy who got things done... I understand that fuel economy makes or breaks some companies but others do well getting a higher rate because they get er done .. both ways work imo

 

Is that "no U-turn" sign photo-shopped into the picture?