Double Yellow's Company Driver to Independent Thread

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by double yellow, Nov 5, 2014.

  1. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    and it has not BLOWN UP like the PP / KR SHAKE and BAKE engine did
     
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  3. tommymonza

    tommymonza Road Train Member

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    Running Scared with Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif], good movie back in the day.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]My 20 year old pickup couldn't get a scratch in it if you tried , My new Nissan though is a magnet for door dents parked in the back 40 and people backing into it in parking lots.[/FONT]
     
  4. Terry270

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    Next news headline from TTR. "$15,000 International beats $200k Rutherfraud glider in MPG and reliability" :D
     
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  5. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    Now ya'll are making me knock on imitation hardwood...
     
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  6. Terry270

    Terry270 Road Train Member

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  7. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    There you go. I knew somebody would remember. Lol
     
  8. colorado18spd

    colorado18spd Medium Load Member

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    DY, have you used RTS Credit service to check on brokers and shippers?
     
  9. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    no, just its & dat. Most of my loads are already late for pickup by the time the broker meets my price, so I don't have a lot of time to be doing background checks unfortunately.


    Official mpg:

    fill inman sc 1,526,844
    add 100gal lomira wi 1,528,011
    fill (121gal) inman sc 1,528,863
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    2019 miles, 221 gal = 9.14 mpg
    45k lbs heading north, 14k lbs heading south, 200 mile deadhead in between...

    Had hoped to average 10, but the KY, TN, & NC hills prevailed.
     
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  10. Lepton1

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    If the knocking lasts longer than four hours immediately call a doctor... or Janice, Jill, Brenda, Susan, Michelle...
     
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  11. RedForeman

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    Not gonna say that's an exception, but I don't think you could get more ideal conditions. Flat as a billiard table, a nice tail wind, and generally low speed limits. I wish I had read this yesterday. I spent the night at the TA in Seymour, IN. Saturday night after coming down from near Minneapolis, MN. Might have been your neighbor. Anyway, 8.5 on the scanguage loaded to 79,500. That is 2.0 mpg better than I normally get with a similar load on the rolling hills in the SE. Of course that dropped back to below normal between Lexington, KY and here (Charlotte).
     
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