Driving for fuel mileage

If you were in prison, would you want to be a girlfriend or a boyfriend? Well, I really wouldn't want to be in prison.

Same concept with your question...the problem is the mileage contract. I wouldn't want to be locked in to a mileage contract. Either get paid by the hour or by the job.

So if you were paid by the hour, how would you run?
If you were paid by the job, would you run the same way as an hourly worker?

 

Yeah, it is a tit for tat. Only the working out the numbers shows what is best. Run faster, burn more fuel per mile, eat up your tires faster, etc. Sure, you are getting more miles, but it is costing more per mile to do it. Run more moderate, save a grip of fuel, get much longer tire life, longer wear on brakes, etc. Sure, not running as many miles, but the cost per mile is significantly lower. How it all works out in the final numbers is all that matters, whatever delivers the best profit for the least amount of effort. It doesn't make much sense to me to get in an extra 20-30,000 miles a year, and the profit is no better at the end of it all, I prefer to spend as little as possible per mile to get the job done, I don't want to run around with my hair on fire and see how many miles I can rack up. I don't mind doing the per mile thing. It has worked just fine for my operation. I go home every week, off on holidays, and take 2-4 weeks off a year, and I so pretty good profit wise. For other situations, it isn't the best way to go. One has to be a bean counter and see what works best for them.

 

basically....very basically.....if you're concerned about fuel, drive as slow as you can and still make your next pick up.

 

After thinking about this way too much, now I think that the time between loads, an uncontrolled variable, is the operative factor. If I bust my backside to make a delivery and then wind up sitting, I'm my own problem. If I have loads stacked pretty close, that's when I'll hit it a little harder.

Actually, I don't ever push my Freightliner very hard, I tend to push myself. Short or no breaks, eat, sleep in the truck 24/7, run on the recap for weeks, I need more fun, some recreation. I'd do more fishing but getting licensed in each state has been a downer. Could use a little help on that.