governed or not governed

My truck isn't governed either.

But if a driver has a 65 mph truck.... And is traveling 65 mph when he hits the hill.... It is nearly impossible for that driver to accelerate any to spool the turbo. Without a good amount of turbo boost, your going to be slowing down on the hills. That is unless your empty or pulling feathers.

 

When I did have the unfortunate experience of having a governed truck, one of the tricks that seemed to work when you got into a hard pull was when your speed started to level out, lock the cruise control in and the computer with compensate the throttle amounts for you and help you keep steady power and turbo boost.
I dont wanna sound like I'm putting down a governed truck, but honestly would you want a Swift driver loose in a triple digit truck?

 

if your running for a large fleet that runs low horsepower and usually 9 speed and most owner op's are running higher horse power with 13 or 18 speeds and your speed is governed your going to be slower on the hills but you still get to the top right???

don't pull your hair out when you get passed by a heavy hauler moving alot more weight , i have driven both and as a personal prefrence my truck is not governed... the speed limits where i drive are 55-65 so on the flats your right there with me any ways

 

With my truck I will say it doesnt make a difference. I have a 515hp detroit with and 18 spd. It tops out at about 78-80mph. It cant pull a hill to save its life. I can hit the bottom at 78 and be doing 45 at the top. Loganton mountain on I-80 is a perfect example of that. I know it is the engine that causes my problems though. Our other trucks with cats can pull it at 60-65 with the same load.

 

Very true.. We were governed at 65 till probably sometime in 07 when we were cut back to 62 MPH and the problem became even worse. On big hills were I drop a gear anyway I don't notice a difference, but on the smaller ones where I run into it on the governor the truck dies fast..

 

Most trucks from big companies may be governed but it's a stretch to say MOST trucks are...

10-15 years ago the big fleets were putting puny small bore engines in everything trying to save fuel. Then the engine manufacturers finally beat it into them that you can get good fuel economy out of bigger engines (and better resale value, too!).

It seemed for a few years many fleets ran 425-500 HP on a regular basis.... but now the federal regs, enviro-wackos and other bozos have convinced fleet managers that turning down the HP will , again, save fuel. So now you have big engines cut back to save fuel but we all know that doesn't really work...

How many times does this industry have to learn the same lesson?

 

in our fleet we have a truck basicly the sister of my truck with the same specs and on the hills it is at 20-25 mph where i can pull 35-40 on a 6% grade so not all trucks are the same

i can run with my buddy who has a 3406E so get your truck checked out there is something wrong there

 

The problem is the people recieving the info do not have the brains to theorize the info being recieved. So it will be their mechanics that will eventually talk to some manager and say "wtf" and then that company will alter yet again.

 

I have driven a JB Hunt cabover International all the way through a Peterbilt 379, and trucks castrated at 59 to trucks that really did run 118+.

(did you know those neat little radar trailer signs WILL flash a RED "18" at you if you pass them at 118mph ???)

All you get from a non-castrated truck is the option of running at a hill.

And I can definitely say the "cruise control" makes a LITTLE difference ... but not enough.

You'll downshift on hills.
It's just a fact of life/driving.