Hello, I have a question.

Well my truck sees 80 or even 85 at least twice on every trip, but I am not coasting, I am mashing on it, and even 411's will do 85 with out overwinding the engine.
I do not see how anyone can say someone is not in control of his truck just because it hits 80 mph, in fact you had better be in control of it at those speeds.

 

I think you are misunderstanding what they mean by "in control". I think a better way to say it would be you are letting the truck speed get out of control. These carriers do track "overspeed %" and some will jump a driver. If the truck is set to 65 MPH that is what the carrier demands, go past that and you are not controlling the speed.

 

ummm...no, they were not wrong. it's the company policy, and you got caught violating it.

 

If for instance your feet are in cement overshoes and flip flops and you cannot be bothered to lift them a few inches to use the brakes to snub her back to company speed... its laziness in a way. Ive experienced that when extremely over tired and quality of driving declines dramatically. Thats when its for me time to park and sleep it off.

Ive said enough. Just try to be within what your company expects you to be in all things. And you will be ok.

 

There's a difference between pulling at 80 and letting governed truck run out downhill 15mph faster than the truck is governed at.

 

Well where mine sees 80 or better is on a steep down hill, and you can bet the guys that have governed trucks are doing the best they can to get the same speeds.
the only reason I mash on it is, it is not a long hill, but you can't see the bottom from the top, so you have to stop and wait a few seconds to make sure no one is coming up, before you bail off in it. I can probably hit 80 in a quarter mile or so on it. lol

 

The trailer is going to push a governed truck way more than a WFO truck. Any time you are doing the governed speed you are not in control then.

 

Why would the trailer push one more than the other, and if coasting, why would you not be in control of one and would be in the other one.
The truck I am currently running runs out of throttle response at 1900 rpm, but it has nothing to do with control of the truck, other than I have to bump the clutch to shift if needed.

 

Ain't no feelin like Petermobilin'

 

Some body said you were out of control when the trailer is pushing the truck, it seems logical then that the trailer would be pushing the trailer t he governed speed, usually 65 vs a truck that is WFO and can go triple digits so the truck is still pulling the trailer at 85 or so.