Is it true (less hrs on the road)

now i know that reefers aren't exactly backing into the dock the minute you all arrive.
i see trucks waiting in line all the time. and flats dooooooooo haul onions and other produce. i have never been able to just pull up and get loaded. there's always a line.

 

Mine will bury the speedometer, but I run around 60-62 all the time because it is my money going out the stacks. And I use an EOBR and am not crying.

 

And are you totally compliant with each and every regulation in that book? Look... while it is technically true what you state, but there is really no one watching as much as the black helicopter crowd would like to think. If I am not doing anything related to the load, including just sitting there playing an app on my iPhone waiting for a slot at the dock, I will have my EOBR on OFF DUTY or SLEEPER. I have been thru more log book checks and audits in over 3 decades at this game, and whether I log every minute on duty as is technically required is the least of my worries. And there is no requirement that each and every minute on customer property be logged on duty, in or out of the sleeper, else I would never be off duty since I am known to get over to my customer the night before an unload and take my 10 there on their property.

 

I also have spent an 8 or 10 hour break on the customers property, on paper, and eobr. Waiting in LINE to unload a tanker, is specifically listed. I was just pointing that out to the resident arguer.

 

what's so different about unloading a tanker, a reefer, or a flat.

other then the fact that all you have to do is open the door and sit in the drivers seat.

WE'RE ALL WAITING.

you know. i just remembered a driver we once had. SWORE he knew the book inside and out. and just like uuuuuuuu. argued with everyone.
he last 6 months and will probably never land a OTR job again. in fact, thanks to csa, he'll be lucky to ever land any trucking job.

 

depends on my mood. but my mileage don't seem to matter wether i run in utah or cali. only difference i get is not idling for a/c and it's still nothing to be proud of.

i range anywhere from 3.9 to 4.1.

5 if i can get a good tank of fuel. which is rare. but we'll see what happens with a rebuilt turbo and new muffler.

 

Wow. Not sure what you pull, but if my truck averaged below 6 mpg I would get rid of it fast. Guess it depends on one's operation. My present ride is into solid 7 mpg territory and the one I will be putting to work at the end of this week will beat that one after it gets settled in. My present ride will hit mid to high 6's running 70-75 with 45K in the box.

 

klike i said. see what happens when the turbo gets rebuilt and a new muffler installed.

it's been going for 9 months now. and my last load was basically walking home. black smoke and all.

the truck started with 6.25. it got worse with winter blend and it was all down hill from there.