Pre Planning avg MPH??

Even if you are governed at 62, you can get a pretty accurate estimate using 50 mph as your base for preplanning. My hubby's truck only gets to 64, and he uses 50 mph all the time, and that works quite well for him.

 

That's ok, I've made plenty of oops like that before! 50 should be a good base for you to work from for preplanning no matter what your governed speed is.

 

I would use 50mph...because more then likey the speed limit will be atleast 55...65 at the highest...so if your going 65...and planned for 50...then you shouldn't be late...being ahead of time lets you kinda relax...take breaks...i prefer to get to my reciever fast as possible...slow up maybe and take breaks when i'm close...either go drop off and get another load...or kinda chill out if i'm tired and wanna mess at the truck stop...but i'm still in school...so i'm only saying what i would do...

 

Me, too. I'm finishing school (took my CDL road test today), and I have never gotten a straight answer. I live in Lincoln and went down to the Crete terminal to practice backing inbetween trailers. We went to the cafeteria and spoke with a couple of drivers afterward. They couldn't give me an answer. I've always been of the mind to get the load there ASAP because you don't know what might pop up along the way. Then there have been drivers that have told me that they drive as close to eight hours a day as possible so that their 60/7 doesn't run out and leave them sitting somewhere they don't want to be.

Does this just all amount to hoping that your load offers give you enough time? I have heard how pushy dispatchers can get. I would hope the line between reality and a 'hopeful' result would be clear.

 

If my truck only does 60 MPH... I plan on around 650 for that day.

It all depends on how fast my truck goes and what states (cause of the speed limit) that I go through. I run loose leaf so that helps me keep a tight log. And it is ALL legal (atleast on paper...lol). I do make sure my fuel stops are very close to the time I actually fueled. That is a time stamp for DOT to check your logs.

 

The only people that knows what it is governed at is your company... haven't met up with a DOT officer yet that stuck a computer to the truck.

Now your company might want you to log under a certain MPH, some companies check it with the qual com. Ask the company you drive for about what MPH to log at? THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU TO CHEAT... but shaving 5 mins off here and there brings your MPH up.

EX. if you leave 5 mins before the hour (log on the hour)..... and stop at 20 mins after the hour (log on the 1/4)... that gives you 10 extra mins of driving that day. Which inturns... if logging while driving... raises your MPH