Roehl Performance Quarters

As I understand it, the measurement is taken Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, July-Sep, and Oct-Dec. The score is calculated during the month after each quarter ends, and any pay changes resulting from that take affect at the beginning of the following month (2nd month of the next quarter). For example, the July-Sep quarter ended, results were calculated during October, and pay changes take effect the beginning of November.

 

The one cent safety bonus is reinstated 90 days from the accident, not based on quarter. Don't ask me how I know that.

Edit: Yeah, I was puzzled on your other post, if you went 90 days accident-free after your first one then you should have started getting the bonus again. If you hadn't made it to 90 days yet and then had another one, it starts the 90-day clock again. I read that in the DRG. (Yes, I actually read the entire DRG once, just for entertainment.)

 

On MPG, I was once told by a couple instructors that many people have the RPMs way higher than necessary while shifting up -- that these newer engines don't get fazed at all by running at low RPMs. They can be "growling" and still be just fine, as long as they aren't "bucking." On my Prostar w/ Maxxforce, that means shifting before 1000 RPM in the lower gears, then at 1100 when reaching 8th and 1200-1300 going 9th into 10th. Basically they said shift as soon as your RPM in the next gear doesn't cause the engine to start bucking.

That, and driving with the cruise on at 61 rather than pedal down at 63, really helped. It is surprising how much more fuel is consumed at 63 than at 61 or 60.

Finally, the other thing I found on my Freightliner w/ Detroit Diesel is that when going up a hill, back off on the throttle when the turbo starts to really kick in, and keep it just on the edge of turbo singing until you reach the top and start going down the other side. It's a lot harder to hear the turbo on my Prostar than it was on the Freightliner so I can't use this technique now, but back when I had my Freightliner it made a very large improvement in my MPG.

 

With frieghtliners predictive cruise it works hard about halfway up the hill, then it very slowly starts to ease off and drops 2-3 mph below your set speed by the crest of the hill, even on one you could have maintained speed over. Then slowly picks up again on the downhill to your set speed. I will say its much nicer to have it set at 63 because I use it vs when it was 61 I didn't.