Surprise paycheck hit: goverened at 62 MPH

Huh, good idea. They seem to have forgotten that button on these trucks. They shift at the exact same points, always.

 

I got back to the office and he's been having fun while I've been away. He's printed out 6.3 in giant letters and posted it everywhere. On the walls, hanging from the ceiling, on the tv screen, in the bathroom. It's pretty funny.

He was in a meeting when I was there so I didn't get the chance to talk to him.

 

11 hours nonstop pulling a flatbed? I see a slight problem there.

 

Well I checked with our shop and it is supposedly standard programming on Eaton Ultrashift. When rolling but without transmission being under strain press the up arrow and you should hear a couple of beeps. One beep means the computer did not acceept the command. Now the lower settings should be engaged.

I will tell you that if your using more than 1/3 throttle it wont help. When drivers over accelerate (or try by not using throttle control) it sends a request for heavy torque and overrides the transmission programming. Auto's will not cycle faster with more throttle, that's why we run stick for the locals and auto's for the OTR.

We have a couple guys that just will not do anything but push throttle to the floor despite being shown the advantage in fuel not doing it. Never understood people like that. We should take the #### throttle out and give them a switch for all the good that pedal does.

 

That may be true...but it can be done.

 

DOT Slave Monkeys! Eat, Drive, Sleep! not neccessarily in that order.

When do you allow fresh blood to circulate down to your toes??

 

Well, for comparison, I've let this truck pretty much drive itself today. No manual shifting, nothing but cruise control. My average mph dropped from 54.8 to 48.7, I could not get on the highway doing more than 35mph using the same amount of throttle that got my t800 up to 60 in the same distance, and I only got one load done instead of my usual 3 loads.

For further comparison, this truck is now at 5.81mpg running flatland and quite a few empty backhauls and the t800 under heavier load with very little deadhead in the mountains averaged 5.83 at 70mph.

He's left another voicemail. The correct answer was that all 70+ company trucks get bad mileage because the drivers don't have to pay for fuel and the independents do. That is the only reason.

 

Don't know? My truck with an ISX capped at 67(65 on old tires) is gettings mid to upper 7's with box vans and loads in the 75000+ range this month.

Eaton ultrashifts, however we left high torque settings on engine. Can you shop check your engine mapping?Maybe someone set a calibration wrong.

 

Buttons, points You sure your driving a truck? Who is paying for the fuel?

 

11 nonstop hours with a flatbed, huh? Just out of curiosity, how do you do your load checks?