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Message:: [QUOTE="werewasi, post: 3345277, member: 107504"]Yes I followed the description of the tandem action fine. You didn't seem to see that I used the word "higher" rather than "high' because I knew you'd bite if i used the latter. I notice that the owner ops like Sergei Drachev run at no more than 60mph most of the time because they know that the fuel cost is coming out of "their' wallet. Obviously they're doing a balancing act between the cost of more driving time and the increased fuel cost.I would have thought that the increase in fuel consumption would rise steeply over 60 since wind resistance increases as the square of the speed, not in a straight line so I'm always a bit surprised that when I hear some of the Co drivers complaining that they're not allowed to run at 75mph. Do the tractors have trip computers with a real time fuel fig so that new ops can learn how to modify their driving style in order to pick up the fuel bonus? and for Mrh-"It was originally 2 pallets wide front to back. They reloaded 1 pallet wide for the first two on the nose" When you are only one pallet wide, do you have to strap them? (and to what?) Most semis here run side curtains and generally only food delivery trailers have fixed sides. The drivers don't have to strap these but if you get caught not strapping on a curtainsider you're in deep dooo dahs for an insecure load.[/QUOTE]