Hi ..I'm new to the forum..I want to know if there are any companies that do not govern their trucks or at least the one's that can go 70mph..any help would be appreciated.
trucking companies that do not govern trucks or can at least do 70 mph
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Most companies dont run much over 65. There's good reasons why.DoubleO7, LGarrison, Canadianhauler21 and 13 others Thank this. -
A&R Transport. 70mph, nice truck, good pay. They are a bulk hauling company.
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Why does speed matter long as u get miles and pay. And the truck I drive runs 70. Where do u live
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100,000 / 6mpg (miles per gallan) = $63,000 a year for fuel. Lets just use this as the base for my point. If you are paying for fuel, which you are not, the owner of the truck will. At any rate, lets say that we use physics for just a minute. Now you know that the faster we try to go the more fuel it will take to get that extra speed. If the truck gets around 6mpg at say, 62mph, how much do you think it will get at 70mph? Lets say it only takes a little extra fuel to get her up there...now your getting about 5mpg Use a number like 100,000 for the miles that truck will put on the odometer for the year. Divide that by 5mph and you get 20,000 gallons of fuel to goo 100,000 miles. Used the same formula for above numbers, just used 6mpg up top and 5mpg for the final numbers. Now, if we take that 20,000 gallons and multiply it by say, $3.80 a gallon we get $76,000 If you owned the truck, driver, how fast would you want the driver to go? Now, all this being said, my numbers are just an example of what is possible, every truck is different but, 1mpg is definetly not out of the picture for an increase of .8mph
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Good point sheep I run 70 and get 6.3 mpg lol
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The poor man just asked if anyone knew a trucking company that lets the trucks run 70.......he didn't ask for a lecture......
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As a company driver, the option to run 70-75mph would be a heavily utilized blessing. As an owner operator, I wouldn't make a habit of it. I find it ironic that most companies turn the mph up for their O/O's, when it's the O/O's who tend to try and run the most efficiently...
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