Western 11 MILES? GOOD INFO INSIDE!

going back to the governed speed. Here's a classic example of what happens. On Mother's Day I was driving through MO on I-70 east. That stretch just east of Columbia, up down, up down.

Some genious driver for Sygma in a crap Volvo who was obviously heavy and governed 1 mile faster than me decides to pass in the fast lane. I'm just minding my business, holding my speed. Every hill I pull away from him, then come down the hill and stay within May's speed tolerance.

I'm watching the traffic stack up behind us. People can't get around him because he keeps catching me on the downhill that I'm doing like 63 on. The QC goes off and it's safety saying that people are calling complaining that I'm intentionally not letting the guy pass, which was untrue. If I gunned it going downhill, I was at risk of having "excessive" speeds logged on Sensor Tracs, which I try and stay away from. If I slowed way down to let him in, then I would be effecting myself by just getting stuck behind him on every hill climb anyways. All the people in the slow lane stuck behind me would gain nothing. Yet, they all didn't realize that I was governed.

This is where I believe being governed at low speeds can actually be more of a hazard than a help.

 

Paloma, I drove a freightliner with a 600 horse motor, that thing could really climb those hills with a heavy load.

 

My truck is Open.. no Governors/Restrictions. Yes, Governed too slow is a Hazzard!

 

Scooter, that is why I always slow down when a slow truck goes to pass me. I would rather slow for 15-20 seconds than have him blow a tire next to me causing a wreck. Its just not worth it.

 

And if he blows a tire right in front of you with cars and trucks cramming your a(ss) behind in the slow and fast lanes?

 

There won't be a long line if you just slow down for a few seconds. That way traffic won't build up.

 

Better stop posting and get to bed before justawheelholder gets on here and starts over doing us, like peat and repeat. He always has a better story.

 

What happened to the thread called "western 11 miles? Good info inside!"? Just wondering. It looked like it disappeared and became "mines bigger than yours is"!!

 

Dozzer, only one person has even posted their 11 Western numbers on this thread in over a week. Hmmmm....wonder who that might be

 

I trained in 11 Western, and it was not great for the miles. When I started out the first few months of 48 were terrific! But lately, not sure if I pissed someone off, but they have dropped off dramatically... That sensor tracks screen shot, mine shows 3,081 miles. And with all the sitting I've been doing, idle time is up to 9.95%, double what it normally is. Still have 7.7mpg, though I usually log 8+... Hopefully the miles pick up.

I had an airbag explode on my last load as I was adjusting the fifth wheel after scaling. Couldn't make the delivery time after that, so they had me swap loads with a team. Well, their load delivered a day-and-a-half after the other one. They're happy, because they didn't have to sit on it like I am.

I didn't believe it when people said they swamp new drivers with good miles out of the gate to make it look good, then steadily drop them off. Well, it's starting to look like that. My last few checks have been about 1/2 of what the first few months were... Not so good. And California isn't even taking 25% a week any more for back taxes!