Whats up with 62 mph?

$3,000 a year if they stay a year is less than $60 a week . Running 10 mph under the speed limit results in 100 miles less per day . Drivers running the speed limit can get an extra trip per week . They can run 3,000 miles in 50 hours instead of 60 and do it in 5 days instead of 6 .

 

Companies don't. They plan for the set amount of the driver performance.

When they cut the speed, the driver is the one that loses.

 

I'm calling BS on the deadhead unless you can produce the stats .

 

Rick some lease drivers get paid loaded and empty ... Same rate or close

Some true independents : depending on truck shortages equipment needs of a customer or broker will pay a truck to dead head to get their freight

 

It's a almost proven fact that
1. Better mpg
2. Proper trip planning / equipment utilization

You make more money ?

 

And where does speed factor into load availability ?

 

Back in the 55mph days I had a 72mph truck and a 84mph truck. Not mine.

Recently I have been driving 70mph trucks. I like it. I can still do 62 if I was to go back OTR. I just don't give a poot.

What gets me is Swift started giving over speeds at 65 when rolling off hills. That is beyond stupid. I used to work my Jake and stay at 69 to keep from triggering the Qualcom. That new rule has to be costing them in fuel.

 

did you even look at the graph I put up.

You're full of bovine excrement in the example YOU have given and have lost the argument.

The 80 mph truck in YOUR scenario is killing you in revenue earned.

Now, level the playing field and earn the same revenue either at 1.60 or 2.00 per mile. It's a whole different situation.

At an equal freight rate, yes, the slower truck would appear to make the revenue.

But as has pointed out....

If you loose one load a week at $1100 revenue PER LOAD? How many weeks before you are tossing money out the window not running the speed limit? That's figuring one 550 mile load at $2.00 per mile

You go back to LOOSING money at 60 mph.