Why are you driving so FAST with fuel costs so high?!

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by TruckerPete1990, Jan 26, 2023.

  1. ZhenyaP1991

    ZhenyaP1991 Medium Load Member

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    I am parked next to really nic kw w900. It's been idling for 7 hours now. All I hear "brrrmbrrrrmbrrm pshhhhhhhh brrrrmbrrrrmbrrrrm pshhhhhhh" I don't get it. I've been playing my ps5 and cooking, not once I had to turn the truck on and it's really nice outside.
     
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  3. Phoenix Heavy Haul

    Phoenix Heavy Haul Medium Load Member

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    It’s because they don’t have to pay 10k when they plug up the emissions.
     
  4. georemo

    georemo Light Load Member

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    Lemme ask you this, were you by any change driving Eastbound on I-80 in PA today?
     
  5. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    Nope
     
  6. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    mainly because I don’t have any emissions systems on the truck…
     
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  7. georemo

    georemo Light Load Member

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    Had to ask because I blew everyone's doors today, I delivered in Akron, OH this morning and I had to make it back to the port in NJ by 4pm to drop the empty container off and grab a loaded container with a last free day being today, the steamship line would bill me $550 per day if I didn't get that container out today, I couldn't get to it earlier in the week because I was backed up with other containers, it happens every now and then when you take more work than you can handle 6 weeks before the ship arrives thinking that you'll manage them, when you think of that $550 you won't care about fuel
     
  8. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    People are so worried about what others are doing. Who cares how fast they drive? Who cares if they idle? They’re the ones paying their fuel bill and you don’t know what they’re hauling or what the rate is.
     
  9. Phoenix Heavy Haul

    Phoenix Heavy Haul Medium Load Member

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    We’ll that’s different…I had a 3406 & a 6nz didn’t care if I idled. Now this DD16 I have I won’t idle overnight.
    I was referring to the company drivers in the fleet trucks that have emissions and choose to idle them.
     
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  10. NYStarcar

    NYStarcar Light Load Member

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    That's kinda like asking why someone buys a particular make of truck, everyone has their preference. Some guys are running expedited freight that pays well and some just won't be in business long.
     
  11. KrumpledTed

    KrumpledTed Medium Load Member

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    Mine are built to step, not to sip. And they’re driven accordingly.
     
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