Why I love automatics

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It was $250 last month. Some of our guys make $5-600 a month due to their miles ran. I am usually around 11k a month, they are up to 14k.

 

My company hauls 95% of it’s freight for one customer. It’s empty racks outbound, loaded racks of auto parts back. They have hauled for this company for 30+ years. The fuel stops are the same, tires are typically the same supplier, same maintenance schedule, same ecm parameters. You can just about set a watch to this customer and their schedule.

There are some Cascadia sleepers and daycabs, Some Peterbilt 587 sleepers and daycabs, and a small amount of International daycabs. The internationals seem to do a little better than the Freightliner. I have yet to drive an automatic in the fleet that I like.

 

I wish I could post my numbers with my manual Volvo, that truck was 8.3 or better in the summer. It’s amazing when you don’t bump the governer, maintain tire pressure, don’t idle all the time and shift at acceptable rpm ranges what you can get.

 

Empty racks, usually about 11k to 18k. A few outliers are 35k when they break them down and stack them, fitting more.

 

The racks weigh anywhere from 11k to 18k, and some can weigh 35k broken down and stacked.. The loads vary, some as light as 4K, some trucks get to bobtail per the contract if nothing is available, some engine loads and stamping loads up to 45k, brake shoe loads in the mid 40k range.