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Been there done that! Love my CB and my fellow drivers.
Quick way to get a convertable...
Hey, quit horsing around!
Yup, and I love all the truckers that cut me off, then take 10 miles to pass another truck.
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I was thinking the same thing.
I try to help truckers as much as possible but they seem to like pull out in the passing lane as we approach a hill....they seem to never learn that normally they slow going up hills and speed up again going down them....
Maybe after another 1,000,000 miles...
Ken
Most likely rookie drivers Ken.
My Freightliner would do 80 plus with a load on. Seldom did it but it was nice to know that I had some passing power if I needed it.
Most owner ops are pretty fuel conscious. If you want to play bandit all day long and blow your meager profits out your smoke stack, have fun with that.
At 5 miles per gallon, it doesn't take long. I ofter got passed by a super B unit doing 80 plus. he was getting 3 miles per gallon if lucky. I always thought, now there is one rich owner or someone not paying for the fuel.
At the end of the month, if I was looking at a drivers mileage and fuel receipts and he was getting that kind of mileage, he'd be looking for a new job.
Many times driving in the US, I'd be tooling along at a comfortable 70 and get passed like I was standing still. An easy 90 MPH.
60 is too boring and gets you no where at the end of the day. 70 is a comfortable cruising speed. Anything above 70 is burning way too much fuel and your reaction times have to that much more quicker.
Altho with having log books with such little driving and on duty times, I can see where an owner has to burn a little extra to try and get there a bit quicker, pick up a turn around load and try to make a decent living. Short term that may seem ok but increased fuel costs and wear and tear on the equipment will cost you in the long run.
A bit of give and take with your fingers crossed.
There are many great drivers out there but with the demand for drivers these days, there are a ton out there that shouldn't have their hands on a big steering wheel.
My Freightliner would do 80 plus with a load on. Seldom did it but it was nice to know that I had some passing power if I needed it.
Most owner ops are pretty fuel conscious. If you want to play bandit all day long and blow your meager profits out your smoke stack, have fun with that.
At 5 miles per gallon, it doesn't take long. I ofter got passed by a super B unit doing 80 plus. he was getting 3 miles per gallon if lucky. I always thought, now there is one rich owner or someone not paying for the fuel.
At the end of the month, if I was looking at a drivers mileage and fuel receipts and he was getting that kind of mileage, he'd be looking for a new job.
Many times driving in the US, I'd be tooling along at a comfortable 70 and get passed like I was standing still. An easy 90 MPH.
60 is too boring and gets you no where at the end of the day. 70 is a comfortable cruising speed. Anything above 70 is burning way too much fuel and your reaction times have to that much more quicker.
Altho with having log books with such little driving and on duty times, I can see where an owner has to burn a little extra to try and get there a bit quicker, pick up a turn around load and try to make a decent living. Short term that may seem ok but increased fuel costs and wear and tear on the equipment will cost you in the long run.
A bit of give and take with your fingers crossed.
There are many great drivers out there but with the demand for drivers these days, there are a ton out there that shouldn't have their hands on a big steering wheel.
All this talk of trucking made me think of making sure you're safe!
For the boxed in guy by trucks...I'd just stop and turn off the ignition for 10 min.
Have a smoke, Stretch my legs, flip the buy behind me off...smile
Looks like bumper to bumper traffic. Not like you're going anywhere fast.
Have a smoke, Stretch my legs, flip the buy behind me off...smile
Looks like bumper to bumper traffic. Not like you're going anywhere fast.
Do you mean the fairings hanging down from the trailers?
Cross winds, aero dynamics etc for fuel savings.
Fuel economy is one of the biggest issues in the industry. Its so cut throat these days
with companies running trips at almost cost just to out bid other large companies etc.
My old boss was a serious dick wad. He would short load me so often that I was running
for just about zero on occasion. I finally told him that if I went out to load and it was short in weight, that I would go home and he could send out one of his own to do the job.
It was a family biz so his daughter and son in law would get the gravy and the rest of us
would get thrown a bone once in a while. My time there was short.
Cross winds, aero dynamics etc for fuel savings.
Fuel economy is one of the biggest issues in the industry. Its so cut throat these days
with companies running trips at almost cost just to out bid other large companies etc.
My old boss was a serious dick wad. He would short load me so often that I was running
for just about zero on occasion. I finally told him that if I went out to load and it was short in weight, that I would go home and he could send out one of his own to do the job.
It was a family biz so his daughter and son in law would get the gravy and the rest of us
would get thrown a bone once in a while. My time there was short.
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For the boxed in guy by trucks...I'd just stop and turn off the ignition for 10 min.
Have a smoke, Stretch my legs, flip the buy behind me off...smile
Looks like bumper to bumper traffic. Not like you're going anywhere fast.
Or he could put it in OVERDRIVE and drive over everything.
