Now isn't that a bit childish...picking on a driver like that just because they stay with a company... :x

 

I do beleive I stated it was childish ,and that it's a guilty pleasure . :wink:

 

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First.... I NEVER go north on I-95!! It's the road to HELL!! :wink:

Second.... I never get passed by a company truck, unless it is up a hill and they are hauling toilet paper or dispatcher brains. Then, when we crest the hill, I blow them away again! :evil: :lol:

Now.... it is TRUE that I spend LESS hours driving for the same 600 miles as "they" do, if they're governed at 60 mph. But, a 2mph reduction will affect THEIR time no more than it will MINE. Notice, I didn't say NOT AT ALL. But not ENOUGH to get them ANY more or less loads per week, and therefore.... no difference in their weekly paycheck. [Because... we are paid what we are paid.... BY THE MILE.]

And something I've noticed is..... it seems that companies already compensate for slower truck speeds. May not hold true in EVERY case, but it seems that companies with slower trucks pay HIGHER CPM's! Just a thought!

So, actually.... it is "I" who should be complaining, because my company gives me a faster truck so that I can cover MORE miles in less time at a LOWER wage..... leaving me with MORE time to sit and wait at the consignee or shipper for the SAME miles that "you" get paid MORE to deliver to! :roll: :lol: :lol:

IF (as I contend) neither of us gets MORE loads per week than the other, and we're going to the same place (same miles) sure..... I get their faster, but if I'm getting a LOWER cpm, I make less money! More speed does NOT usually equal more miles! So..... it is the CPM that makes the difference!

Likewise, a 2 mph reduction will affect neither ME nor YOU that much on a daily basis..... and none at ALL on our paycheck.

Besides...... you SLOWER trucks (like Knight, Schneider, Swift, Hunt and Covenant) do a pretty good job with the "rolling roadblock" so that EVEN if my faster truck covers more miles BETWEEN them a bit faster, I STILL lose any advantage while waiting for YOU to pass each other!! :roll: :lol: :lol:

Someone said.... 20 mins a day ADDS UP!! NO..... it DOESN'T!! Because, (as REV said) 2 mph difference over 11 hours is 22 miles/day.... TODAY, that may be 20 mins sooner, but TOMORROW that could be an hour later! Next day? Who knows?? You just CANNOT incrementaly ADD UP those times as a SAVINGS. It just doesn't work that way!

 

If it's already been mentioned in this thread, forgive me, but we just went on the Cat Rewards Program.
If you follow a very few simple parameters in your driving techniques, you get bumped to 66mph from the previously standard 65mph governed speed.
If you don't follow the game, you get knocked down to 64mph or the bottom at 62mph... I'm still trying to get to the paperwork in my mailbox at home so I don't know the details: as to whether the Parameters are measured on a 24hr Basis or what --
I'd already got conscious o my Idle Time before this Program started.
I got bumped to 66mph as soon as The Office got around to my company Unit and my sQualcomm Data.
I use the 66mph only as intended - to getcha outta trouble, up a hill a lil better, to break a Tie in a Turtle Race... etc.
The Key Element in the overall equation turns out to be Intelligent Dispatch, (insert guffaw), which my people ARE implementing... and which has resulted in Better Runs for me at .43/mi loaded or empty. OK - I don't know how my other Drivers are doing on the Program so far, I keep my driver's door closed, my head down and my resources focused. And you bet yur a$$ we're in a nice Freight Bubble right now, which can burst at any time BUT: I'm bringin' home more pay now than I did with some careful management o my time and Voluntarily Reduced speeds....
I'm pretty sure I could pitch a b!tch about somethin' around here, but right now, hey, gotta do my PTI and WalMart for the week's supplies. :mrgreen:

 

Well my truck will do the ND speedlimit of 75 and I like it like that. Now tell me there is no difference between being able to do 70+ mph or being limited to 62 mph.

Acording to my calculations it puts me about 140 miles further down the road in an 11 hour day.

I have tried the slower speeds for a full day to check the actual gain in milage and it was less then 1/10 of a mile difference as far as fuel economy.

So in a 70 hour week I can put on over 700 more miles which means I can get one more load then the 62 mph truck which brings more money in to the company then I would have saved by going slower. It also puts more money into my pocket.

Just remember that we all spend the same amount of time at stop lights and slowign down for towns etc so there is no difference there other then I can get to each town quicker.

As far as waiting time, well that doesn't matter either as it doesn't matter how fast you get there, you will be waiting none the less. Only difference is I will still be loaded or unloade and out of there before the slower truck. Actually it may hurt the slower truck since they may have to wait longer before unloading if my cargo is still plugging up the dock.

 

According to my calculations, you must have failed third grade math. Even if you were running the entire 11 hours at maximum speed (which is impossible to do), the difference is 88 miles. (8 X 11 = 88). Since you cannot run the entire 11 hours at a maximum speed, the difference is less than 88 miles. In the examples provided in this thread, companies were lowering their truck speeds by 2-3 mph. That is a difference of less than 22 - 33 miles over the course of an 11 hour day. In a real world scenario, it is more likely 15 - 25 miles difference over the course of a day.

If you can't handle not being able to run that extra 15 miles, then I seriously suggest you seek another line of work, because even without companies turning down their trucks, a single traffic jam will cause you to lose that and more.

1/10 mpg X 100,000 miles per year = 392 gallons per year X 4.599 per gallon = $1802.81 per truck per year. A 1000 truck company will save $1,802,810 per year by gaining 1/10 mpg. For many companies, that can mean the difference between staying in business or not. Look at Jevic. Look at every other trucking company that has gone out of business recently. In many cases, that 2-3 mph may mean the difference between having a job and losing a job.

I do find it hilarious that all of these company drivers are so stubborn when it comes to their paycheck, but are happy to idle their trucks all night for no reason, or mash that pedal to the floor, MPG be damned. Perhaps if they had to pay those extra fuel costs, their attitude might change a little bit.

 

Way to go Rev! Personally I think company drivers should be penalized for excessive idle time, speeding & foolishly reducing mpg... THEN maybe they would understand the CONCEPT of running a business successfully! How is it they just CAN'T comprehend that if the company tries to cut costs it is to save their jobs?

If it would up my fuel mileage to run 55 believe me I would do it, but my truck is not geared for that, so won't happen, but all us older, EXPERIENCED drivers recall the days when ALL truck speed limits were 55...funny how we all got our jobs done back then & on time to boot!

Let them pay my fuel costs for a month & I'd be willing to be they'd not be whining about a couple of mph for long! I pay upwards of $6/gallon for fuel where I run...believe me I DEMAND the best mpg I can get!

 

1.2 CPM is saved for every 1 MPH reduction.

Dropping from 70 to 60 would amount to .12 CPM savings per truck.

So that would be 60.00 per truck in a 500 mile run

A Fleet of 900 trucks that would be $ 54,000

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Does that look right :?: or did I screw it up

 

the forum has gone wacky...its posting too many times

 

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