(07-26-2019 )Nostalgic Wrote:  

(07-26-2019 )Rawze Wrote:  

(07-26-2019 )Nostalgic Wrote:  ...
and want to run 80
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I will praise the day when they make a law that forces all trucks will be governed to 65 mph or less.

80 mph is too fast, and consumes too much fuel, even if empty, for any large vehicle of that size.

But this is where I differ from most people,.. and one of my rants to the industry -- SLOW THE HELL DOWN!!!!!!!!!

If it wasn't for the ELD, my average top speed would likely be 59, but over the course of 11 hours, sometimes that would mean a sacrifice of over 150 miles, or close to 3 hours I would have to make up the next day - though usually I'm racing the damned 14 hour egg timer. Not that it happens often, but it DOES happen. Even at the beginning of my 70, it's still in the back of my mind that while I may be getting 8 mpg puttering along at 59, I'm going to have to pay it back 3-fold at the end of the week in lost time, but this is more of an argument that government regulations makes any "fix" they're attempting more regressive than anything.

Running on a razor like you do, the game changes drastically and I'd venture that very few could pull off the profit margin you do, which is applaudable.