Fuel mileage

[Rawze]

(10-08-2019 )DDlighttruck Wrote:  ..
I’m a relatively new driver, but I’m used to the “hurry up and deliver so you can turn around and grab the next one” type trucking, or the “leave on Thursday and deliver 1000 miles away Friday morning” type of trucking

I pulled a 715 mile day a couple weeks ago limited to 62 mph (by my choice). So it’s still doable to make miles, it just takes keeping the left door shut.

I swear dispatch thinks I can pull triple digits which is another subject altogether

I’ll keep working on it, thank you.

you have described about every bad habbit that kills your long term revenue. you are being taken advantage of .. and if you do not figure out how to refuse fuel mileage killing and illegal loads, then you will never have anything much to show for all your extra efforts.

- I refuse any load that requires more than about 600 miles in one "LEGAL" driving shift per driver, per day, or that has to average more than 50 mph driving time. THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR DRY/REEFER FREIGHT IS 50 MPH EXPECTED AVERAGE FROM PICK-UP TO DELIVERY FOR A DAMN GOOD REASON!. We try to negotiate a 48 mph average or pick-up early as much as possible so that we can get extra profit by slowing down even more. <- there is no more profit in anything more than ~600 miles-ish, or faster than 50~ish avg. All you end up doing is working your equipment and yourself much harder for the same pay at the end of the month, quarter, and year. You will have nothing but lower pay at the end of it all because of those extra 700+ mile per shift loads, backwards thinking about trying to get more miles, etc. because it will lead to wasted fuel mileage, and a lot more down time beating the hell out of what you got, and truck problems and maintenance are amplified greatly. -> Tell your dispatch to go stuff themselves and find some other ignorant bas#tard to do those kinds of things.

As far as keeping it moving and the door shut -- that should be the norm, not the exception. - if i pulled off for 20 min to take an extra pee and a coffee and get back onto the highways,.. I would loose $300 in revenue/lost fuel mileage because of having to speed the hell up to make up the time. -- 20 minutes IS NOT WORTH $300 in my book!, so once I leave out with a load, I keep the damn thing rolling steady and slow unless it is an emergency.