(10-09-2019 )Rawze Wrote: (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.
Wait a minute, please. 715 divided by 12 is 59-ish, or 59-ish mph average. I thought the 55-60 mph was the area to aim for? I know it was a long day but I thought running slower was the goal here
600 divided by 50 is 12, you cant log that legal in the USA. You’d have to shoot for a 55 mph average per driving shift to get your 11 hour drive time, which is hard to max out every day.
You can’t tell me (well, you can and will) that there’s THAT much difference between a 11 hour 55 mph driving shift for 600 miles and a 12 hour 700 mile driving shift for 59 mph average.
How do you expect to hit 600 miles per shift at a 50 mph average?
