Fuel mileage

[DDlighttruck]

There is NO DIFFERENCE in running a 600 mile day, in one driving shift of 11 hours, and a 700 mile day, in one driving shift of 13 hours. I can’t go back far enough to view the log book day, it was around 12.5 hours drive time for the day. I rounded down for easier math.

The ONLY difference is the extra two hours drive time, which gets you the extra hundred miles down the road.

My radar detector shows top speed at 63 mph, on tall rubber. I’m on short rubber now

I never once said I pulled a 700 mile shift in 11 hours of driving. 715 miles in about 12.5 hours drive time, driving EXACTLY like you’re describing, 55-63 mph, gearing down for hills, watching the boost gauge, no cruise, keeping the door shut all of that. I stopped once in 12.5 hours to get fuel and eat.

Why on earth would you count break time in drive time? Drive time is drive time

And no, I refuse to buy a truck gps. I had one in a company ride once that kept squawking at me for driving on no truck routes. I couldn’t shut the damn thing off fast enough.